The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority Annotated Bibliography

Introduction

The myth of the Asian superiority entails the wrongful of the Asian Americans as successful while in reality, the opposite is true. This paper provides an annotated bibliography of four credible sources that expound on the myth of the Asian superiority.

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Takaki, Ronald. "The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority," The New York Times, 1990.

Takaki's article is a useful source of the myth of the Asian superiority and many other researchers on this subject base their argument on Takaki's viewpoint about the subject. Takaki examines the problems that Asian Americans face in the U.S. and concludes that the Asian Americans are not successful when compared to other people of color in the U.S. Many of the people and researchers provide an exaggerated view of the Asian as the most successful immigrants in America both in business and office work. This view causes confusion among politicians and experts of other immigrants such as the African Americans cannot obtain a similar achievement to the Asian Americans. Takaki explains that this view is a misconception as the Asian Americans do not have the success that people associate them with. Takaki states that most of the Asian Americans face extreme difficulties in their life and only a few have achieved success in work, business, and education. The article is a useful source that informs the reader of the main point about the harmful myth of Asian superiority.

Li, Guofang. "Other People's Success: Impact of the "Model Minority" Myth on Underachieving Asian Students in North America. KEDI Journal of Educational Policy, vol.2. no.1, 2005, 69-86.

Li supports Takaki's view of the harmful myth of the Asian superiority. The Asian American is regarded as a model minority, a historical myth that is compelling to many who understand little about the Asians experiences in America. Li uses a case study of Asian students in North America to explain the misconceptions of the image given Asian Americans success in education. According to Li (69), the myth of the Asian superiority has become a destructive one for the Asian children who are underachieving in North American schools. Underachieving Asian American children do not fit within the stereotypes of Asian superiority. The model minority of the Asian Americans promotes the invisibility and disguises the social realities of the unsuccessful Asian students in America. The article reveals that Asian superiority is only a myth of the model minority that Takaki demonstrated as a false representation of the particular race in America. It helps people in understanding how the educational advancement of the unsuccessful Asian students is threatened in North America.

Frank, Wu. "The Model Minority: Asian American 'Success' as a Race Relations Failure," Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White. (New York: Basic Books, 2002): 39-77.

Frank advances the model minority myth that is harmful to Asian American's success. Frank (39) explains that the Asian superiority is a race relation failure in that the Asians have been seen to threaten the economic future of the Americans and especially in schools. The Asian students are getting to the best colleges in large numbers, and the aspect is becoming racist in an immigrant nation. There is the need for killing the Asian American experiences, as the model minority stereotypes obscure many of their realities. The article recommends the need for stopping the stereotype that Asian Americans know everything. The fact is that they do not and many of them are forced to behave differently to prove this myth of successful Asian Americans. Americans see the myth differently as it is harmful to the American dream. Asians succeed to help themselves and not Americans. After getting an education, build businesses and work, they bring other Asians in the U.S. to continue with the circle. It is a dangerous trend for the Americans who may end up losing much to the Asians immigrants.

Zhao, Young. And Qui Wei. "How Good are the Asians. Refuting Four Myths About Asian-American Academic Achievement." pp.338-345.

Zhao and Qui (338) article are concerned with examining the importance of understanding the truth behind the Asian American myths to all learners. The article describes the harmful myth of the Asian superiority in four perspectives. Asian Americans have the superior academic achievement. The students are born smart and specifically in science and mathematics. They are trouble-free children and are good at everything. These are all four myths that Zhao and Qui refute in their research. The article is useful in understanding that not all Asian American learners obtain academic excellence. Therefore, it is critical for every student to be treated as an individual. Achievement of academic excellence among these students is usually a matter of conscious choice and not determined by genetics. Also, the success in academics tends to mast the psychological issues of Asian American students. It is necessary to know that Asian academic success is attained at the expense of other skills and knowledge. These myths are harmful to the Asian Americans, the Americans and other immigrants in the U.S.

Works Cited

Frank, Wu. "The Model Minority: Asian American 'Success' as a Race Relations Failure," Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White. (New York: Basic Books, 2002): 39-77.

Li, Guofang. "Other People's Success: Impact of the "Model Minority"" Myth on Underachieving Asian Students in North America. KEDI Journal of Educational Policy, vol.2. no.1, 2005, 69-86.

Takaki, Ronald. "The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority," The New York Times, 1990.Zhao, Young. and Qui Wei. "How Good are the Asians. Refuting Four Myths About Asian-American Academic Achievement." pp.338-345.