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kewpid commented on the word model minority
‘Let’s clear this up once and for all. Being called a “model minority�? is an unwelcome characterization that is damaging and tough to overcome. Why do you think the “old�? model minorities—East Asian Americans—have struggled to shed the label since they were first saddled with it in the 1960s because of “their advanced educations and high earnings.�? ’
— Shiwani Srivastava, ‘Nobody's Model Minority’
March 15, 2009