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Ekk Sisavatdy, left, helps an incoming freshman at Highline College in Burien, Washington, as part of a program that assists Asian American and Pacific Islander students.

Asian American students push to reveal what the ‘model minority’ myth hides

March 20, 2017Education

“I’m more than just Asian American and others’ perception of what an Asian American is,” says Ekk Sisavatdy, who works with students who don’t fit the straight-A stereotype of Asian American students.

Chinese gather near Baiyun Temple in Beijing to pray for good fortune on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year

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Cheng Imm Tan at home in Boston.

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