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Asians as the model minority: Implications for US Government's policies
Author(s) -
Chao Melody Manchi,
Chiu Chiyue,
Lee Jamee S.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
asian journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-839X
pISSN - 1367-2223
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-839x.2010.01299.x
Subject(s) - salience (neuroscience) , government (linguistics) , ethnic group , model minority , social psychology , psychology , asian americans , public policy , minority group , political science , cognitive psychology , law , linguistics , philosophy
Asian Americans are often perceived as a ‘model minority’– an ethnic minority that are high achieving, hardworking, self‐reliant, law‐abiding, as well as having few social and mental health problems. Although the impact of the model minority image on the US government's redistributive policies is a widely contested topic in public discourses, there has been little research on the association between the model minority image, people's worldviews, and attitudes towards the US government's redistributive policies. In an experiment that measured American participants' worldviews and manipulated the salience of the model minority image, we have demonstrated that those who believed in a malleable social reality were relatively unsupportive of government policies that help the Asian American ( vs African American) communities. Theoretical and practical implications of this finding are discussed.