What is the model minority myth? Where does it really come from? How did it originate?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
The myth is the stereotypical perception that Asian cultural values of hard work, family cohesion, self-sufficiency, respect for education, and a drive for success.
It originated from • Term first coined by William Petersen for NYTimes "success japanese American style" few months later US News and World Report "Success story of one minority group in the us"
So called positive stereotype, myth emerged during 1960s and founded in tense race politics of the civil rights era
this perception has propelled recent Asian immigrants into and beyond the American middle class within a generation or two
History
olegacy of myth obscures legislative history of 1965 immigration act that permitted technically skilled professionals in fields such as medicine, engineering and scientific research to emigrate to the us from various Asian coutries (India and Pakistan) to fullfil a demand for these professional skills in the US
ofamily reunification and diversity 5for Asians
a model for whom?
In popular media of that era Asian American groups, partically Chinese and Japanese Amer. Were cast as successful, high-achieving, "good" minority and depiected as supposed model for African Americans and Latinax
At the time and today, the myth poses a quandary for Asian American groups struggling to claim a coalitional identity of the groups should claim the stereotype as positive
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