Model Minority

Model Minority- This term is mentioned by Takaki in Pacific Crossings on p. 258 as way that whites viewed Japanese settlers in Hawaii. By model minority, they meant that they were a minority willing to do what they were told by white society and would not resist their status. However, Japanese workers disproved this notion as they went on strike aggressively and wanted their respect. The video A Challenge To Democracy also deals with this because it viewed Japanese-Americans as a model minority, willing to conform to whatever white society wanted them to do.