As some of the examples above show, the words Takaki chooses to use in his article both strengthen and weaken his argument against idea of ​​a model minority. By using vague terms, Takaki allows his audience to imagine the magnitude of the differences between the idea of ​​Asian superiority and the actual success of Asian Americans. This strategy is effective in paragraph ten, where Takaki tells his readers that 80 percent of Hmong and Mien refugees are unemployed and our minds struggle to make sense of this large number. But this doesn't work in paragraph seven where Takaki states that "while thousands of young Vietnamese Americans are attending college, others are on the streets...some of them joining gangs" (p. 118 ). The vagueness of this statement makes it applicable to almost any group of people Takaki's readers could think of. It could be argued that Takaki chose this vague point in order to create a connection between Vietnamese Americans and other ethnic groups. If that was Takaki's goal, then it was too ambiguous to be effective. With a simple phrase (i.e. "Like all other groups") Takaki could have explicitly linked Vietnamese Americans and "all groups" in this context.