TODAY
7PM
@ the Center for Women & Gender

Women of Color Collective will be hosting a discussion on The Model Minority Myth
"the academic, social, and emotional experiences of AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) students are far more varied and nuanced than most of us think. More importantly, the model minority stereotype, rather than being helpful for the AAPI community, tends to silence and render invisible the complexity of the AAPI community. Because of the subtext of the stereotype — if one minority group is an exemplary model, what’s wrong with the other groups? — it also isolates the AAPI community from other communities of color."

To read more about this topic:
http://www.nais.org/publications/ismagazinearticle.cfm?ItemNumber=154576
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April07/modelminority.html

Please join us for this discussion on stereotypes that pertain to people of Asian descent and how this informs their place in this (and the larger, national, global) community.

peace,
Women of Color Collective