Shattering the "Model Minority" Myth

Activists work to end the myth of a `model minority' that needs no affirmative action

By Denise K. Magner

Almost a quarter of the undergraduates at Stanford University are Asian American, yet Q. Cindy Nguyen and Julius Paras say few students on the campus share their Asian heritage.

Ms. Nguyen is Vietnamese American and Mr. Paras is Filipino American. When Stanford goes...

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