{"id":1531,"date":"2017-07-12T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2017-07-12T11:26:01","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T16:26:01","slug":"how-racial-minorities-are-excluded-from-being-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2017\/07\/12\/how-racial-minorities-are-excluded-from-being-american\/","title":{"rendered":"How Racial Minorities Are Excluded from Being “American”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Another U.S. Independence Day came and went, along with cheers of \u2018Murcia! and sentimental Facebook posts about American pride. But how do racial and ethnic minorities experience being \u201cAmerican\u201d while systemic racial oppression continues to target people of color in the U.S.? A lot of the focus has been on the experiences of Black Americans, but social science shows that other racial minorities are similarly marginalized when they are excluded from whiteness. <\/span><\/p>\n

For example, while stereotypes like the \u201c<\/span>model minority<\/span><\/a>\u201d myth seemingly valorize Asian American achievement, other stereotypes exclude them from the \u201cAmerican\u201d label by depicting them as foreign. Moreover, Asian Americans are a pan-ethnic group – meaning there are many nationalities included under the umbrella term \u201cAsian American.\u201d \u00a0And darker-skinned, poorer Asians, like Cambodian refugees, are excluded from characterizations of excellence and success.<\/span><\/h5>\n