Invisible and Struggling Asian Americans are generally known for their diligent work ethics, their high levels of education and the high paying job that follows from their education. This stereotype is even supported with statistical data, Asian Americans holding a higher median household income, $66,000, compared to the general population’s $49,800 (Pew Research Center). With a rise in Asian immigrants and the Asian American populace as a whole and how they are projected to be the largest minority group by 2055 (Cepeda), the U.S. economy seems to have a bright future ahead. However, the well-known fallacy of stereotypes is that they have their exceptions and also that statistics sometimes can be framed to skew the situation. Hunger and…
In Academic Profiling: Latinos, Asian American, and the Achievement Gap, by Gilda Ochoa, it describes how a focus on the achievement gap, can cause harm to both Latina/Latino and Asian American students by ignoring systematic and structural injustices that maintain “binary” and “hierarchical” thinking. One of her arguments is that the achievement gap gives off a mirage that inequality is being managed by moving the focus to “high-stakes testing”. According to her bibliography Gilda L. Ochoa lives in Southern California. She enjoys reading, writing, and running. She is also a professor of sociology and Chicana/Chicano and Latina/Latino studies at Pomona College.…
Another statistic that exhibits the effects of a student’s socioeconomic status on their academic performance in college, is one restated by Forbes, “about 55% of the bachelor’s degrees awarded in the U.S. went to students from top-quartile families with 2010 income above $98,875; 9.4% of those degrees went to students with family income below $33,000” (Fisher 1) Both of these statistics reveal the effects of two of the…
How did the civil rights act of 1954 affect me today? By: Tiara Smith The civil rights act of 1954 affected me by desegregating schools, public places, and the workplace.…
I really enjoyed reading your post. You brought up several reasons why Asian Americans are considered “model minorities”. You mentioned that one stereotype of Asian Americans are “thought of as minorities in this country because they are a minority group that does not require any type of assistance”. In the video Legal Director Myron Quon Model-Minority Myth & APAs (2007), we learned that in Chicago alone, Asian Americans are among one of the poorest minority groups (“Legal Director,” 2007). I love the idea you had regarding educating others about the different Asian cultures.…
Look Through a Broader Lens For centuries, people have arrived on American land with little more than a suitcase and a dream of a better life. The promise of freedom and equal opportunity continues to attract foreigners to America, even though many thought that with hard work and dedication could lead an American immigrant to success. Having reached the promised land, immigrants find themselves faced with unimaginable obstacles. My family came to America to pursue a better life. Both of my parents came from middle class family in Dalian, China.…
Being a student in college is not an easy thing to do. You are constantly busy completing activities such as school work, socializing with friends, and connecting with new students and professors. Not only do you have to focus on these tasks, you must think about extra-curricular activities and experience that you will need in your career. This could be an internship at an institution or a cooperative educational program. With all these tasks on your plate, it is beneficial to have people that support you and an overall good school environment.…
As a possible incoming student, who not only desires to, but needs to learn and attend a favorable campus, the things that I can offer and/or bring are my experiences and skills. I will try to help enrich the campus community as much as I can. Although, my experiences and interests may be easily overlooked by some because of the simple fact that I am “only seventeen,” and that everyone is still continuously evolving. I believe I can still bring something to only help enrich the community. A particular experience that I know differentiates from others is, being Hmong.…
“First-generation” is a commonly known term, yet most people do not actually know the struggle of being a student who is the first in his or her family to go to college. The majority of the general population assumes that in order to be considered first generation, a student's parents must never have attended college before. However, this is not always the case. The University of Florida defines first-generation as students whose parents never earned a bachelor’s degree. Therefore, a student can be considered first generation if his or her parents have an associate’s degree.…
1) As stated in the text, "Asian Americans constitute an extremely diverse panethnic category" and that the term "Asian Americans" is "nothing more than a convenient category that enables us to look at the general characteristics of the various Asian groups together, in comparison with other ethnic populations in the United States" (Marger, p245). To me, the term "Asian American" is too broad and is being applied to a very large number of individuals who are not much alike at all. People are so quick to put them in this category together, mainly because they are looking at the the general makeup characteristics. Some of these characteristics include faint yellowish- beige skin tone; relatively slim and petite frame built; thick-jet black…
College or Not More students are attending college today than any other year. Statistics show that about 21 million students are expected to attend American colleges and universities (National Center for Education). At a young age students are placed under a vast amount of pressure when the topic of college hits the dining table. Parents urge kids that an education is highly important, and that without it they are doomed. Student are left to believe that they only have one option and are placed on a strain to perform at an elite level.…
Computers geeks, math brainiacs, Kung Fu fighters, 5.0 students, play the piano or violin, doctor or engineer only, can’t drive, socially awkward, perfectionists, no double eyelids, yellow fever, and “do you speak English?” are all common racist stereotypical comments, ideas, and standards our culture has established for Asian Americans. Horrifically we base our sentiments of Asian Americans on prejudice, bias conclusions without providing Asian Americans a fair opportunity to defend themselves. Asian Americans recognize the insensitive gossips spoken about them, and these detrimental standards drive them towards the extreme of replacing their names for they no longer desire to be connected to such…
In the United States, high school graduates are faced with various options when deciding what route, they plan to take after high school. Some students may decide to enlist in the Armed Forces, go straight into the work force, enroll in a 4-year university or college, or a 2-year community college, though most high school graduates, 69% in fact, chose to continue their education and enroll in some form of post-secondary institution (United States Bureau of Labor Statistics). A study by the United States Bureau and Labor Statistics discovers that of those who chose to enroll in a post-secondary institution, majority happen to be Asian (83%), followed by Whites (71.1%), Hispanics (68.9%) and African Americans (54.6%) and of those who continue…
Asian Americans Asian Americans are the fastest growing minority populations in the United States and the number is expected to increase significantly from 18 million in 2010, to 34 million in 2050 (Hastings et al., 2015). Although the number of Asian Americans is constantly growing, research has been limited within the subgroups and only some of the subgroups are being reported. For example, national death registries allow researchers to study population health and look at trends. The problem was that Asian American subgroups were not often studied considering that states do not compile subgroup information on death records. More often than not, subgroups, such as Filipinos, Koreans, Asian Indians, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Japanese are grouped…
According to Child Trends Data Bank, "Hispanic and African-American people are more likely to drop out than white people. " They say that "5% of white people had not been enrolled or dropped out of high school compared to 8% African-Americans and 12% of Hispanics. " They also say males are more likely to drop out than females. (Child Trends Data Bank. 2015.) Another thing that was mentioned was that "53.6% of male students were not enrolled or had dropped out of high school compared to 46.4% of female students.…