Redefining Asian America
“This vast, diverse group is often lumped together under the ‘model minority myth’ — the stereotype that all Asian Americans are well-educated, wealthy and successful.
If you look at averages, Asian Americans appear to be richer and better educated than the average American.
If you disaggregate the data, the model minority myth crumbles. We see high levels of poverty and below-average levels of educational attainment.
But because that data is seldom disaggregated, ‘Asian Americans have had to make the case over and over again that they suffer from racism and hostility and violence,’ says Ellen Wu, a history professor at Indiana University.”