Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the 1960s, Asian Americans started being portrayed as a U.S. “model minority” ― a group whose diligent work, personal ...

In the survey, we asked Asian Americans about their views and experiences with another stereotype: Asians in the U.S. being a “model minority.” Asian adults were asked about their awareness of the ...

Gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder addresses the crowd during a rally at Freedom's Way Baptist Church in Castaic. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) The term “model minority” has a specific history in ...

Queen's University, Ontario provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. Queen's University, Ontario provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. May is Asian and Pacific ...

More than 100 years ago in St. Louis, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition introduced the X-ray, the car, the airplane and even an early version of a cellphone. It also featured what scholars have called ...

Privilege-adjacent. Invisible at times. As an Asian American, that's how I typically used to think of my minority status. Society labels us the "model minority" when it is convenient. Sometimes we're ...

John Oliver dedicated the vast majority of Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight” to educate HBO viewers on Asian-American history. He treaded lightly on the way in. “Before we start, I fully recognize the ...