Discussion Board 8 salena Yakatally

The term “Model Minority” was evolved in the 1960’s. In Kim’s “The Racial Triangulation of Asian Americans,” she explains how the Model Minority is a stereotype that categorized Asian Americans as the more “superior” or “smartest” minority group. During these times the United States preferred immigrants who would make the country look good. What I mean by “look good” is immigrants who would excel in fields of technology, mathematic, science, etc. to improve the economy. This made other minorities look inferior and undermined. This was not fair at all and didn’t give other minorities a chance at being academically prepared and ready. The model minority myth forced a lot of pressure onto the Asian American group  and this was a problem. Asians are already stereotyped to be the richest and smartest race and are forced to live up to those standards. Children of these families feel a lot of pressure from their parents to become doctors or lawyers, or just have to acquire a high paying and important career. I feel this isn’t fair, they are human as well and shouldn’t be treated differently because of stereotypical standards that they’re forced to live up to. A lot of times children can get lost or depressed when thinking of their future because they are forced to pick a career path that doesn’t satisfy them. This myth became an idea to protect the Whites from being bashed from the “bad minority.”