Growing Up Hmong American: Truancy Policy and Girls
In 1994, 60 Minutes and the Atlantic Monthly portrayed Hmong and other Southeast Asian youth as gangsters, delinquents, and overall low achievers. Since then, the image of the Southeast Asian as gangster has proliferated. No information exists on whether media claims are substantiated because of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hmong Studies Journal
1997-12-01
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| Series: | Hmong Studies Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/uploads/4/5/8/7/4587788/hsj-v1n2_hang.pdf |
| Summary: | In 1994, 60 Minutes and the Atlantic Monthly portrayed Hmong
and other Southeast Asian youth as gangsters, delinquents,
and overall low achievers. Since then, the image of the Southeast Asian as gangster has proliferated. No information exists on whether media claims are substantiated because of the difficulty breaking down "Asians" by the many ethnic groups which constitute this category. Popular media portrayals of Southeast Asian youth as "losers" leaves Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese communities with little
defense against this stereotype. |
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| ISSN: | 1091-1774 |