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Tag: Model Minority
#ModelMinorityMutiny: What This Hashtag Means and Why it’s Trending
The term “model minority” was established back in 1966 in The New York Times as a way for sociologist William Petersen to describe the Asian American community. According to Peterson, through […]
How Jeremy Lin’s “I Can’t Breathe” Shirt Challenges The Model Minority Myth
On December 9th 2014, the Los Angeles Lakers made headlines after Kobe Bryant arranged for the entire team (with the exception of Robert Sacre) to wear black shirts emblazoned […]
Asian Americans: The New White?
Asian Americans are held up as the great success story, on the fast track to assimilation. But this has put us at the center of the debate about fairness in […]
Slate Asks What Donald Sterling’s Love Of Koreans Reveals About Racism
Tuesday’s column on Slate about Donald Sterling, the disgraced Los Angeles Clippers owner, reveals what his “fondness” of Koreans means to the broader pattern of racism in America. Sterling, 80, was […]
Breaking The Silence
By Jason Jaewan Lee CNN reported that Cho was committed to a mental health facility where he was declared an imminent danger to himself. At the time, however, Cho […]
