Just by being an Asian American, you are already seen as a stereotype. There is a myth that called model minority that stereotypes Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; this myth has many different interpretations but my interpretation is that the "good" Asians are "doing well" (they are educated and financially supported) and the "bad" Asians are "unsuccessful". This label of being a model minority is stamped on before you can even consider other challenges that some Asian Americans go through. Some of those other challenges include language/cultural barriers or first-generation challenges. Asian American women do not face Asian stereotypes alone, but gender stereotypes as well. It is difficult and almost impossible for non-Asian American women to understand these experiences, so Manee Moua emphasizes the importance of storytelling in the paper, "Navigating Graduate Education as a First-generation, Hmong American Woman: An Autoethnography". The author expresses storytelling as form of research that showcases discriminatory actions, both racial and sexist, that Asian American women face in life. I believe that storytelling is a productive way to spread awareness of this problem. By sharing one's own experience, it can bring people together who also experience the same things.
What exactly is auto ethnography? Are there other categories besides critical race feminism (CRF)?
References:
Moua, Manee. "Navigating Graduate Education as a First-generation, Hmong American Woman: An Autoethnography."
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