![]() Now these stereotypes might have no bearing on college admissions, but they certainly play a role in how different Asian-American groups experience discrimination in society. These stereotypes about South Asians stem from news coverage and entertainment depictions. The 2016 Post-Election National Asian-American Survey shows that South Asians and Southeast Asians are less likely to be perceived as intelligent when compared with East Asians, and we know from reports of hate crimes and qualitative studies of the Asian-American population that South Asians are more likely to fall victim to stereotypes about terrorism. KR: It is also important to acknowledge that stereotypes of Asians can also vary by national origin. But they are also vilified for being too smart, too focused on academics, one-dimensional and lacking personal skills. The hyper-selectivity has resulted in the stereotype that Chinese-Americans (and Asian-Americans more broadly) are smart, competent and hard-working. They are also almost twice as likely to have a college degree than the average American. citizens, and segregated to ethnic enclaves.įor example, Chinese immigrants in the United States are 12 times as likely to have graduated from college than Chinese who did not immigrate. They were perceived as “marginal members of the human race,” were denied the right to become naturalized U.S. JL: While the current stereotype of Asian-Americans is that they are smart, competent and hard-working, a century ago, Asian-Americans were perceived as illiterate, undesirable, full of “filth and disease” and unassimilable. The news reminded many Asian-Americans of some painful stereotypes, that they’re industrious but don’t have interpersonal skills and charm. Harvard has been accused of giving lower personality ratings to Asian-American applicants. ![]() ![]() We explored discrimination against Asian-Americans with Jennifer Lee, a professor of sociology at Columbia University and the author of “The Asian-American Achievement Paradox” and Karthick Ramakrishnan, a professor of public policy and political science at University of California, Riverside, and director of the National Asian-American Survey.
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