The “Model Minority Myth” and Eating Disorders

The “model minority myth” paints a deceptively simple picture: Asian Americans and other minorities achieving seamless success in the U.S. through relentless hard work, intelligence, and an unwavering focus on academic and career success. This stereotype echoes through the roles we see in 2000s sitcoms—the “Asian friend”, always the overachiever, the awkward engineer, or the wealthy but overlooked suitor.