Critique on the notion of model minority
An alternative racism to Asian American
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6039338 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chih-Chieh Chou |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 219-229 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Ethnicity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1463-1369 • E-ISSN: 1469-2953 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14631360802349239 |
| OpenAlex | W2065521221 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 21 |
This research note attempts to probe how contemporary racism has evolved to replace physical characteristics with cultural traits by examining the notion of model minority in America. The analysis begins by positing that this notion manifests a problematic deployment of cultural differences. A short historical review justifies that model minority is generated and maintained by a stereotyped understanding of Asian tradition, especially Confucianism. Racial antagonism and class consciousness are then invoked by fostering essentialist ideas of cultural traditions. While America advocates its democratic system of inclusion, the logic of ‘model minority’ suggests an ‘internal exclusion’. The implications of model minority are thus that: (1) ‘race’ is replaced by ‘cultural difference’ – when cultural racism replaces biological racism, race is subsumed into a pure realm of cultural difference and race as a sociohistorical category becomes obscured; (2) the deployment of cultural differences creates an illusion that US society has already reached ‘color-blind’, and therefore neglects the social oppression and inequality along racial lines; (3) in the transforming process from a biologistic conception of race to a culturalist one, cultural differences are deployed to differentiate Asia(n) from American(n). Cultural differences are by all means essentialized, and race is furthermore reduced to essentialized cultural differences
Essentialism · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Racial formation theory · Racism · Sociology · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Gender Studies
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Being Indian in post-colonial Hong Kong
Assimilation, multiculturalism, hybridity
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Educational Expectations of Asian American Youths
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |