Thread by @reappropriate

I perpetually get so much mileage out of this post:

reappropriate.co/2014/08/the-cu…

https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1370804198606995458

TBH I’m so tired with how conservatives trot out model minority tropes like they think they’re being clever somehow. It’s 2021 and they still think they’ve got a silver bullet against white privilege in citing the stereotype of Asian American achievement.

As if we haven’t spent literal decades parsing the problems with the Model Minority Myth to death. As if we haven’t built a huge body of science refuting the supposed evidence behind the myth. As if we aren’t constantly talking about why AsAm data must be disaggregated.

As if we don’t have an entire field of AsAm studies and history that clearly demonstrates the absurdity of the Model Minority Myth. As if we haven’t hashtagged our efforts at #ModelMinorityMutiny

No, we’ve still got to deal with these smug assholes who think they’ve found some revolutionary gotcha moment in citing AsAms even while they probably haven’t spent a minute actually getting to know anything about AsAms. I’m so tired.