Model-Minority Imagery Circulated in the Mainstream Media Deflects Public Attention

question 89

Multiple Choice

Model-minority imagery circulated in the mainstream media deflects public attention from Asian community problems, including the fact that:

• A) eight of 19 Asian American groups (for example, the Hmong at 28.3 percent) has a higher percentage of people living below the poverty line than does the U.S. population as a whole.
• B) Vietnamese and Korean Americans have a poverty rate close to the national average.
• C) Korean immigrants experience negative effects on their mental health in their first years in the U.S. and significant mental problems later, as well.
• D) All the above

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