Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang answers questions from the audience during a town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, in April. Photo: The Des Moines Register via AP Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang answers questions from the audience during a town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, in April. Photo: The Des Moines Register via AP
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang answers questions from the audience during a town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, in April. Photo: The Des Moines Register via AP
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Asian-Americans bristle at stereotypes as Andrew Yang says he ‘knows a lot of doctors’

  • Some feel presidential candidate is reinforcing model-minority myth with remarks during third Democratic debate
  • Yang, son of Taiwanese immigrants, has also made comments on campaign trail playing to stereotype of studious, maths-loving Asian-Americans

Topic |   US Presidential Election 2020
The Washington Post
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Updated: 11:08pm, 17 Sep, 2019

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Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang answers questions from the audience during a town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, in April. Photo: The Des Moines Register via AP Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang answers questions from the audience during a town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, in April. Photo: The Des Moines Register via AP
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang answers questions from the audience during a town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, in April. Photo: The Des Moines Register via AP
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