model minorities
"Successful" immigrant stereotype
Model minorities are ethnic or racial groups stereotypically portrayed as achieving success through hard work, education, and cultural values—often held up as examples for other minority groups to emulate.
The term is most commonly applied to Asian Americans.
Critics argue the concept obscures diversity within groups, minimizes discrimination, and is used to dismiss systemic barriers facing other minorities: The model minority myth puts unfair pressure on Asian students.
Deriving principles from examples
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- misconceptionErroneous belief or understanding
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
pigeonhole · label · typecast · profiling · assumption · stigma · tokenism · caricature
Person of Asian ancestry in America
- South AsianFrom the subcontinent
- East AsianFrom China's neighborhood
- Pacific IslanderNative of Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
heritage · community · representation · solidarity · hyphenated identity · biculturalism · code-switching · belonging
Force upon contact
- successFavorable outcome attained
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
standard · burden · aspiration · overachievement · perfectionism · valedictorian · tiger parenting · meritocracy
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- bamboo ceilingInvisible career barrier for Asians
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
marginalization · hate crime · scapegoating · microaggression · invisibility · underrepresentation · erasure · dismissal
Scattered population sharing origins
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- citizenshipStatus as state member
assimilation · integration · first-generation · second-generation · homeland · migration · resettlement · visa
generalization
Deriving principles from examples
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- misconceptionErroneous belief or understanding
myth · pigeonhole · label · typecast · profiling · assumption · stigma · tokenism · caricature · oversimplification
Asian American
Person of Asian ancestry in America
- South AsianFrom the subcontinent
- East AsianFrom China's neighborhood
- Pacific IslanderNative of Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia
ethnicity · heritage · community · representation · solidarity · hyphenated identity · biculturalism · code-switching · belonging · visibility
pressure
Force upon contact
- successFavorable outcome attained
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
benchmark · standard · burden · aspiration · overachievement · perfectionism · valedictorian · tiger parenting · meritocracy · upward mobility
racism
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- bamboo ceilingInvisible career barrier for Asians
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
exclusion · marginalization · hate crime · scapegoating · microaggression · invisibility · underrepresentation · erasure · dismissal · fetishization
diaspora
Scattered population sharing origins
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
citizenship · assimilation · integration · first-generation · second-generation · homeland · migration · resettlement · visa · green card
model minoritieswelfare queens
Disparaging term for aid recipients
underclass · superpredators · gang members · illegals · at-risk populations
model, models, modeled, modeling, modelled, modelling, modeler, modeller, remodel