The Racial Wedge

The Model Minority Myth is often used to wedge Asian Americans between Black and White America. In this episode, we explore how that is a problematic ideology, and why we need a new approach to understanding race. We also address how African immigrants are wedged between racial groups in the same way.

This episode features Mo Sibyl - a fellow podcaster - and Jason Chu - and Asian American rapper. Furthermore, we look to LA Race Riots as an example of racial tensions between Blacks and Asians, and try to see what we can learn. I'm Nidhi Shastri, and this is Model Minority: Uniquely American.  The intro clip is from an interview done by Asian American activist Grace Lee Boggs.

All music is from the CC Creative commons. Art: "Thick encyclopedias with colorful hardcovers" by Horia Varlan is licensed under CC BY 2.0