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
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
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US Presidential Election 2020
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