Passing for Perfect: College Imposters and Other Model Minorities (Intro Excerpt Only)

Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) - The City University of New York (CUNY)

In her engaging study, Passing for Perfect, erin Khu Ninh considers the factors that drove college imposters such as Azia Kimwho pretended to be a Stanford freshmanand Jennifer Panwho hired a hitman to kill her parents before they found out she had never received her high school diplomato extreme lengths to appear successful. Why would someone make such an illogical choice? And how do they stage these lies so convincingly, and for so long?