Model Minority

Asian American Like Me

erin Khue Ninh | Posted 07.26.2011

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erin Khue Ninh

Some of Wesley Yang's treatise on the state of Asian America is indeed miserable and indefensible. Some of it is miserable and unflattering, but not untrue.

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Joel Stein's Beef With Indians Hurts Everyone

Shiwani Srivastava | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shiwani Srivastava

TIME recently ran a not-so-funny satire characterizing Indians in New Jersey as a model minority run amok. Here's why that's damaging for all immigrants of color.

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Who's Afraid of Dr. Sanjay Gupta?

Sandip Roy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sandip Roy

It's exciting to see someone who comes from your stock make it big. But another neurosurgeon-makes-good story is going to make the rest of us look even more like underachievers.

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