Model Minority Myth Research Paper

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Why model minority is a myth Indian immigration to the U.S. is thus most accurately characterized as a transfer of wealth from an underdeveloped country to a developed country. The fact that Indian Immigrants’ relative economic success in the US is due to the resources they brought with them from India—their work skills and education—is in direct contradiction to the second of the two assumptions of the “model minority” myth. Uptown Chinese, many of them women, come to the US with excellent English, top-level educations, and often with considerable financial resources. Since these credentials allow them to find lucrative professional jobs, their presence raises the average income statistics for Chinese Americans and gives the false impression

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