Yen added in this same article that “the model minority myth creates the perception that Asian Americans are all overqualified academic ‘superstars.’ It is assumed that sufficient numbers of Asian Americans will be hired anyway.”
Many of his Asian Pacific Islander colleagues, Yen recently told Diverse, still feel this way today.
Loh finds it “inexcusable” that the number of Asian Pacific Islander law faculty today remains so low. “Search committees ought to be held accountable. If a pool isn’t diverse, the search should start over. Search committees need to do better.”
Hing and others hope efforts by CAPALF will help propel more Asian Pacific Islanders into classrooms. As one who often guest lectures at various schools, including some with no Asian law faculty, Hing says, “I can’t tell you how many times Asian students have said, ‘We wish we had someone like you here.’”
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