American Ethnicity, 5/e

Asian and Pacific Island Americans

Chapter Outline

Asians as a Set of Distinct Minorities
1. The relative size of different Asian subpopulations
2. The treatment of diverse subpopulations as one minority
The Resource Shares Received by Asians as a Whole
1. The poverty rates for Asians
2. The occupational distribution of Asians
3. The educational attainment of Asians
4. The housing of Asians and their segregation indexes
5. The life span and causes of death for Asians
The Dynamics of Discrimination against Asians
1. The identifiability of Asians
  1. Perceptions of Asians as recent immigrants
  2. Biological distinctiveness
  3. Prejudicial characterizations of Asians
2. Negative beliefs and stereotypes about Asians
  1. Early stereotypes
  2. The "yellow peril" stereotype
  3. The perception of Asian "foreignness"
  4. The "model-minority" stereotype
3. Institutionalized discrimination against Asians
  1. Legal discrimination in immigration laws
  2. Economic discrimination and the glass ceiling
  3. Political discrimination
    1. gerrymandering of Asian districts
    2. lack of bilingual materials
    3. unresponsiveness of major political parties
4. Educational discrimination in college admissions quotas
5. Housing discrimination
Responses to Discrimination by Asians
1. The lack of violent responses
2. The use of the legal system
3. The consequences of:
  1. The model-minority stereotype
  2. The lack of effective political organization
Asians and Other, Less Successful Minorities
Summary

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