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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Main Author: MayKao Yangblongsua Hang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hmong Studies Journal 1997-12-01
Series:Hmong Studies Journal
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Online Access:https://www.hmongstudiesjournal.org/uploads/4/5/8/7/4587788/hsj-v1n2_hang.pdf
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description 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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spellingShingle MayKao Yangblongsua Hang
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title Growing Up Hmong American: Truancy Policy and Girls
title_full Growing Up Hmong American: Truancy Policy and Girls
title_fullStr Growing Up Hmong American: Truancy Policy and Girls
title_full_unstemmed Growing Up Hmong American: Truancy Policy and Girls
title_short Growing Up Hmong American: Truancy Policy and Girls
title_sort growing up hmong american truancy policy and girls
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racial stereotypes
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