A02: Describe in your own words: model minority by Jeanelle https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4 Refer to our readings for this week for examples en-us 2017-10-20 17:54:03 UTC 2023-01-22 08:04:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178779 the idea that Asian Americans are stereotyped in a way that portrays them all as models for how others should act, yet it separates them from  the rest of society]]> 2017-10-20 18:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178779 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178788 Model Minority, to me, is akin to being the class president in a classroom. You are someone other's look up to, but the label keeps you in a different level than them??]]> 2017-10-20 18:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178788 A group of people who are perceived to be docile and are therefore used as "examples" to other minorities https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178792 2017-10-20 18:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178792 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178798 The model minority is an example of how asian american "success stories" are used in order to show how America is an accepting and racially unbiased country. ]]> 2017-10-20 18:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178798 Model minority is a group of people who are still excluded but presented in a positive manner and given some opportunities so it couldn't be argued that the group as a whole is still considered inferior https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178831 2017-10-20 18:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178831 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178843 A model minority is apolitical, does not ask for governmental involvement in aiding them, and doesn't pose a threat to the dominant]]> 2017-10-20 18:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178843 The word model minority is tricky because although it seemingly praises one group for their achievemen, at the same time it lock this group into the cage of being a minority. And when model minority is behaving out of the social expectation, they are blamed and can some times become the scapegoat... https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178895 2017-10-20 18:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178895 jhorcasi https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178922 2017-10-20 18:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178922 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178947 Also known as racial triangulation, which consists of relative valorization (putting one racial group above another in the social hierarchy) and civic ostracism (explaining that the particular racial group is above the other because of the former's supposed inability to assimilate in the culture)]]> 2017-10-20 18:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178947 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178957 In the case of Asian Americans it seems to be the minority group most willing to adopt white American values/the group whose valuesalign  best with those of white Americans. Also the group willing to fade into the background and not cause a fuss.]]> 2017-10-20 18:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178957 jhorcasi https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178977 https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/business/the-myth-of-the-model-minority/2017/04/14/aa6c4bf4-213a-11e7-bb59-a74ccaf1d02f_video.html?utm_term=.b2f50f88974a

]]> 2017-10-20 18:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178977 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178998 Asian Americans are perceived as a model minority due to their educational success, but this model minority image masks individuality and conceals real problems. ]]> 2017-10-20 18:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199178998 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179080 2017-10-20 18:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179080 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179094 The model minority is meant to show how a minority can rise up in society to the level of white people. In the context of class and our readings, we talk about the Asian Americans as a model minority in particular looking st their education levels and what they've accomplished in that route]]> 2017-10-20 18:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179094 Minority of the Model Ones https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179102 People you think are good at something because you are told that.]]> 2017-10-20 18:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179102 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179111 A way for white america to praise a minority group, but still maintain their inferiority to whites]]> 2017-10-20 18:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179111 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9yVnKQNj58 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179112 How to get into Harvard ft. Ryan Higa (by Jeremy Lin)]]> 2017-10-20 18:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179112 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179133 https://youtu.be/IN7o2Iy89WQhttps://youtu.be/IN7o2Iy89WQ

B+ again??]]> 2017-10-20 18:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179133 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179146 Is the expectation that all Asian-Americans are smart and can "do math"... Another part of this term is about how Asian-American's behavior is in contrast to African and Latin-Americans. They were seen as calm, quiet, docile and unproblematic, while the other ethnic groups were marginalized as criminal, loud, disruptive, etc. 
They were the "model" so these other groups would have a guide to how they should behave. ]]> 2017-10-20 18:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179146 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179214 A model minority is the highest example of what minority geoups “should” act like, despite being a minority.. Such as being statistically “more successful” in school]]> 2017-10-20 18:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179214 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179287 model minority is the minority group whose members are most often to achieve success.]]> 2017-10-20 18:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179287 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179469 Higher expectations lead model minorities to be excluded from the norm. ]]> 2017-10-20 18:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179469 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179695 Being overqualified but still not white enough to hire]]> 2017-10-20 18:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179695 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179800 2017-10-20 18:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199179800 https://padlet.com/jhorcasi/exqcuuteawy4/wish/199180089 group thought to be of higher intelligence than average people

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