The model minority myth fetishizes Asian Americans - reducing a broad swath of the world's population to a simple stereotype. The model minority myth places undo burdens and expectations on Asian American youth and erases any who struggle to live up to them. The model minority myth erases religious minorities, it erases refugees, it erases queer Asian Americans. The model minority myth gives a pretty blanket for a society to hide its racism against Asian Americans under, while separating them from other people of color who suffer from the same white supremacist system. The model minority myth is active racism that is harming Asian Americans, and we need to talk about it.
-From "So You Want to Talk About Race," Chapter 14
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Asianfail : Narratives of Disenchantment and The Model Minority
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The Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism
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Killing the Model Minority Stereotype: Asian American Counterstories and Complicity
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The Color of Success Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority
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