“Positive stereotypes about Asian Americans are rooted in reality: They are more educated, wealthier and value work, marriage and family more than Americans as a whole, according to a Pew Research report out today” (Nasser, 2012).
The above caption resembles the sensationalized and overstated articles in the past that has left society with the false impression that all Asian Americans are successful. The unfortunate circumstance of such “positive stereotype” for them is that it dismisses the concerns for vulnerable sub-groups within the Asian American community and leaves the American society with the belief that Asian Americans are the “model minorities” (Park, 2012).
Debunking the Model Minority Myth Aggregated data unconstructively contributes
The above caption resembles the sensationalized and overstated articles in the past that has left society with the false impression that all Asian Americans are successful. The unfortunate circumstance of such “positive stereotype” for them is that it dismisses the concerns for vulnerable sub-groups within the Asian American community and leaves the American society with the belief that Asian Americans are the “model minorities” (Park, 2012).
Debunking the Model Minority Myth Aggregated data unconstructively contributes