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The Model Minority Myth

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• Name of article: Model minority
• This article discusses the myth of model minority, a lot of it focusing specifically on Asian American myths in America.

Lead

Guiding questions

The article starts by defining what a model minority is in detail and a general guideline for who is classified under the group. The Lead is relatively concise and provides conceptions of the model minority myth by asians but also by other communities. It does not include the major sections of the article but gives a good background for what will be discussed.

• Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
• Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
• Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
• Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Content

Guiding questions

The article's content is definitely relevant to the topic as it goes into much detail about the origins of the phrase and the early usage of it. It also discusses how different ethnic groups used the term and how harmful it was for minorities within the Asian American community. Similarly, the usage of the concept as a tool against the African American community is also shed light upon. A lot of data and statistics are provided to highlight the inadequacies of using the stereotype as an umbrella term for all asian communities in America. The content is definitely up to date as it mentions the recent discussions of the stereotype within the college admissions process and how it became tied with Affirmative Action and how these two ideas worked against asian communities.

Some of the information under the varying ethnic groups does not seem as pertinent to the topic, but is important either way. For example, the mentioning of religious discrimination for Indian Americans is an off-topic follow-up to the idea that Indian Americans are also included under the label of the model minority.

• Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
• Is the content up-to-date?
• Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?

Tone and Balance

Guiding questions

The article is relatively neutral, but the tone becomes slightly aggressive at times when describing the specific stereotypes faced by certain asians, or when the clash between model minority and Black Americans in recent times is brought up. The viewpoint on the "invidible model minority: Africans" seem to be more underrepresented.

• Is the article neutral?
• Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
• Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
• Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Sources and References

Guiding questions

This article is quite long but also has over one hundred sources throughout the different sections. A lot of them are from academic journals and are almost all from the early 2000s to the present time. This means that the sources are current. From the five links that I clicked on, all of them worked and the information was accessible so it appears that they are sound links. Some of them seem to be used more than once but also cited more than once, which is a little strange. Also, while all of the sources are relevant to the information in the Wiki, some of it seems irrelevant to the overall main idea of Model Minority. However, upon further inspection, these articles have small parts that are referenced.

• Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
• Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
• Are the sources current?
• Check a few links. Do they work?

Organization

Guiding questions

The article is not very concise as it attempts to touch many different versions and aspects of the "model minority" concept. In general, it gives a good overview of what the idea is and its most emphasized and common aspect, which is the idea of model minority for Asian Americans. While long, it is broken up into different sections that are each concise on their own. There appears to be no grammatical or spelling errors and is, in general, well-written. It's interesting because the article's subsections appear to stray beyond the original topic but each part actually enhances the main idea in different ways. There are a lot of facts and statistics used to support the points made.

• Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
• Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
• Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Images and Media

Guiding questions

There is one image in the article under Israel and Education which is a sub-subsection of for Arab Christians. This section does not seem to have much relevance to the topic of model minority on a whole, but does provide numbers and evidence for the separation of socio-economic groups in Israel that may result in the model minority stereotype to rise. The image does not really enhance the understanding of the topic, but the caption does. It seems to be a little random in its placement, but adheres the the regulations.

• Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
• Are images well-captioned?
• Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
• Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Checking the talk page

Guiding questions

The majority of the conversations are about possible edits concerning minorities that are also affected by the model minority concept and including sections about them. The article was a featured article candidate over ten year ago. It is C-Class for quality and is of mid-importance. This topic hasn't really been brought up in class but does concern institutionalized and social racism which are some themes that have appeared.

• What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
• How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
• How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Overall impressions

Guiding questions

The article is considered as of mid-importance and has a C in quality. It is very informative in the sense that it provides information about not just Asian Americans stuck in this stereotype, but also brings into the light other minorities from America and beyond. Yet, it still emphasizes the Asian American stereotype that is most commonly know. However, I would say that the article has almost too much information. It attempts to touch upon almost every possible group and a lot of the information becomes slightly irrelevant. By shortening some of the sections or excluding details, everything would be a lot more concise. I would say that the article is well-developed, but almost overly-developed as well.

• What is the article's overall status?
• What are the article's strengths?
• How can the article be improved?
• How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

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