Hard-working employees, law-abiding citizens, straight-A students. These labels have been plaguing the APIDA community since the end of World War II, when this community’s…
Officially, the model minority myth is the belief that all Asians are naturally high achieving. Unofficially, it meant that my childhood was a constant…
I sometimes come across scenes in movies or TV shows that make fun of Asian students’ obsession of getting As. The characters (usually white)…
Joe Biden is officially the president-elect of the United States and is expected to be inaugurated next Jan. 20 of 2021. Many are optimistic…
Cultural assimilation (n.): the process in which individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society Cultural…