Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.10/19- Old – before 1860s, German Irish Dutch ScandinavianThird Wave Stereotypes- The model minority?- Very smart- All blend together- Earn an honest living (not sneaky)- Willing to assimilate- Good jobs- They aren’t “draining” the system- Other model minorities?- IndiansNew, Emerging Stereotypes- Tiger Parentso Asian parents raise their children with a certain “strictness” that otherAmerican parents seemed to lack- “Asian F”o Anything but an A+- What anxieties is this playing on?o Economic competitiono America being taken overo Stereotypes are always rooted in
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