Asian Americans: The Model Minority Myth

The model minority myth was first established to harm African Americans by making them feel inferior to other minorities. They used this myth to suppress African Americans with the success Asian Americans were having. Through this myth Asian Americans were labeled as a successful minority. This ultimately led for society to believe this, which led to the use of stereotyping towards Asian Americans. Unfortunately, this myth portrays all Asian Americans as individuals who excel in various skills without the help or support from anyone. Making them look as self-achievers among human kind. In spite, the majority of this ethnic group has being able to achieve success they’re still a few who are struggling and need support. Yet, society uses this…show more content…
This ideology was created to make African Americans feel inferior by stating, “‘Well the Asian Americans succeeded; why can’t you”’(The University of the Law). Due to this they were able to make African Americans feel less than Asian Americans. However, as this myth continued it led to the belief that all Asian Americans were at a higher rank compare to other minorities. This ideology eventually affected Asian Americans because of the pressure Asian Americans had to deal with. However, “Asian Americans have not achieved economic success except in a superficial sense.”(The University of the Law). This demonstrates that not all Asian Americans are as successful as society claims they are. Yet, society is so blind that it does not see the real reason why most Asian Americans are successful, and that has to do with their family values, and how much of an impact their family has on them that has caused them to attain so much…show more content…
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