Minority Invisibility Book

Acknowledgments     v
Abstract     vii
Introduction     1
Information Background     1
Definition of "Minority Invisibility"     3
Problem Statement     8
Significance of the Study     8
Literature Review     10
Historical Review of America Racial Formation     10
Forms of Minority Invisibility     13
Research on Asian American Study and Model Minority     20
Theories Dealing with Invisibility     23
Research Procedures     25
Qualitative Research Methods     25
Recruitment of Participants     28
Interview Questions     29
Description of Participants     31
Data Analysis     33
Individual Racial Consciousness     33
Group Racial Consciousness     43
Other Group Racial Consciousness     56
Praxis     61
Discussion     66
Discussion of Research Questions     66
Implications and Future Research Directions     73
References     79
Index     85
About the Author     87