“The valorization of Asian Americans as a model minority who have made it on their own cultural stream only to be victimized by the “reverse discrimination” of race-conscious programs allows White opinionmakers to lambast such programs without appearing racist-or to reassert their racial privileges while abiding by the norms of colorblindness.”
This quote stood out to me because it shows that Asian Americans have been made into the definition of the “model minority”. They are used to make it seem that White opinionmakers aren’t racist, since they support a minority. This diverts people’s attention from focusing on their White power. It places a facade over the fact that Asian Americans are inferior to Whites. This and the racial triangulation allows Asian Americans to be exploited without it seeming to be racist.
This quote is very interesting and you did a very good job of interpreting it. This quote tries to make whites look like the innocent ones and tries too show that they aren’t part of the problem, which they are. By supporting a minority it looks as if they aren’t racist.
I like how you pointed out that the power from white people is diverted as I never really thought about that since Asian Americans are considered a minority group. I also agree with you point on how it makes white people seem as if they are not racist when they are subconsciously putting Asian Americans in a box in their heads that are considered minorities.