Why Calling Asian Americans a 'Model Minority' Glosses Over Crucial Issues
Category: POLITICS
The "model minority" label makes things worse for large sections of these communities, because their needs are often overlooked or misunderstood and then rarely addressed in government programs and by social-service organizations. Lack of disaggregated data perpetuates this label.
By Vivek Wadhwa, ContributorAcademic, Researcher, Writer, Entrepreneur, 2015-05-19