In The Shadows By Vivek Wadhwa

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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, along with other ethnicities such as Mexican and African Americans, live in America in hopes of having freedom and equal opportunity to succeed in the world. AAPIs, being that they are a minority, struggle in receiving equal opportunity and freedom. In the article, Why calling Asian Americans a model minority glosses over crucial issues, Vivek Wadhwa talks about AAPIs by providing general information on AAPIs, by talking about the issues among AAPIs, and by providing potential solutions to the problems AAPIs face.
Wadhwa begins the article, Why calling Asian Americans a model minority glosses over crucial issues, by giving general information on AAPIs. He states that AAPIs are the… “fastest growing racial group in the United States; their population is expected to double to more than 47 million by 2060” (Wadhwa 1). He includes that this extraordinary …show more content…
He states that this is a problem as the success is not evenly distributed among the ethnic group. He includes statistics from the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) that state: Asian American and African American students have the highest rates of remedial coursework; one out of four Korean Americans go without health insurance; one of every three AAPIs is limited in English proficiency; and only 18 percent of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders over the age of 25 hold a college degree (Wadhwa 1). He believes that since AAPIs are a model minority, the needs of the AAPIs, who are not successful, are overlooked. In addition, he uses an example to support his claim: “Frank Wu, dean of the University of California’s Hastings College of Law, pointed out, for example, that AAPI students face an extra burden because of the stereotype that they are mathematics and science geniuses” (Wadhwa

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