Editing Model minority (section)

{{Short description|Group seen as more successful than average}}
{{For|the stereotype|Model minority myth}}
The term '''model minority''' refers to a [[minority group]], defined by factors such as [[ethnicity]], [[Race (human categorization)|race]], or [[religion]], whose members are perceived to be achieving a higher [[socioeconomic status]] in comparison to the overall population average. Consequently, these groups are often regarded as a [[role model]] or [[reference group]] for comparison to external groups ([[In-group and out-group|outgroups]]). This success is typically assessed through metrics including [[educational attainment]], representation within managerial and professional occupations, [[household income]], and various other socioeconomic indicators such as [[criminal activity]] and strong [[Sociology of the family|family and marital stability]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cmhc.utexas.edu/modelminority.html#what|title=Model Minority Stereotype|website=cmhc.utexas.edu|access-date=2017-02-05|archive-date=2023-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913122117/https://cmhc.utexas.edu/modelminority.html#what|url-status=dead}}</ref> The prominent association of the model minority concept is with [[Asian Americans]] within the United States.<ref>{{cite report |author1=Neil G. Ruiz |author2=Sunny Shao |author3=Sono Shah |date= 2 August 2022|title=What it means to be Asian in America |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/race-ethnicity/2022/08/02/what-it-means-to-be-asian-in-america/#methodological-note |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=15 August 2022 }}</ref> Additionally, analogous concepts of [[classism]] have been observed in numerous European countries, leading to the [[stereotyping]] of specific ethnic groups.<ref name=":9" /><ref name=Wong2015/>

The concept of the model minority has generated controversy due to its historical application to suggest that [[Economic interventionism|economic intervention]] by governments is unnecessary to address socioeconomic disparities among particular racial groups.<ref name=":8">{{cite news|last=Petersen|first=William|date=9 January 1966|title=Success Story, Japanese-American Style|newspaper=The New York Times|url=http://inside.sfuhs.org/dept/history/US_History_reader/Chapter14/modelminority.pdf|access-date=9 January 2016}}</ref> Primarily evident in the American context, this argument has been employed to draw contrasts between Asian Americans (particularly those of [[Stereotypes of East Asians in the United States#Model minority myth|East]] and some [[South Asian Americans|South Asian]] origins) and [[Jewish Americans]] in comparison to [[African Americans]] and [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous peoples]]. Consequently, this perpetuates the propagation of a '[[Model minority myth|model minority myth]]', asserting that Asian and Jewish Americans are exemplary law-abiding and productive citizens or immigrants, while concurrently reinforcing the stereotype that Indigenous and African American communities are predisposed to criminal behavior and [[Welfare dependency|dependent on welfare]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Poon |first1=OiYan |last2=Squire |first2=Dian |last3=Kodama |first3=Corinne |last4=Byrd |first4=Ajani |last5=Chan |first5=Jason |last6=Manzano |first6=Lester |last7=Furr |first7=Sara |last8=Bishundat |first8=Devita |title=A Critical Review of the Model Minority Myth in Selected Literature on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Higher Education |journal=Review of Educational Research |date=June 2016 |volume=86 |issue=2 |pages=469–502 |doi=10.3102/0034654315612205 |s2cid=147147222 }}</ref>