New Directions in the Study of Asian American Politics, Part I: Affirmative Action

Leung, Vivien; Song, Daeun

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“…For example, in these federal lawsuits, the number of Chinese anti-affirmative organizations and media exposure have increased [20]. They are seen as representing an emerging new phenomenon, which means "the mobilization of conservative, affluent, first-generation Chinese Americans into a formidable anti-affirmative-action fighting force on a national scale" [13].…”

Section: Affirmative Action In Higher Education Admissionmentioning

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Du¹

2022

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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This article examines the controversy around race-related topics in US education policies and their relation to the Asian American identity. Asian Americans are often viewed as the model minority among ethnic minority groups in US society. The myth is especially prominent in education, where Asian students in the US are often seen as hardworking, ambitious, and acing the standardized tests. Nevertheless, Asian students and Asian families often found themselves in awkward positions in debates around US education policies, especially regarding racial politics. They perceive that affirmative action in the higher education admission process discriminates against Asian students, who are often omitted by such policy, albeit their identity of color. The continuing debate on whether critical race theory should become part of the US curriculum also attracts discussions in the Asian community, some of them contending that the achievements of Asian Americans disprove the existence of systematic racism. The analysis of discourses on educational policy debates relevant to racial relations in the U.S. demonstrates the inability for the model minority myth to capture the demographics of Asian Americans. Moreover, through the rhetoric of meritocracy and utilization of misinformation and emotional appeal, the model minority myth within conservative narratives functions as a reactionary forces in racial activism through hindering the solidarity among ethnic minorities.

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Section: Affirmative Action In Higher Education Admissionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Du¹

2022

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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“…According to the Pew Research Center, Asian Americans are also more likely to note that they are targets of discrimination than Latina/os and Whites (Budiman and Ruiz 2021). Some have found that discrimination, whether personally experienced or inflammatory rhetoric communicated by leaders, influences various political behavior outcomes and beliefs (Leung and Song 2021; McClain et al 2009; Oskooii 2018; Newman et al 2019). We further argue within this line of scholarship that Trump’s racialized rhetoric contributes to a climate of social exclusion for Asian Americans.…”

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COVID-19 and Asian Americans: How Elite Messaging and Social Exclusion Shape Partisan Attitudes

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Kim²,

Leung³

2021

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Extending theories of social exclusion and elite messaging, we argue that Trump’s targeted rhetoric toward Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic pushes the racial group, largely “Independent” or nonpartisan affiliated, to lean more towards the Democratic Party. We support this claim by combining social media (Study 1) and survey data (Study 2) analysis. Tracing 1.4 million tweets, we find that Trump’s rhetoric has popularized racially charged coronavirus-related terms and that exclusionary, anti-Asian attitudes have increased in the United States since the pandemic began. Next, by analyzing repeated cross-sectional weekly surveys of Asian Americans from July 2019 to May 2020 (n=12,907), we find that the group has leaned more towards the Democratic Party since Trump first made inflammatory remarks towards Asian Americans. Whites, Blacks, and Latina/os, on the other hand, exhibited fewer and less consistent changes in Democratic Party-related attitudes. Our findings suggest that experiences with social exclusion that are driven by elite sources further cement Asian Americans as Democrats.

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New Directions in the Study of Asian American Politics, Part I: Affirmative Action

Cited by 2 publications

References 15 publications

It is Not Just About Scoring Points

It is Not Just About Scoring Points

COVID-19 and Asian Americans: How Elite Messaging and Social Exclusion Shape Partisan Attitudes

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