Experts say a combination of factors, including shame, socioeconomics, cultural barriers, confusion about what constitutes a disability, the model minority myth and a reluctance to identify as ...

The minority stress model is an explanatory theory to help better understand the social, psychological, and structural factors relating to mental health inequalities in sexual minority populations.

The so-called model-minority myth is no myth at all. By any empirical standard, there actually are model minorities — and model majority groups too.

Larry Elder is an example of a model minority candidate, a politician who succeeds by betraying their community. Think of it as first stepping on the people around you so you can appear to be ...

The "model minority" term, Shyong wrote, stemmed from Whites in the 1960s downplaying racism against African Americans by pointing to financial success for Japanese and Chinese Americans.

The odious “model minority” myth is alive and well in America. For decades, it’s been the target of criticism because of the pressures many Asian Americans, in particular, say it places on ...

Privilege-adjacent. Invisible at times. As an Asian American, that's how I typically used to think of my minority status. Society labels us the "model minority" when it is convenient. Sometimes we ...

Additionally, the model minority myth implies that Asian Americans are non-problematic, and to maintain that perception, individuals will adhere to the cultural value of emotional self-control.

In rural areas, 7.6% of those who identified as an ethnic minority reported 3 or more physical disabilities, compared to 4.7% of Han Chinese. No such pattern was observed in the urban population.

The center in Norfolk employs about 500 people, most of whom have some type of disability. Pierce cleans, wraps and packs cable chords and remote controls for Cox Cable through a contract with ...