Title: Minority invisibility : an Asian American experience /
Authors: Sun, Wei.
Publisher: University Press of America,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Minorities in communication United States.; Minorities in mass media United States.; Asian Americans Attitudes.; Asian Americans Ethnic identity; Asian American professional employees Interviews.; Mass media and minorities United States.; Mass media and race relations United States.; Asian Americans Race identity
Abstract: "Minority invisibility has gone unnoticed in the communication discipline. It denies the existence of racial problems by consciously or unconsciously downplaying, ignoring or oversimplifying the issues. This is evidenced from the claims of color-blindness and reverse discrimination, the belief in model minorities, and the exaggerated, negative, or purposeful racial displays that permeate American culture."--Book cover.
Contents: Acknowledgments -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- Information background -- Definition of "minority invisibility" -- Problem statement -- Significance of study -- 2. Literature review -- Historical review of America racial formation -- Forms of minority invisibility -- Research on Asian American study and model minority -- Theories dealing with invisibility -- 3. Research procedures -- Qualitative research methods -- Recruitment of participants -- Interview questions -- Description of participants -- 4. Data analysis -- Individual racial consciousness -- Group racial consciousness -- Other group racial consciousness -- Praxis -- 5. Discussion -- Discussion of research questions -- Implications and future research directions -- References -- Index -- About the author.