Asian Americans have higher achievement rates in education attainment, income, occupation status, family structure, and other key areas marking successful Americanization than figures gathered for White Americans, yet are identified as “Model Minority” or “Honorary White”. What do these identities say about White as a status in America? What is the message to high-performance Asian ethnic groups and other minorities in America?
What lessons are learned from the Americanization experiences among White-ethnics, Jewish Americans, and Arab Americans on the fluid nature of race, who can be white in America, and white as a status or class in America?
Is the White American category coercively demanding European-ethnics to abandon their true ethnic-European identity to simply identify as White in America, therefore a “category of oppression with privilege”?
How does the “White Trash” imagery compare as a source of oppression and dehumanization to the N-word, Illegal-immigrant, Honorary White, and Terrorist?
