UCLA online textbook gives voice to Asian American and Pacific Islander histories
The $12 million “Foundations and Futures” online textbook is designed for high school and college educators and spans diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and historical struggles.
Model minority. Perpetual foreigner. The centuries-old stereotypes of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as passive bystanders in American culture and politics still persist, despite U.S. history being full of examples to the contrary. The way to change that, scholars believe, is by teaching younger generations that history.