Los Angeles Times

Opinion: How the model minority myth is impacting every race

As an Asian-American myself, I like to attribute most of our ethnicity’s success to the hard work we put in. But I’ve come to realize that a narrow mindset is what’s feeding into the dangerous model ...
Los Angeles Times

Opinion: The model minority myth impacts mental health stigmatization

You’re having a rough day. It’s raining outside, and the shoes that you just washed last week are soaked in mud. You forgot your homework at home, and just found out that the test on your least ...
The Stanford Daily

Levine | How Zohran Mamdani breaks the ‘Model Minority’ myth

Zohran Mamdani's campaign strategies, policy proposals and rhetoric are slowly breaking down the model minority myth. (Graphic: CHINYOUNG SHAO/The Stanford Daily) Take his most costly proposal: ...
Psychology Today

Seven Key Cultural Dimensions of the Model Minority Myth

In their book, The Myth of Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism, Rosalind Chou and Joe Feagin (2008) write about a young Chinese American woman named R.W.-- who murdered her mother by ...