Asian American

A second notoriously racist Broadway show born in the “Golden Age” of theatre is Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s musical, The King and I. However, this show is not notorious for appropriating black American culture, but rather Asian culture in Siam. The King and I differs from Show Boat, however, because it is based on a true story. In The King and I, a Welsh, widowed school teacher is brought in by the King of Siam to tutor his children. There is a clashing of personalities between the governess,…

African American females are considered to be “hypersexual and physically tough” (Wade and Ferree, 2015, p. 91). Also, African American women are seen as less feminine compared to white women (p. 92). Asian women on the other hand are “hyperfeminized” and seen as “demure, passive, and sexually available” (p. 94). White females are considered to be “normal, regular, plain, and uninteresting” (p. 96). Women who are more masculine might be viewed as lesbians (p. 99). Therefore, African American,…

Choi, a close friend of mine is an Asian American that I chose to interview. He is an academically average student that has his strengths and weaknesses in school. I was curious to hear what Choi had to say because of the recent readings and discussions we have had in class. I thought it would be interesting to see how he would react and answer some of these questions that were proposed. Before conducting this interview, I had anticipated that there would be a clear and definitive difference…

Diversity on American Television America is one big pot of gumbo, made up of all types of people, bringing their own unique flavors to the country. In 2008, America elected the first African American president, Illinois Senator Barack Obama, Since President Obama has been in office, American TV shows have made great strides in diversifying characters on television. This is not to say that there were not shows that depicted people of color prior to 2008, but after the election it became more…

This essay will look at speaker ethnicity, particularly African Americans, with a minor mention to Mexican Americans and Asian Americans. The question of how African Americans participate in the sound change in North America will be addressed, using Mather’s replica of the Department Store Study, originally conducted by Labov. As the original, the replica of the survey was “rapid and anonymous” (Labov, 2009) and therefore avoided the “observer’s paradox” (Labov, 2009). No factual evidence were…

when screening resumes the recruiters weren’t looking at faces, but they were able to look at names. Katherine found through her studies that African Americans and Asian who masked their race on resumes received more job interviews. Having been a part of the recruiting side I could see myself agreeing with the study that Asian and African American who mask their race, by using a ‘white’ name receive better opportunities for a job interview. In my line of work for companies that are…

personality and real estate developer, Donald Trump, announced his candidacy for the 2016 Presidential Election on June 16, 2015 at Trump Towers in New York City, using the slogan “Make America Great Again”, he has made racist comments about Asians and African Americans and has expressed an Islamophobic attitude. He even went so far as to mock New York Times reporter, Serge Kovaleski, who suffers from arthrogryposis, which limits the movement of his arms. Trump claimed to have no relationship…

Stereotypes are characteristic tend to be oversimplifications of groups involving gender, race, national origin and other factors. Samples of stereotype are “ African American are athletic, Asians are good in math or “ She's a typical blonde…” These are a few examples of stereotyping still use by generalize people in certain groups. It classifies for convenience, by assuming we know what those groups of people are alike but it is wrong to assume and judge someone by stereotyping not…

Jensen is not alone on this one because being an Asian American myself, I sometimes wonder if I have it better compared to my parents. As an Asian American, we hear stories of our parent's pain and struggle, but yet we are selfish not realizing what our parents had to go through, especially when coming to America. Sometimes in life, everyone faces the…

extremely diverse in America as compared to most countries. However, the white race is commonly seen as the dominant race because of the past history. White people are more privilege than any other race. The minority race such as African American, Latino, and Asian are known to belong in the marginalized group. According to W.E.B DuBois, he was constantly discriminated because he was half black and half white. People perceived him as the minority black race because of his dark skin color. …