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- Title
Continuing Significance of the Model Minority Myth: The Second Generation.
- Authors
Park, Lisa Sun-Hee
- Abstract
The article looks at the experiences of second-generation Asian Americans, focusing on Chinese and Korean Americans. Comments are presented on the similarities between all 88 interviewees as they relate the story of their family's migration. The author discusses the model minority myth, which suggests that immigrants are rewarded for their hard work through upward social and economic mobility regardless of their race, gender, or class. It is argued that the model minority myth reinforces established racial inequalities.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CHILDREN of immigrants; ASIAN Americans; EMIGRATION &; immigration; MINORITIES; UPWARD mobility (Social sciences); STATUS attainment; SOCIAL classes; SOCIAL status
- Publication
Social Justice, 2008, Vol 35, Issue 2, p134
- ISSN
1043-1578
- Publication type
Article