Cross Cultural Solidarity

History; in the Service of Solidarity

The Model Minority Myth

Image: from the cover of Madeline Y. Hsu’s The Good Immigrants.

Books

Rosalind S. Chou & Joe R. Feagin: Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism.

Madeline Y. Hsu: The Good Immigrants: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority.

Takeo Rivera: Model Minority Masochism: Performing the Cultural Politics of Asian American Masculinity.

Ellen D. Wu: The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority.

Articles

Margaret M. Chin & Yung-Yi Diana Pan: The ‘model minority’ myth hurts Asian Americans – and even leads to violence. Assuming that anti-racist efforts don’t work for Asian Americans makes discrimination harder to eliminate.

Kat Chow: ‘Model Minority’ Myth Again Used As A Racial Wedge Between Asians And Blacks.

Jeff Guo: The real reasons the U.S. became less racist toward Asian Americans.

Connie Hanzhang Jin: 6 Charts That Dismantle The Trope Of Asian Americans As A Model Minority.

Renée Wang: How the Model Minority Myth Harms Us All.

Ellen D. Wu: Asian Americans and the ‘model minority’ myth.