Asian Panel Debunks “Model Minority” Myth
When early news reports about the Virginia Tech shootings indicated the alleged perpetrator was Asian, Yixin Li, a University of Maryland freshman, said he prayed the shooter, Seung Hui Cho, would be Korean or Vietnamese and not a fellow Chinese. That distinction didn’t matter to some observers because “after the incident people started calling me Cho,” Li recalled Wednesday at a forum, “The End of the Model Minority Myth: Reflections on the Virginia Tech Tragedy from Asian American Perspectives.”
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May 12th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
The trajedy of the entire issue should remain clear in the heart, mind and experiences of minorities from Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans etc is that racism and racial profiling is more alive today than even in the 60’s. We know that everyone should be judge for their personal actions rather than having to endure the backlash of society because of one’s looks.