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Model minority stereotype


  • Here are entered works on the concept, often applied to Asian Americans, that certain minority groups achieve a higher degree of economic, educational, and social success than other minority groups who reside in the same place.
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    • found: Work cat.: Pope, Jennifer J. Exploring the origins of the model minority myth, 2005:p. viii (model minority myth; "This research explores the relationship between the origins of the Asian American stereotype of the model minority myth and a series of two-dimensional images taken during World War II by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) of Idaho's ethnic Japanese detainees.")
    • found: Encyc. of racism in the U.S., c2005:p. 403 (model minority thesis) p. 404 (model-minority thesis, model-minority concept, model-minority image)
    • found: Encyc. of Japanese American hist., updated ed., c2001:p. 282 (model minority, model minority argument, model minority thesis, model minority label, model minority tag)
    • found: The Asian American almanac, c1995:p. 6 (myth of the model minority) p. 314 (model-minority image) p. 348 (model minority myth) p. 698 (model minority myth)
    • found: Encyc. of multiculturalism, c1994:p. 1158 (model minority concept)
    • found: Wikipedia, July 5, 2006(model minority stereotype)
    • found: Google search, July 5, 2006(model minority myth; model minority stereotype)
    • notfound: Thes. of psych. index terms, 10th ed., c2005
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    • Here are entered works on the concept, often applied to Asian Americans, that certain minority groups achieve a higher degree of economic, educational, and social success than other minority groups who reside in the same place.
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    • 2006-03-27: new
    • 2006-08-24: revised
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