At the same time the US maintains a bootstrapping myth, suggesting that people who try hard will succeed, people who comply with the myth are punished for it; people of colour who work extremely hard and fight to get into college are told they didn’t get there on their own merits, but rather as a result of affirmative action policies. Their accomplishments are treated with disdain, while they’re called ‘invaders’ who are taking away spaces from white students. While these attitudes are common for nonwhite people and people of colour in college and university to encounter, they take on an extra sting when looking at Asian-Americans, because behind it, there is this whiff of ‘yellow peril’ adapted for the modern age.