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An Unseen Unheard Minority : Asian American Students at the University of Illinois.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Sharon S.
- Series:
- New Directions in the History of Education Series
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (198 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Unseen Unheard Minority
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- Higher education hails Asian American students as model minorities who face no educational barriers given theirpurportedcultural 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 theman"unseen unheard minority." This activism led to the creationon campusof 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781978824461
- 1978824467
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