Current Book Study
The Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism
Watch the recording of our conversation with co-author Rosalind Chou: Here: https://duke.zoom.us/rec/share/WCC4xD1xM9r870uJp1NWgPBVYvyiej-yj_svUdpGZHaau5AgKjkwMyWQ7jOcKmH2.7xbr7vduMymwXaBK?startTime=1747756888000.
In honor and recognition of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May, join us for a 3-part study and discussion series of The Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism, 2nd Edition, co-authored by Rosalind S. Chou and Joe R. Feagin.
“The authors show how the ‘model minority’ is a myth, too inaccurate to be useful. They reveal how it reflects invidious assumptions and is abused for political purposes. Anyone who cares about Asian Americans – indeed, who is interested in the dynamics of diversity – should be interested in this detailed critique.” Frank H. Wu, author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White
Discussion Series – Tuesdays, May 6th-20th, 2025, 12:00-12:55pm (via Zoom)
REGISTER HERE | Access the ebook version HERE via Duke Libraries
Co-author Rosalind S. Chou will join us for Session 3 on May 20th!
We hope you’ll join us even if you can’t attend every session.
- Session 1 – May 6th
- 1 – The Reality of Asian American Oppression (pp. 1-28)
- 2 – Everyday Racism: Anti-Asian Discrimination in Public Spaces (pp. 29-56)
- Session 2 – May 13th
- 3 – Everyday Racism: Anti-Asian Discrimination in Schools (pp. 57-102)
- 4 – The Many Costs of Anti-Asian Discrimination (pp. 103-140)
- Session 3 – May 20th – With Co-Author Rosalind S. Chou
- 5 – Struggle and Conformity: The White Racial Frame (pp. 141-184)
- 6 – Acts of Resistance (pp. 185-214)
- 7 – Reprise and Conclusion (pp. 215-232)
About the Authors
Rosalind S. Chou co-authored the book, The Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism, in 2008 with Joe R. Feagin (2nd Ed. 2015). She completed her Ph.D. in sociology with an emphasis on race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality in May 2010. She was the 2010-2011 Samuel Dubois Cook Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University. Currently, she is the Kathleen Flores Women’s Rugby Head Coach at Brown University and a lecturer in the Department of Sociology.
Listen to interviews with Dr. Chou
Asian discrimination in the U.S., CGTN America (4:33 min) – Interview
May 21-ODEI Symposium – Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, May 21, 2021 (1 hr. 17 min.) – Panel Discussion
Joe R. Feagin’s scholarship reveals the continued influence of anti-Blackness, White supremacy and capitalism on the lives and politics of oppressed and marginalized communities, always attentive to how Whiteness is historically, politically and socially constructed as an apparatus of power and disenfranchisement. Currently, he serves as Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University.
