Stereotypes In Asian American Society

In the recent issue of Officer Peter Liang, many Asian elders have argued about the discrimination of the court verdict. The elders compared Peter Liang with other white officers who did not get charged for second degree manslaughter crime on an African American citizen. The elders describe the guilty verdict for Peter Liang as “making an ethnic minority American a scapegoat to satisfy the political thirst of a few and to pay for the police brutality that has troubled the American society for a long time” (Sun Yuanfan). However, the elder has forgotten to mention that Gurley, the unfortunate victim, is also a part of a minority under the privilege of whiteness. Ultimately, the controversy has lead to the dispute between the Black Lives Matter …show more content…
As Busta Rhyme advises Dev to take advantage of his situation and “charge it to the race card” in an episode of the TV series Master of None. Despite the fact that Asian American has been in the US for generations, the mainstream media is still portraying them as the foreigner. The mainstream audience, which is mainly white, are interested in the assimilation and exaggerated stereotype in Asian American characters. In one scene, the director implies the reason for the two Indian actors could not be on the show just because then the show would not be relevant to the mainstream audience. In fact, in the Academy Award Ceremony 2016, Chris Rocks has stated in his monologue that, “Hollywood is racist” and that Oscar is a “white actors” award. We, minorities, share many similarities despite the differences in culture. We all are struggling to find a stand in a diverse country. In Fresh off the Boat, Eddie Huang finds his life identity in the hip hop culture by sympathizing with African American rappers through the lyrics. Even though he is the second generation of a Taiwanese immigrated family, he is able to find a common ground with black struggles rather than assimilating himself with the white …show more content…
Since black history has been the historical struggles, Asians could never reach at the end of either white or black side. Asian Americans are known for their hard works and achievements through education, yet they are too foreign to assimilate to the white custom. In order to create a firm position within the society, we should consider ourselves as equal with other minorities and challenge the white privilege. In Peter Liang case, this is indeed an opportunity for us to once again change to adapt a transformative systemic change. We should admit Peter Liang is at fault and call for other police’s brutality cases that has happened in the past and prevent it from happening in the