Tag: American dream

African-American

Asian Americans are Not the “Model Minority”

Asian Americans are wrongly assumed to be doing well, uniformly and virtually without exception. The stereotype, dubbed “the model minority myth,” has been debunked again and again, but it persists in ideological claims that Asian Americans demonstrate racial discrimination has been eliminated and hard work is all it takes to do well.

April 27, 2020

Opinion

Increase in American Suicides Has Historical Roots

Recent research indicates that the recent rise in suicides across the nation can be attributed partly to historical social and psychological issues, including rural isolation and high veteran populations, pressure to live up to stereotypes, disillusion with the American dream and racism.

June 15, 2018