ASA 2 Section 1
Blog #3
Complication the Image of Model Minority Success: A Review of Southeast Asian American Education
Southeast Asian struggle in higher education because as a subgroup of the Asian American pan-ethnicity, they are expected to embody the ‘American Dream’ without the necessary resources and support to help them succeed. Caught between two extremes, Southeast Asians are simultaneously held to standards they are not able to meet and are looked down upon because of they are depicted as "low-achieving" and “at-risk youth.” As a new immigrant community, Southeast Asians are constantly working through the traumatizing experience of displacement, issues of racial discrimination, and the pressure of American assimilation. Affirmative action provides equitable opportunities for many underrepresented communities to succeed in higher education. It makes access to higher education more of a reality for many Southeast Asian students (who have some of the lowest recruitment and retention rates in higher education). However, the model minority myth makes it difficult to advocate for Southeast Asians students because they are expected often stereotyped to be "hardworking and high-achieving."
Q: How can we do a better job of desegregate Southeast Asians from the pan-ethnic Asian American narrative to better advocate for a community that has different needs?
UC Davis Southeast Asian Graduation 2013
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