Model Minority Myth
Despite being labeled the "model minority" or "honorary whites," Asian Americans still face high rates of ______ and low rates of _______.
Poverty and education
The first Pan-Asian American movement sparked after this event.
The murder of Vincent Chin
Women used this 1945 act to come to the US as a spouse.
War Brides Act of 1945
A form of resistance that challenged traditional gendered and racialized ways of caring.
Asian Americans hold a fragile, ever-changing position in American society, switching between being seen as the model minority and a foreign threat to American ways. The three main examples of Asian Americans being perceived as foreign threats in Chapter 17 of The Making of Asian America are:
Chinese Americans following the Cold War; the murder of Vincent Chin; and Muslim American treatment after 9/11
The sentencing of Vincent Chin's murderers was:
Three years' probation, $3,800 in fines, and no jail time
This 1965 act allowed women to enter the US based on skills and family relation.
1965 Immigration and Nationality Act / The Cellar Act
Filipinas practiced revolutionary care through...
Unions, campaigns, and storytelling
Asian Americans as the model minority were used to compare the traits of other minorities, as exemplified by the media. This specific event represented this discourse as a way to hide the underlying issues of structural inequality.
The 1992 Los Angeles Riots
A domestic war on immigrants
This type of visa granted women professionals to come to the US.
H-1B visa
These systematic issues inspired revolutionary care actions by caregivers.
Unfair labor laws, poor workplace conditions, general inequalities