Cultural lag and the fallacy of Asian Americans as the model minority
Cultural lag and the fallacy of Asian Americans as the model minority
- April 25, 2017
- Jennifer Lee, sociology, via The Society Pages, April 25, 2017
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Jennifer Lee, Chancellor’s Fellow and professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, [writes]: Without question, Dao deserves our outrage, empathy, and support, and kudos to the masses that demanded it. But just as deserving are individuals of other racial and ethnic backgrounds, ages, and socioeconomic statuses who lack the protection of visible status markers that deny them the same degree of public respectability.
For the full story, please visit https://thesocietypages.org/specials/cultural-lag-and-the-fallacy-of-asian-americans-as-the-model-minority/.
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