AAPI Cultures - Post Break Pop Quiz

Why is the model minority myth problematic?

• It operates alongside the myth of Asian Americans as perpetual foreigners.

• The myth pits Asian Pacific Islanders against other communities of color, in particular Black communities.

• It assumes all Asian Pacific Islanders are monolithic.

• All of the above

__________ was essential to selling Bhangra albums because Bhangra was not sold in high-end music stores yet

• Radio

• Food halls

• Grocery stores

• Music halls

When was the term "Asian American" coined?

• 1880s

• 1960s

• 1990s

• 2010s

What is white saviorism?

• When a white person or people are cast as saviors of people of color

• When white people are moral and ethical

• A complex that anybody can have when it comes to saving others

• The Marvel Universe and DC

The CIA recruited Hmong people (mostly men) to help the U.S. government fight in the Vietnam War (also known as the second Indochina War). This private military operation came to be known as...

• The Hmong War

• The Secret War

• The Hmong Liberation Front

• The War for Hmong Liberation

When was the biggest wave of Hmong refugees to settle in the U.S.?

• 1960s

• 1970s

• 1980s

• 1990s

What is the difference between colonialism and imperialism?

Answer explanation

Colonialism = the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

Imperialism = a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

When were the people of Guam given U.S. citizenship?

• 1521 when Magellan came

• 1898 after the U.S. won the Spanish-American War

• 1944 when U.S. re-colonized Guam after Japan occupation

• 1950 in the Guam Organic Act

What is the Lotus Blossom stereotype?

Answer explanation

A stereotype that assumes all Asian women are sexually subservient, docile, meek.

What are Asian men stereotypes? (Stereotypes that wrongfully generalize and categorize Asian men)

Answer explanation

Can include:

- Yellow Peril

- Emasculation, effeminate

- Subservient

- Meek

- Opposite of white men toxic masculinity