Granfield and Wing, When and where have you encountered the model minority stereotype?
Discipline: Sociology
Type of Paper: Other
Academic Level: High school
Paper Format: MLA
Question
Description
read articles and just watch ; https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/business/the-myth-of-the-model-minority/2017/04/14/aa6c4bf4-213a-11e7-bb59-a74ccaf1d02f_video.html
1. Granfield's research describes the experiences of working-class students in an elite law school. What connections do you see between Lareau’s findings in Unequal Childhoods and Granfield’s findings in this study? What role does cultural capital and/or habitus play in the law students’ experience in law school and on the job market? (Please use at least one of these two terms in your answer.) Optional: how do his findings resonate with your own experience?
2. When and where have you encountered the model minority stereotype? Based on the reading and your experience, what effects does that stereotype have with respect to schooling? Why is it a “myth,” according to the author?