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The Myth of the Model Minority Myth

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ID2155438
AuthorsArthur Sakamoto (0000-0002-1292-8274), Isao Takei (National Institute of Genetics), Hyeyoung Woo (0000-0003-0113-3481, Portland State University, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume32
Issue4
Pages309-321
Publication date2012-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Spectrum (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0273-2173 • E-ISSN: 1521-0707
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02732173.2012.664042
OpenAlexW2096969746
LanguageEN
Citations received42
References cited44

With continued cost increases as well as demands for charitable donations and economic subsidies, universities are concerned with public relations and political legitimacy. The latter are fostered by the Model Minority Myth which implicitly asserts the moral superiority of universities and their graduates by condemning American society in general and the white working class in particular as being racist. Despite its intellectual and empirical limitations, the Model Minority Myth persists because it promotes the political power of universities in the current era of increasing inequality and the rising exploitation of the working class that are fostered by educational credentialism

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