Due to some statistics data such as 42% of all Asian American adults have at least a college degree, Asian Americans are frequently portrayed as a model example of hard work and patience among other minority groups in the U.S. So called model minority stereotype. Many people take the stereotype further and argue that since Asian Americans are doing well, they no longer experience any kind of discrimination so no longer need services such as bilingual government documents and public assistance. “Further, many just assume that all Asian Americans are successful and that none of us are struggling.” (Le) The term “model minority” seems benign on the surface. However, many other statistics show that Asian Americans are still targets of racial inequality
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Michael Wang, Harberson (a former dean of U Penn admission) and two professional researchers are involved in as speakers talking about the objective facts about Asian Americans. C.N. Le, a Senior Lecture Professor in the Sociology Department and Director of the Asian & Asian American studies at the University of Massachusetts and also a Vietnamese American, provides collective information about “model minority”, backing up the argument that Asian Americans are still the targets of discrimination in his article “A Closer Look at Asian Americans and Education”. Since both articles focus on stereotype/racial discrimination in Asian Americans’ education and emphasize the opinion about the model minority myth, rhetorically, the audience of both texts are similar and the term “model minority myth” is …show more content…
For the most part, the applicants do not have the “tag” associated. Harberson names “the proverbial golden ticket for a student applying to an elite institution.” The tags including “athletic star”,” children of alumni”, “children of donors or potential donors”,” well-rounded” Harberson says: “Asian American students typically don’t have these tags.” However, according to Le’s article, he pointed out one factor that artificially lowered the admission rates for Asian students does include the factor of persistent stereotype of Asian American students rarely participate in extracurricular activities. “Again, national research showed that in terms of participating in sports, performing arts, community activities and academic & social clubs, the rates for Asian students were almost identical to that of White students.”
Michael Wang, Harberson (a former dean of U Penn admission) and two professional researchers are involved in as speakers talking about the objective facts about Asian Americans. C.N. Le, a Senior Lecture Professor in the Sociology Department and Director of the Asian & Asian American studies at the University of Massachusetts and also a Vietnamese American, provides collective information about “model minority”, backing up the argument that Asian Americans are still the targets of discrimination in his article “A Closer Look at Asian Americans and Education”. Since both articles focus on stereotype/racial discrimination in Asian Americans’ education and emphasize the opinion about the model minority myth, rhetorically, the audience of both texts are similar and the term “model minority myth” is …show more content…
For the most part, the applicants do not have the “tag” associated. Harberson names “the proverbial golden ticket for a student applying to an elite institution.” The tags including “athletic star”,” children of alumni”, “children of donors or potential donors”,” well-rounded” Harberson says: “Asian American students typically don’t have these tags.” However, according to Le’s article, he pointed out one factor that artificially lowered the admission rates for Asian students does include the factor of persistent stereotype of Asian American students rarely participate in extracurricular activities. “Again, national research showed that in terms of participating in sports, performing arts, community activities and academic & social clubs, the rates for Asian students were almost identical to that of White students.”