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Can stereotypes ever be good? - Sheila Marie Orfano and Densho

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Explore the model minority stereotype, and discover how it became a label for Asian Americans and is used to enforce racial hierarchies. In 2007, researchers surveyed 180 teachers to understand if they held stereotypes about their students. The most commonly held opinion was that Asian students were significantly more industrious, intelligent, and gentle. This might seem like a good thing, but treating this stereotype as reality can cause a surprising amount of harm. Sheila Marie Orfano and Densho dig into the model minority myth
Date: 2021-12-02

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Comments and reviews: 3

Dom
I'm Chinese, stereotyped to be good at martial arts. I took pride in that because it's my culture and heritage plus if people know I'm good at fighting they wouldn't mess with me or mistreat me in any way. Not all, but some stereotypes are good to be proud of and we can use it against racism
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Cable
Title: can stereotypes ever be good.
Video: model minority was racism.
Please stop with the click bait the model minority was a bad Stereotype therefore making it unrelated to the title. This could have been a very interesting video unfortunately it was just click bait.
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SeriousnessTV
This video really dances around wether or not a stereotype can be good. It mainly tries to push that stereotypes are bad no matter what.
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