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Article evaluation: Race and ethnicity in the United States
I feel as if multiple parts of the article drift from discussing race and ethnicity in the US, specifically when it goes on to talk about internal migration and the Underground Railroad. I don't see this historical event as effecting race or ethnicity but rather just something that people of one race went through in this country.

The article could definitely use a section to define race and ethnicity and juxtapose them because it discusses both without much clarification on the differences between the two.

Some of the wording in the article is also very general like "Most blacks have some European ancestry" is a statement made but not cited.

Some of the wording in the article sounds like it comes from a persons observations and not true knowledge such as "Nonetheless, African immigrants often develop very successful professional and business working-relationships with African-Americans." This statement is not supported by any citation. Some viewpoints of the article almost seem too observatory and not grounded in scientific research.

The citations I checked work and support the subject of the sentences they cite.

Each statement is not supported by a citation. I did not note any citing of bias which probably isn't accurate because for any piece written about race one's own motives for the research and identity have influence.

On the talk page the discussion is splintered into very specific topics on certain ethnicity groups, seeming as if people are trying to make sure that group is referred to accurately. The article is part of 4 Wikiprojects and rated B class (of different importance for each Wikiproject.) Wikipedia discusses race and ethnicity in America sans emotion or real life examples of how race effects one's life. This page relies heavily on statistics of the population and the history of different racial and ethnic groups in America.

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Article: Model minority

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A model minority is a demographic group(whether based on ethnicity, race or religion) whose members are perceived to achieve a higher degree of socioeconomic success than (other minority groups) the population average. This success is typically measured relatively by income, education, low criminality and high family/marital stability. -

The concept is controversial, as it has historically been used to suggest there is no need for government action to adjust for socioeconomic disparities between certain groups. (this argument has most often been applied to contrast Asian-Americans and black people in America, enforcing the idea that welfare is unnecessary and black people abuse it.. )

other minority groups

'this argument has most often been applied to contrast Asian-Americans and black people in America, enforcing the idea that welfare is unnecessary and black people abuse it. '

. (the Model Minority stereotype, and the perpetuation of the belief that any minority has the capability to rise economically without assistance, also completely ignores the very different history of Asian Americans and Black people in the U.S.. Beginning with the legalized and widespread slavery of Black people, continuing with Black Codes, Jim Crow, and the new Jim Crow (the Prison-industrial complex) 

The possible reasons as to why Asian Americans were used by White America as this image of a model minority are that they were viewed as having not been as much of a "threat" to White America due to less of a history of political activism in fighting racism (until after the Black Civil Rights movement, see asian American movement)

The model minority label also includes South Asian communities, in particular, Indian Americans, because of their high socioeconomic success. '(But, Indian-Asians face a type of racism and discrimination, despite their Model Minority status that other Asians do not face. One of the forms of this is discrimination based on religion, whether that be Hinduism or Islam - it influences their treatment. Often times, South Asians in America face racism that that is a result of mislabeling like being called Middle-Eastern or Muslim by the way they look, whether they actually identify with those groups. Another is discrimination based on skin color, which South and South-East Asians face because some tend to be darker skinned. So while South and South-East Asians reap some'' benefits of their Model Minority status, this does not mean they do not suffer harmful stereotypes as well and this further proves the harmful classification of all Asian-Americans into a "Model Minority". The mass grouping of all different Asian ethnicities into one "positive" stereotype deligimatizes the problems that certain Asian immigrants face, because the majority might not face those same negative stereotypes.   Another result of the Model Minority status of Indian Asians is their complacency, expressed more often than not. There is conflict within the Indian Asian immigrant population in the US, as some exalt their "positive" minority status and wish to uphold it, resulting in complacency when attacked racially and even sometimes going as far as to support political candidates that are anti-immigration. The other side of the conflict is those who are effected by racial stereotypes and wish to change that fact instead of accepting it, who believe they should essentially give up their coveted status to stand with other ethnic and racial minority groups against their common white oppressor ''')

The Model Minority Stereotype and Black Americans
'''Often overlooked is the direct contrast of Model Minorities with Black Americans. Model Minorities are used as a tool to discriminate against Black people with the mantra "If they can do it, why cant you?". This argument is often viewed as logical, because at the surface, there doesn't seem to be a clear cut explanation for why Jews, Asians, and Irish people are able to thrive after experiencing racism, but Blacks still seem to be disenfranchised. What this argument often ignores, is the unique experience of Black people in America, namely, they are the only minority who had been enslaved on U.S. soil for centuries. Some scholars also explain the differing successes of Asian immigrants and Blacks on the specific types of racism they experience. Essentially racism in itself is not monolithic, and is perpetrated in different ways and different arenas of life, some arenas where anti-Black rhetoric exist prove to be more harmful to Black personhood than situations in which anti-Asian discrimination exists. '''