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A senator's life story, full of firsts


Duckworth returns to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, to certify election results.
Ladda Tammy Duckworth s life is full of firsts.
The 53-year-old junior U.S. senator from Illinois is the first Thai American woman and the first person born in Thailand to be elected to Congress, and is the second of three Asian American women to serve in the U.S. Senate. Duckworth is the first senator to give birth while in office.
Retired Army National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Duckworth is also the first woman with a disability elected to Congress and the first female double amputee in the Senate, both due to an insurgent-fired rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) that nearly killed her while she was piloting a helicopter in Iraq. ....

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Asian Americans As Model Minority: Dismantling The Myth : NPR


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Smart. Hard-working. Nice. Those were among the adjectives that respondents offered up in a recent poll when asked to describe Asian Americans.
The poll, conducted by the nonprofit Leading Asian Americans to Unite for Change (LAAUNCH), was another all-too-familiar reminder that Asian Americans are still perceived as the model minority.
Since the end of World War II, this myth about Asian Americans and their perceived collective success has been used as a racial wedge to minimize the role racism plays in the struggles of other minority groups, such as Black Americans.
Characterizing Asian Americans as a model minority flattens the diverse experiences of Asian Americans into a singular, narrow narrative. And it paints a misleading picture about the community that doesn t align with current statistics. ....

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