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 ...

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 ...

In ABC's recent prime-time sitcom Selfie, Asian-American actor John Cho stars as the charming, successful, and romantic male lead Henry Higgs—a refreshing shift from the history of desexualized Asian ...

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 ...

You shouldn’t have to perform for anyone. by Janice Omadeke In my early twenties, I was promoted to a senior role in a large, conservative corporation. As a Black woman, I was conscious of needing to ...

Talk by Liz Kleinrock, Dr. Kiona, and Takeru "TK" Nagayoshi, examining the history and legacy of the model minority myth. This talk is a part of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center's ...