Opinion: Why labeling Asian Americans as the model minority is an insult to Blacks
Opinion: Why labeling Asian Americans as the model minority is an insult to Blacks
- October 10, 2020
- Claire Jean Kim, political science, Medium, Oct. 10, 2020 (Opinion)
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Claire Jean Kim, professor at UC Irvine, says “Asians have faced various forms of
discrimination, but never the systematic dehumanization that black people have faced
during slavery and continue to face today.”
For the full story, please visit https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/why-labeling-asian-americans-as-the-model-minority-is-an-insult-to-blacks-d1c6b323f15f.
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