Harms Arising from the Model-Minority Myth Include

question 16

Multiple Choice

Harms arising from the model-minority myth include:

• A) misrepresentation of the condition of relatively poor Asian Americans, of which there are many.
• B) misrepresentation of the condition of Asian Americans, most of whom still suffer significant discrimination of various types at the hands of whites.
• C) creation of resentment among non-Asian Americans of color because the model-minority myth is widely used to assert that the U.S. is now a racially just society.
• D) All the above

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