TY - JOUR
T1 - The Myth of the Model Minority Myth
AU - Sakamoto, Arthur
AU - Takei, Isao
AU - Woo, Hyeyoung
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - With continued cost increases as well as demands for charitable donations and economic subsidies, universities are concerned with public relations and political legitimacy. The latter are fostered by the Model Minority Myth which implicitly asserts the moral superiority of universities and their graduates by condemning American society in general and the white working class in particular as being racist. Despite its intellectual and empirical limitations, the Model Minority Myth persists because it promotes the political power of universities in the current era of increasing inequality and the rising exploitation of the working class that are fostered by educational credentialism.
AB - With continued cost increases as well as demands for charitable donations and economic subsidies, universities are concerned with public relations and political legitimacy. The latter are fostered by the Model Minority Myth which implicitly asserts the moral superiority of universities and their graduates by condemning American society in general and the white working class in particular as being racist. Despite its intellectual and empirical limitations, the Model Minority Myth persists because it promotes the political power of universities in the current era of increasing inequality and the rising exploitation of the working class that are fostered by educational credentialism.
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U2 - 10.1080/02732173.2012.664042
DO - 10.1080/02732173.2012.664042
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84862603093
SN - 0273-2173
VL - 32
SP - 309
EP - 321
JO - Sociological Spectrum
JF - Sociological Spectrum
IS - 4
ER -