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Guofang Li from State University Of New York at Buffalo (Other People's Success: Impact of the "Model Minority" Myth on Underachieving Asian Students in North America) noted that the image of model minority serve as visible models for other less motivated racial groups in proper behaviors, attitudes and work ethic. As mention earlier, Kyung Yoon who said not all Asians Americans are working in high skilled occupations there are some who are working in low playing jobs 24/7. In the beginning of the interview, Yoon mention that one of her friends who is African American said to her “What’s with being the model minority, ill love my community stereotyped as being hardworking, studious and successful”. Other racial groups such as Hispanic/ Latinos and African Americans are also being misrepresented in the media.

 "Portrayal of African Americans in the Media: An Examination of Law and Order" by Shannon T. Isaacs (Department of Sociology in Pennsylvania State University), examine the portrayal of African Americans in the media, within the television crime drama Law and Order, and will be used to determine whether the media exaggerates its portrayal of African America in the media. Shannon T revealed that African Americans were portrayed to be aggressive, involved in gang and crime activity. Based on the figures the depictions made in both season 1 and 20 were not represented to the actual population and crime that occurred, that is 28. 3% were African Americans and 69.2% were Whites for violent crime arrests in 2008.( Isaacs 1)

                     (Here is an example of how African Americans are represented in media)

On the other hand Hispanics/ Latinos are also being portrayed negatively in media. Jamie Pehil who wrote about "Latinos in Media" stated that very common portrayals of Hispanics/ Latinos in media and negative such as characters who are seen in films play roles as poor, uneducated, lazy and violent. 

An example of these commonly stereotypes of Hispanic/Latinos are seen in a film called “A Better Life” which depicted a gardener in East L.A, struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigrant agents while trying to give his son the opportunity had.  Although the film shows the daily struggle Hispanics/Latinos go through, it still portrays negative stereotype were Hispanic/Latino teenagers are not focus in school and involve in gangs. 

                        (Here is an example of how Hispanics/Latinos are portrayed in media) 

After researching how media portrays different ethnic groups, I learned that the media gives false images of Asian Americans, Hispanic/Latino, African Americans.