“Although schools play an active role in perpetuating these and other stereotypes, they also contain the seeds of potential change. Schools can curricular change that disrupt and challenge these stereotypes.” Stacey J. Lee

As educators we are in a a unique and powerful position to help fight social injustices such as stereotyping. As the reading suggests, one way to do this is through the curriculum. Though they may have improved a bit over the years, many, if not most, of school curricula are dominated by white European narratives. This functions to exclude or severely marginalize minority ethnic groups, their importance, and their contributions. The effects can be devastating, as the article explains. Ethnic groups, such as Asian Americans, get the message that their stories and contributions are not as important in our society. I found it extremely sad to learn many things in this article, one being that many Asian Americans don’t describe themselves as American because they know that others don’t see them that way. This sort of exclusion is unacceptable. This is a result of white domination that persists in our society in many forms. It is our job as teachers to remedy this injustice by working to include the stories of Asian Americans and other minority ethnic groups into our curriculum and by valuing and honoring the realities of all who make up our multicultural society.