A Model Minority? The Misrepresentation and Underrepresentation of Asian Pacific Americans in Introductory American Government Textbooks

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Okiyoshi Takeda
Keyword(s):  
Model Minority ◽  
American Government ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Asian Pacific Americans

scholarly journals A Forgotten Minority? A Content Analysis of Asian Pacific Americans in Introductory American Government Textbooks

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (03) ◽  
pp. 430-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Okiyoshi Takeda
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
The United States ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
American Government ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Asian Pacific American ◽  
History Of ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Asian Pacific Americans

ABSTRACTTextbooks are the most important pedagogical tools in higher education and they should convey sufficient and accurate information on minority groups and women in the United States. Yet textbooks tend to marginalize these groups in their depictions. This article examines the coverage of Asian Pacific Americans in twenty-eight American Government or Politics textbooks. Asian Pacific Americans have faced a unique history of exclusion, discrimination, and stereotyping. The content analysis of the textbooks reveals that textbooks do not fully cover their history and contributions to US politics, either measured by page numbers or by historical events and figures important to Asian Pacific Americans. To rectify this lack of coverage, this article concludes with five constructive recommendations, including an option to invite scholars on Asian Pacific American politics to serve as textbook reviewers and textbook coauthors.

Asian Pacific Americans

2017 ◽  
pp. 164-185
Author(s):  
Gordon C. Nagayama Hall
Keyword(s):  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Asian Pacific Americans

Visits to Physicians by Asian/Pacific Americans

Medical Care ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 809-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena S.H. Yu ◽  
Beulah K. Cypress
Keyword(s):  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Asian Pacific Americans
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