In the video Legal Director Myron Quon Model-Minority Myth & APAs (2007), Quon discussed numerous different negative outcomes from stereotyping Asian Americans. The first Asian American stereotype that was mentioned was about the minority itself and how it should be categorized. Asian Americans are not really being recognized as a category. Oftentimes, when asked anything regarding race, they have to label themselves as “other” because there are no options stating that they are Asian Americans. To me, this is not acceptable towards any race; I can only imagine how they feel about this. The video also mentioned that the stereotypes of all Asian Americans are seen as “honorary whites”, overachievers, and as a monitory group that does not
