THE ASIAN AMERICAN STUDENT:

SHATTERING THE MODEL MINORITY

MYTH
S O U M YA M AT H E W
KEVIN LEE

OVERVIEW
Agenda
Loyolas API Student Population
Pre-Test
Model Minority Myth
Asian American Identity Development Model
Finding Community & Support
Loyolas Campus Resources
Case Study/Activity
Wrap up & Spoken Word Video

What do you hope to learn?

LOYOLAS DEMOGRAPHIC

PRE-TEST

BULLYING

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
38 percent of Asian
Americans surveyed
has been injured by
a partner.
Family violence may
be tolerated to
maintain the family,
avoid conflict, and
avoid dishonor

http://www.psychiatry.org/asian-americans

SOCIAL ANXIETY
Chinese Americans reporting the
highest lifetime prevalence rate of
depression.
Symptoms of social anxiety, social
phobias, and trauma-related disorders
also occur at high rates among Asian
Americans
Social anxiety is caused by the
rejection faced by peers and the
desire to fit in with mainstream
culture.
Some studies have indicated that
Asian Americans who use mentalhealth services are more severely ill
than other groups.
Evidence suggests this is because
many Asian Americans delay seeking
treatment because of the stigma
associated with using mental-health
services and cultural and linguistic
barriers to access.

SUICIDE RATES
2nd leading cause of
death for youth ages
15 to 24.

SEXUAL VIOLENCE
A national survey found that
Asian-American females have
lower rates of intimate
partner violence than other
groups.
But, violence experts think
this may be due to underreporting.
Community-based studies
have had opposite results,
finding that Asian-American
women are more likely than
any other group to face
intimate partner violence in
their lifetime

HATE CRIMES
In South Boston, 16 year-old
Vietnamese student Bang Mai was
killed in a massive basketball court
brawl between White and Vietnamese
youth.
In South Boston, 16 year-old
Vietnamese student Bang Mai was
killed on July 11, 2004 in a massive
brawl between white and Vietnamese
youths. T
he basketball court brawl was the
result of weeks of tension between
the two groups.
Mai was fatally stabbed as he
attempted to walk away from the
brawl.
Sixteen year-old Keith E. Gillespie was
convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced to five years in prison.

MEDIA
Robert Lopez, first
Filipino American to
win an Oscar
Oscar for Best Original
Song for "Let It Go,"
the hit single from the
animated
featureFrozen, at
Sunday night's 86th
Academy Awards

MEDIA
And the Arab wins Miss America. Classic.
I swear I'm not racist but this is America.
@ABC2020 nice slap in the face to the
people of 9-11 how pathetic
#missamerica
#MissAmerica ummm wtf?! Have we
forgotten 9/11?
Miss America is a terrorist. Whatever. It's
fine.
Congratulations Al-Qaeda. Our Miss
America is one of you.
Miss America? You mean Miss 7-11.

MEDIA

MODEL MINORITY MYTH

What is the model minority?
Success in income, education, low crime, high
family stability, etc.
Why is this a myth? Is this an issue? What are the
stereotypes?

MAMA ALWAYS TOLD ME

Growing up, what
were you told?

ASIAN AMERICAN IDENTITY

DEVELOPMENT MODEL
Five Stages (Sequential and Progressive):
Ethical Awareness
Identity is formed through family structure, prior to integration of school and
peers

White Identification
Individual actively attempts to assimilate and identify as White to avoid criticisms
of differences

Awakening to social political consciousness

Individuals have realization of acts of discrimination stem from the structure of
race in our society
Begin to join forces with other oppressed groups to uplift and move race forward

Redirection to Asian American Consciousness

Individuals develop a sense of pride within themselves with support of their
family, friends, social networks

Incorporation
Individual establishes healthy self-concept, integrate and interact with others
outside of his or her own race

FINDING COMMUNITY & SUPPORT

What is community? What does support look like?
Collectivism vs. Individualism
Supporting those who dont ask

HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT?

CAMPUS RESOURCES

CHINESE AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION (CASA)

CLUB HINDI
CHICAGO DHAMAAL- fusion dance team
COUNCIL OF PAN ASIAN AMERICANS (COPAA)
JAPANESE CLUB
KAPWA- FILIPINO STUDENT ORGANIZATION
KOREAN STUDENT ORGANIZATION
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO RAAS
SOUTH ASIAN STUDENT ALLIANCE (SASA)
VIETNAMESE AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION (VASA)
SDMA- WOC, LUC, MOCI
ASIAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT

LOYOLA-RELATED PERSONNEL WITH

EXPERTISE IN ASIAN AMERICAN STUDENT
ISSUES
Jason Chan, Coordinator for Student Retention & Academic
Success
Lester Manzano, Assistant Dean of Student Academic
Affairs in the College of Arts & Sciences
Oiyan Poon, Assistant Professor, Higher Education
Rabia Khan, Assistant to the Vice President of Student
Development
Sadika Sulaiman Hara, Director, Student Diversity and
Multicultural Affairs
Sara Furr, Doctoral Student, Higher Education; Co-Chair for
ACPAs Asian Pacific American Network
Simon Hara, Academic Advisor, First and Second Year
Advising

CASE STUDY
Julie is a first year student in the bio-premed
program. She comes from an immigrant family from
Taiwan. As the semester progressed, Julie began to
get more involved on campus through hall council
and joining a sorority. When her first semester grades
came out, Julie got a 3.1 which her parents were not
happy about.
Julies parents told her that she needs to concentrate
on her academics so she can become a doctor and
quit all her other activities. Julie comes to talk to you
saying that she has to quit hall council

FONG TRAN: SPOKEN WORD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6ZyW_twrhU

CONCLUSION