ASA A03
Blog Post 3
The article Complicating the Image of the Model Minority, in my opinion, does not do a good enough job of demystifying the Asian American model minority myth. It's true that there has been a substantial amount of progress towards achieving equality for Asian Americans in terms of higher education. However, regarding academia, we must ask ourselves, are our achievements the product of our hardworking values or our biological "natural intelligence"? Research states that Asian Americans do in fact obtain higher standardized test scores and GPAs, but a major misconception is that because the data is aggregated, it does not accurately represent the breakdown of scores in respect to the different types of Asian Americans. Although there are stories of Asian Americans doing well at universities, for every success story of someone who made it, there are plenty of students who fall through the cracks. I attribute success not to race, but to its many key factors. Some of those include economic status and resources, parents' educational background, parenting styles, the accessibility of help and support, and more. The model minority stereotype is constantly being fueled by those who are successful and thus used as an example to all. Questions I have include: Why do people buy into these myths of the American Dream and that self perseverance can lead to achieving goals when in actuality, everyone is at a different starting spot to run the race? How is it ever possible to break the myth when Asian Americans are continually striving for success?
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