Model Minority Myth: The real risks of stereotyping

<p>Hartford HealthCare’s Steve Coates talks with Mui Mui  Hin-McCormick, Clinical director of Adult Residential Services with <a href='https://rushford.org/'>Rushford</a>, part of the <a href='https://hartfordhealthcare.org/services/behavioral-mental-health'>Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network</a>.<br/><br/><b>The topic:</b> The Model Minority Myth - which is an assumption made, most commonly with Asian-Americans, that they are smart, successful, good with subjects like math and science, polite and law-abiding.<br/><br/>While that might sound flattering, this stereotype not only ignores the diversity in the Asian-American culture, but it positions the community as not needing resources and programs to help them.<br/><br/><b>The goal: </b>To equip people to ask for help when they need it, whether it’s teachers in school or colleagues in the workplace. It’s an important and ongoing journey to awareness. <br/><br/>You can subscribe to More Life and be notified each time a new episode drops. Just search “Hartford HealthCare” on your favorite podcast platform and hit follow.<b><br/><br/>Related articles:<br/></b><a href='https://healthnewshub.org/unrealistic-expectations-on-asian-americans-the-model-minority-myth/'><b>Unrealistic Expectations on Asian Americans: the ‘Model Minority Myth’</b></a></p><p><b>Related episode:<br/></b><a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/1238717/8063079'><b>Health Equity: Examining the past, present and future</b></a></p>