https://www.gracekimkelly.com/home-pursuit daily 1.0 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7974c8e386e57e1f28848f/1585018625419-CI22FEQ2GYP6BSAQW1FS/17200944_10155122559962769_3366704790999247845_n.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7974c8e386e57e1f28848f/7788fde7-8a65-4a06-a6f9-9842066b4fe6/IMG_8871.jpg Home - 2023 AsEA Conference Rebranding Being Asian in America: Normalizing Asian Mediocrity Racism towards Asian Americans is often overlooked as it is so often cloaked under the “positive stereotype” of being a Model Minority. In this workshop, Grace will present the how and why this stereotype came about. Then, she will lead participants through an interactive process based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to examine and reflect upon how the Model Minority myth has played a part in preventing them from reaching their own self-actualization. Lastly, Grace will open up a dialogue with participants on “rebranding” this myth by normalizing Asian mediocrity in our schools in an effort to meet students as individuals where they are and what they need, and not based on the potential set by the color of their skin.