Counter Stories: The model minority

Asians largest source of Immigration for U.S.
People walk by a mural in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood.
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Industrious. Studious. Quiet. Those are some of the stereotypes associated with Asian Americans, a group that's been branded 'the model minority.'

In this episode, the panel will discuss how that label oppresses Asian Americans, and disguises their actual struggle.

And, panel members will recount the cultural mis-steps they've made, in their own communities and beyond.

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