The article“Asian Americans are still caught in the trap of the ‘Model Minority’ Stereotype. And it creates “inequality for All” by professor Thanh Nguyen discusses the topic of “model minority”.  Nguyen defines “ model minority” to Asians-Americans by them being   “the desirable classmate, the favored neighbor, the nonthreatening kind of person of color.” In other words, Asian Americans are the successful group of other minorities. And even though the harm the “model minority “ receives is not physically harmful it makes them put-downs the Asian part of their culture making them feel uncomfortable of representing their culture that they should be proud of. For example, Nguyen started to . “ feel a sense of shame over the things that supposedly made us foreign: our food, our language, our haircuts, our fashion, our smell, our parents.” And the worst part about this is that compared to other groups Asian Americans were supposedly “accepted” because of their socioeconomic achievement. Another example is  the ex-president of the U.S calling COVID-19 the “Chine virus or the “Kung flu”. So how can this be stopped? According to the writer ” The end of Asian Americans only happens with the end of racism and capitalism.” This illustrates how both racism and capitalism promote unfairness in the everyday life. He also states The idea that Asians belong in Asia no matter if they weren’t even born in Asia or have a lot of generations that didn’t raise in non-Asians countries is the problem.  

To conclude this, labeling should stop. as Nguyen said why in a country where we are all supposed to be equal people still label everyone just for a look or their needs. I become guilty in this because even though I’m also an immigrant and minority, after reading the text it has made me realize all the awful things Asians are dealing with and the concept of “model minority” has changed the way I view some stuff I would consider insignificant.