The discussion of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in the context of the West is uniquely complex. AAPIs are often held up as “model minorities,” resulting in exclusion from many equity conversations. The lack of attention focusing on the experiences of AAPI communities in organizations and society suggests a need for us to remedy this. In this special issue, we curated a collection of eight papers that tackle a broad range of issues that advance conversations of AAPI communities and diasporas. We contend that it may be particularly beneficial to take a critical perspective (using Asian Critical Theory or AsianCrit) to bring to light and challenge systemic issues faced by AAPI communities in Western workplaces and societies. We also call for a post-model minority narrative, which has the potential to mitigate the adverse impacts that the notion of a model minority has on both intragroup and intergroup relations and well-being.

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亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民在组织和社会中面临的关键问题

在西方背景下对亚裔美国人和太平洋岛民（AAPI）的讨论异常复杂。亚太裔经常被视为“模范少数族裔”，导致被排除在许多股权对话之外。组织和社会缺乏对 AAPI 社区经验的关注，这表明我们需要对此进行补救。在本期特刊中，我们整理了八篇论文，解决了促进 AAPI 社区和侨民对话的广泛问题。我们认为，采取批判性视角（使用亚洲批判理论或 AsianCrit）来揭示和挑战西方工作场所和社会中 AAPI 社区所面临的系统性问题可能特别有益。我们还呼吁采用后模范少数群体叙事，它有可能减轻模范少数群体概念对群体内和群体间关系以及福祉的不利影响。