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Model Minorities Go Deep | Quyen Dinh & Valarie Kaur | Talks at Google

By Valarie Kaur — 2017

Panelists Quyen Dinh, Valarie Kaur, and Phil Yu join moderator Lorrie Ma in a conversation that guides us into a deeper understanding of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) experiences, the model minority stereotype, the concept of the “bamboo ceiling,” and how AAPI communities show up... See more...

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Asian American and Pacific Islander Well-Being