Don’t Stereotype Asian-Americans
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/opinion/asian-american-stereotype.html Version 0 of 1. To the Editor: Re “How to Disobey Your Tiger Parents,” by Michelle Kuo (Sunday Review, April 15): Like Ms. Kuo, I am a Taiwanese-American. Unlike her, I enjoyed the unconditional support and encouragement of my immigrant parents from the time I was pre-med to my seven years as a freelance classical musician. I continue to enjoy that support now as a student of political science. Her essay perpetuates a stereotype about Asian-Americans that may bear a hint of truth for some families but that buries the diversity of immigrant stories and perspectives. It paints my parents and the parents of my Asian-American peers as unassimilated foreigners whose children need an instruction manual to navigate a basic human relationship with them. Parents with specific and demanding expectations exist in every demographic. These instructions reek of “model minority” nonsense. JENNIFER WU, NEW YORK |