I am not your model minority
Kinzie Gamaleldin, West Lafayette, IN Prejudice and Discrimination Course, Purdue University
Not Your Model Minority
Alexandria Le, Hillsboro, OR Sitting at home alone I watch as hate crimes against the Asian community spread like wildfire. It was about 4:00 PM...
I am NOT your model minority!
Anonymous, UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health The model minority stereotype is pervasive and cuts across all fields, including health. A few years...
Am I Asian enough for you?
Emily P, Long Beach, CA I am an Asian American that fell along the lines of a “model minority.” I was a straight-A student in...
The model minority myth blinds Asians
Dylan Ha, Milpitas, CA The model minority myth is the idea that Asians are the “perfect” minority. They don’t retaliate against the majority, conform to...
I am not your model minority.
Jennifer Ho, Carrboro, NC. I’m an Asian American woman and often times in my daily life I’m the only Asian American person in the room,...
Yellow monkey —model minority. Still oppressed.
Chris C., San Francisco, CA. What is my place and where do I feel comfortable exercising my voice in the race dynamic? Having been raised...
Asians ARE people of color, too!
Maureen Boyd, Oakland, CA. It is very hard when non-Asian people of color who are supposed to be your allies in racial justice do not...
Model minority myth perpetuates our oppression
Kristy Luk, Cambridge, MA. I am an Asian-American woman, and my racial identity is not to be used as a weapon of oppression against other...
Model minority. Kinky ch*nk. Not relevant.
Sonya Wang, Ballston Lake, NY. Yes, Asian-American issues are not addressed with the same urgency as many other important issues However, they are not addressed...
Number one bullied race in America
Hannah Lucky Tran Philadelphia, PA As an Asian American educator, I have personally experience and witnessed countless acts of bullying based on Asian identity and/or...
