Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 4 g
Asian American Students at the University of Illinois
Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 4 g
Reihe: New Directions in the History of Education
ISBN: 978-1-9788-2445-4
Verlag: Rutgers University Press
Higher education hail Asian American students as model minorities who face no educational barriers given their cultural values of hard work and political passivity. Described as “over-represented,” Asian Americans have been overlooked in discussions about diversity; however, racial hostility continues to affect Asian American students, and they have actively challenged their invisibility in minority student discussions. This study details the history of Asian American student activism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, as students rejected the university’s definition of minority student needs that relied on a model minority myth, measures of under-representation, and a Black-White racial model, concepts that made them the “unseen unheard minority” on campus. This activism led to the creation of one of the largest Asian American Studies programs and Asian American cultural centers in the Midwest. Their histories reveal the limitations of understanding minority student needs solely along measures of under-representation and the realities of race for Asian American college students.
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- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
- Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
