The myth of the model minority : Asian Americans facing racism

The second edition of this popular book adds important new research on how racial stereotyping is gendered and sexualized. New interviews show that Asian American men feel emasculated in America’s male hierarchy. Women recount their experiences of being exoticized, subtly and otherwise, as sexual objects. The new data reveal how race, gender, and sexuality intersect in the lives of Asian Americans. The text retains all the features of the renowned first edition, which offered the first in-depth exploration of how Asian Americans experience and cope with everyday racism. The book depicts the “double consciousness” of many Asian Americans—experiencing racism but feeling the pressures to conform to popular images of their group as America’s highly achieving “model minority.” FEATURES OF THE SECOND EDITION "The second edition of this popular book adds important new research on how racial stereotyping is gendered and sexualized. New interviews show that Asian American men feel emasculated in America's male hierarchy. Women recount their experiences of being exoticized, subtly and otherwise, as sexual objects. The new data reveal how race, gender, and sexuality intersect in the lives of Asian Americans. The text retains all the features of the renowned first edition, which offered the first in-depth exploration of how Asian Americans experience and cope with everyday racism. The book depicts the 'double consciousness' of many Asian Americans--experiencing racism but feeling the pressures to conform to popular images of their group as America's highly achieving 'model minority.'" --Publisher's Web site Preface and acknowledgments The reality of Asian American oppression Everyday racism : anti-Asian discrimination in public places Everyday racism : anti-Asian discrimination in schools and workplaces The many costs of anti-Asian discrimination Struggle and conformity : the white racial frame Acts of resistance Reprise and conclusions Notes Index About the author. This second edition adds new research on how racial stereotyping is gendered and sexualized. New interviews show that Asian American men feel emasculated in America's male hierarchy. Women recount experiences of being exoticized as sexual objects. The new data reveal how race, gender, and sexuality intersect in the lives of Asian Americans. Title Page 3 Contents 5 Preface and Acknowledgments 7 Chapter 1 15 Chapter 2 43 Chapter 3 71 Chapter 4 117 Chapter 5 155 Chapter 6 199 Chapter 7 229 Notes 247 Index 265 About the Authors 273