An unseen unheard minority : Asian American students at the University of Illinois /
Sharon S. Lee.
- 1 online resource (xxii, 172 pages) : illustrations
- New Directions in the History of Education Ser. .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : the invisibility of Asian Americans in higher education diversity discussions -- The historiography of Asian American college students -- Making noise in the background : Asian American students at Illinois, 1968-19753 : we are not model minorities : a new Asian American student movement, 1975-1992 -- We are minorities : the fight for Asian American studies and student services, 1992-1996 -- Seeing and Hearing Asian American students -- List of oral history interviews -- Acknowledgments. Joy Williamson-Lott --
"Higher education hail Asian American students as model minorities who face no educational barriers given their cultural values of hard work and political passivity. Described as "over-represented," Asian Americans have been overlooked in discussions about diversity; however, racial hostility continues to affect Asian American students, and they have actively challenged their invisibility in minority student discussions. This study details the history of Asian American student activism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, as students rejected the university's definition of minority student needs that relied on a model minority myth, measures of under-representation, and a Black-White racial model, concepts that made them the "unseen unheard minority" on campus. This activism led to the creation of one of the largest Asian American Studies programs and Asian American cultural centers in the Midwest. Their histories reveal the limitations of understanding minority student needs solely along measures of under-representation and the realities of race for Asian American college students"--
9781978824461 9781978824485
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Students--Political activity--History--20th century. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Students--Political activity--History--21st century.
Asian American college students--Social conditions.--Illinois--Champaign Asian American college students--Ethnic identity.--Illinois--Champaign Student movements--History--Illinois--Champaign--20th century. Student movements--History--Illinois--Champaign--21st century.