Asian American Struggles

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This week’s articles readings were basically a sum up to what we have learned throughout the semester till this day. Asian Americans have faced many struggles and difficulties throughout their lives in the United States. All the Asian American communities which include Koreans, Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, and many more have faced problems with the American communities. The problems were discrimination, stereotyping, racism, education, and finding identity.

Asian Americans have faced discrimination with all its kinds. People were discriminated by the way they look and the way they act. Firstly, from what I see the concept of Asians as Asian-Americans was scrutinized. “To hyphenate America with a place of origin prolongs the myth of America

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