Complex sentence: For Chow then, the self confessional literature allows the hegemonic culture to evoke a stereotyped ethnicity from individuals, especially academic individuals, because those individuals must act "authentic" in representing an ethnic culture or they become the focus of criticism.
Split into simpler sentences: For Chow then, the self confessional literature allows the hegemonic culture to evoke a stereotyped ethnicity from individuals. In describing this stereotyped ethnicity, she focuses on how individuals must act "authentic" in representing an ethnic culture or they become the focus of criticism.