Since World War Ⅱ, as students have replaced laborers as the mainstay of Chinese immigration, the image of Chinese Americans has leapt from impoverished working class to "model minority."
二次大戰後，隨著留學生取代華工成為主要移民來源，美國華人的形象已從貧困低下的勞力階級，一躍為「模範少數民族」。