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The Color of Success

Wu, Ellen D

2013,2014

Overview

The Color of Successtells of the astonishing transformation of Asians in the United States from the \"yellow peril\" to \"model minorities\"--peoples distinct from the white majority but lauded as well-assimilated, upwardly mobile, and exemplars of traditional family values--in the middle decades of the twentieth century. As Ellen Wu shows, liberals argued for the acceptance of these immigrant communities into the national fold, charging that the failure of America to live in accordance with its democratic ideals endangered the country's aspirations to world leadership. Weaving together myriad perspectives, Wu provides an unprecedented view of racial reform and the contradictions of national belonging in the civil rights era. She highlights the contests for power and authority within Japanese and Chinese America alongside the designs of those external to these populations, including government officials, social scientists, journalists, and others. And she demonstrates that the invention of the model minority took place in multiple arenas, such as battles over zoot suiters leaving wartime internment camps, the juvenile delinquency panic of the 1950s, Hawaii statehood, and the African American freedom movement. Together, these illuminate the impact of foreign relations on the domestic racial order and how the nation accepted Asians as legitimate citizens while continuing to perceive them as indelible outsiders. By charting the emergence of the model minority stereotype,The Color of Successreveals that this far-reaching, politically charged process continues to have profound implications for how Americans understand race, opportunity, and nationhood.

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Subject: 1945-1989 / 20Th Century / Activism / African Americans / African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68) / American Dream / American middle class / American-born Chinese / Americanization / Americans / Anti-communism / Asian American Studies / Asian Americans / Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation / Asian Americans -- Ethnic identity / Asian Americans -- History -- 20th century / Asian Americans -- Public opinion / Career / China / Chinese Americans / Chinese emigration / Chinese Exclusion Act / Citizens (Spanish political party) / Citizenship / Citizenship of the United States / Civil Rights / Communism / Communist propaganda / Cultural assimilation / Culture of the United States / Discrimination & Race Relations / Employment / Ethnic group / Ethnic identity / Ethnic relations / Ethnic Studies / Exclusion / General history of North America United States / HISTORY / HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. bisacsh / HISTORY / World / Hostility / Immigration / Internment / Japanese American Citizens League / Japanese American National Museum / Japanese Americans / Juvenile delinquency / Legislation / Middle class / Military service / Minority group / Model minority / Naturalization / Nisei / Outreach / Overseas Chinese / Patriotism / Political Science / POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. bisacsh / POLITICAL SCIENCE / General / Politician / Politics / Politics and government / Population transfer / Progressive Era / Public opinion / Race / Race relations / Racial equality / Racial segregation / Racialization / Racism / Refugee / Sinophobia / Slum / SOCIAL SCIENCE / SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. bisacsh / SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Asian American Studies. bisacsh / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General / Society of the United States / Sociology / The New York Times / Underclass / United States / United States -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century / United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 / United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century / University of California / Welfare / Welfare state / White Americans / White supremacy / World War II / Yellow Peril / Yuji Ichioka
• ISBN: 1400848873, 9781400848874, 0691168024, 9780691168029, 9780691157825, 0691157820