Date of Award
Fall 12-31-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
First Advisor
D’Weston Haywood
Second Advisor
Richard Belsky
Third Advisor
Karen Kern
Academic Program Adviser
Karen Kern
Abstract
This paper examines the racial wedge driven by Whites between Blacks and Asian Americans during the Cold War on to the present. Model minorities is a term coined by whites in the 1960s to suppress Civil Rights protests and Black demands. By elevating a minority group through success stories, whites constructed a means to suppress Black people’s organizing for change against systemic racism and oppression.
Recommended Citation
Tom, Jason, "Model Minorities: Asian Americans and the White-Black Racial Paradigm" (2020). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/656
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