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Low-hanging fruit

The easiest tasks or problems to solve that give quick wins with minimal effort, as the fruit hanging low is the easiest to reach.

Weaponized incompentence

Weaponized incompetence is a behaviour pattern where one partner pretends to be bad at simple tasks to get out of shared responsibilities.

Gentrification

A term used in urban study to explain the process where: a poor or working-class neighbourhood got transformed when rich people move in, which leads higher rent and property value, often pushes out the long-living poor residents.

Model minority

A term to describe a minority group that is perceived as more successful than other minority groups, especially in terms of *education, income, and behaviour.

The concept of model minority is heavily associated with US culture, a stereotype for different ethnic groups. It usually refers to Asian Americans, who is seen as a group that “does everything right”: works hard, respects authority, stays out of trouble, achieves academically, and becomes economically successful.