@article{ref1,
title="Race, Gender and Progress: Are Black American Women the New Model Minority?",
journal="Journal of African American studies",
year="2008",
author="Kaba, A.J.",
volume="12",
number="4",
pages="309-335",
abstract="Building on the &quot;model minority&quot; concept especially focusing on East and South Asian immigrants in the USA, this paper argues that increasing pertinent data continue to show that African American women are gradually becoming a model minority too, despite experiencing the most severe form of slavery, racism and gender discrimination than any other group or sub-group in the history of the USA. Among the increasing number of examples presented in this paper to support the claim that Black American women are becoming a model minority in the USA are: (1) relatively high college enrollment and degree attainment rates for black women; (2) fewer black females die per every 100,000 of their population than black males, white males and white females; (3) Higher proportion of black women are 100 years and over, compared to black males and whites; (4) Proportionally, fewer black females than black males, white males and white females commit suicide; (5) Proportionally, fewer black females than all males commit crimes; (6) Proportionally, due largely to black females, fewer blacks consume alcohol and illicit drugs than whites, etc. © 2008, Springer Science + Business Media, LLC.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1936-4741",
doi="10.1007/s12111-008-9043-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12111-008-9043-8"
}