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Model minority

The term model minority refers to a minority group, defined by factors such as ethnicity, race, or religion, whose members are perceived to be achieving a higher socioeconomic status in comparison to other minority groups or the population at large. The term is also referred to as the model minority myth because it is understood as a racialized social…

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related to Bibliography · 101
Model minority → ABC-CLIO, American, An Integrated Study, Ancheta, Angelo, Annual Review, Asian, Asian American Counterstories, Asian American Experience, Asian American Issues Today, Asian American Women, Asian Americans, Audrey, August, Bankston III, Belgium, Bian, Bibcode, Carl, Cengage Brain
related to Articles · 67
Model minority → All, America, An Interdisciplinary Journal, And, Andrew, Anna-Leigh, APCO Worldwide, April, Asian American, Asian American Christian Collective, Asian Americans, Carnegie Mellon University, Chin, Creates Inequality, Dietrich College, Dietrich College General Education, Emily, Fall, Fortham University, Freeman
related to African Americans · 30
Model minority → Additionally, African American, African Americans, America, American, Asian, Asian American, Asian Americans, Assistant Secretary, Black, Black African, Caribbean, Essentially, Florida, Instead, It, Labor Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Moynihan's, National Action, Often
related to Caribbean Americans · 29
Model minority → According, America, America's Black, American, Americans, Black, Caribbean, Caribbean Americans, Caribbeans, CIS, Cubans, Dominicans, English, Haitians, Harvard, Hispanic Caribbean, Immigration Studies, In, International Business Times, Jamaicans
related to External links · 29
Model minority → Affected, America Beyond Black, Andrew ChinYellow, Are Students, BibliographyWill American Science Stay, Brief History, Deconstructing, Frank, History, Houston's Asian, Le, Michigan, Michigan Department, Model Minority Myth, Model Minority Stereotype, Nation, On Top, Ph, Pratik Chougule, Race
related to United States · 23
Model minority → African American, Asian Americans, Because, Chinese Americans, Civil Rights Movement, December, In, January, Japanese, Japanese American Style, Japanese Americans, Jewish Americans, Korean, Magazine, News, One, Petersen, Petersen's, Success Story, The New York Times
related to Germany · 18
Model minority → Abitur, Also, American, Another, Berlin, Das, East Berlin, East Germany, Germany, Gymnasium, In Germany, Korean Germans, Lichtenberg, Marzahn, The Vietnamese Miracle, Vietnamese, Vietnamese Germans, Wunder
related to Asian Americans · 14
Model minority → African Americans, Although, America, American Jews, Asian Americans, At, Chinese, East Asians, In, Japanese, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, Some, United States
related to African immigrants as the invisible model minority · 13
Model minority → African, Africans, American, Americans, Bowling Green State University, Dr, Due, Invisible Model Minority, Kefa, Otiso, The, United States, Western
related to Criticism · 13
Model minority → According, America, Asian, France, French, Grace Ly, Jeune, Ly, Model Young Girl, Notably, South-East Asian, This, UK

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ethnicityinstance ofdefined by factors0.80text
raceinstance ofdefined by factors0.80text
or religioninstance ofdefined by factors0.80text
whose members are perceivedinstance ofdefined by factors0.80text
criminal activityinstance ofand various other socioeconomic indicators0.80text
strong familyinstance ofand various other socioeconomic indicators0.80text
marital stabilityinstance ofand various other socioeconomic indicators0.80text
those with Asian heritage or Jewish heritage are believed to score high on perceived competence but low on perceived warmthinstance ofgroups0.80text
thus are thought to fall into the category of the 'envied outgroup' within the context of this stereotypeinstance ofgroups0.80text
NPRinstance ofThe concept has been criticized by outlets0.80text
EU Scream for potentially homogenizing the experiences of Asian communities on one sideinstance ofThe concept has been criticized by outlets0.80text
Hispanicsinstance ofThe concept has been criticized by outlets0.80text

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