1st Edition
Navigating Model Minority Stereotypes Asian Indian Youth in South Asian Diaspora
1. Worlds of the Asian Indian second-generation: The Asian Indian Diaspora in the United States, silent voices, achievement and positive stereotyping 2. Investment in education and influence of cultural context: Science, technology and math education, parental role in academic and career choices 3. In between Indianness and Americanness: Identities in practice within lived worlds 4. A balancing act in triple quandary: Navigating advantages of two worlds 5. Beyond stereotype: Voices of unmodel minority students 6. Listening to voices on race and class: Neighborhood enclaves, race relationships, interracial animosity, coexistence and friendship 7. Conclusion
Biography
Rupam Saran is an Associate Professor at the Education Department, Medgar Evers College, City University of New York. Her book with Dr. Rosalina Diaz, Beyond Stereotype: Minority children of immigrants in urban schools, analyzes the effect of stereotyping on the school experiences of children of new immigrants. Recent journal publications include articles in Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, In the South Asian Diaspora, The Hispanic Educational Technology Services (HETS) Online Journal, and The Anthropologist.
"A brilliant analysis of the interplay between class and culture among minorities. Saran's fascinating account of Asian Indian culture explains why the stereotype of this group as a highly successful minority is only partially correct and why Asian Indians don't always make it. A landmark achievement in our understanding of the complexity of immigration to the U.S." - William Helmreich, author of The New York Nobody Knows: Walking 6,000 Miles in the City; Professor of Sociology at CUNY Graduate Center and at the Colin Powell School of Civic & Global Leadership
