Marginality of American Asians In the United States, Asians encompass 6% of the total population. There are now 17.3 million Asian Americans, up from 6.9 million in 1990, in the United States. Asian Americans are currently the fastest growing population in America (Census data, n.d.). The rise of Asian Americans really tweaked my interest in Asian Culture. Asian culture is one that I have very little knowledge. In my teaching experiences, there have been very few Asian Americans in my class. In my educational career, I have not seen any Asian culture in my classroom. This lack of knowledge of Asia has sparked an interest in me to want to research their culture.
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San Antonio has a very low population of Asian Americans. This very low population of Asian Americans causes us as a city to marginalize them. The Asian lifestyle is one that the majority of people, including myself, rarely understand so we tend to stereotype their culture. In my research, I want to look past these stereotypes and delve deeper into their culture. The population of Asian Americans is on the rise in the United States. This continued rise of the Asian population compelled me to research a culture that is one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in America. If the population of Asian Americans continues to grow. especially in the city that I teach, it would be very important to know about their ethnic backgrounds so I could better assist them in the …show more content…
The festival had thirteen booths relating to Korean culture that visitors could visit. The booths included Korean trivia, kimchi demonstrations, hanbok paper folding, and gong-ki-nori Korean jacks. Each booth provided people with an insight into Korean culture. The first booth that I visited was jegichagi which is closely related to hacky sack in America. The game jegichagi consists of people trying to kick a jegi ( paper shuttlecock) with the instep of their foot multiple times or back and forth with a partner. I then went to another booth where my wife tried on a hanbok (a traditional Korean outfit). The next activity we tried was jong-i jeobgi or paper folding (see Appendix A). When I was young I tried origami so the folding technique was not hard for me, and I was able to make a hanbok. Once we browsed the booths we made our way to the auditorium for the Korean performances. The Korean performances included traditional drum dances, hat dances, fan dances, sword dances, taekwondo, and k-pop (see Appendix B). The dances and music were like nothing that I have ever seen. After the performances were over, we tried many different assortments of kimchi (a cabbage based dish from Korea) (see Appendix
So how are Asian Americans Marginalized? Asian American students usually …show more content…
San Antonio has a very low population of Asian Americans. This very low population of Asian Americans causes us as a city to marginalize them. The Asian lifestyle is one that the majority of people, including myself, rarely understand so we tend to stereotype their culture. In my research, I want to look past these stereotypes and delve deeper into their culture. The population of Asian Americans is on the rise in the United States. This continued rise of the Asian population compelled me to research a culture that is one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in America. If the population of Asian Americans continues to grow. especially in the city that I teach, it would be very important to know about their ethnic backgrounds so I could better assist them in the …show more content…
The festival had thirteen booths relating to Korean culture that visitors could visit. The booths included Korean trivia, kimchi demonstrations, hanbok paper folding, and gong-ki-nori Korean jacks. Each booth provided people with an insight into Korean culture. The first booth that I visited was jegichagi which is closely related to hacky sack in America. The game jegichagi consists of people trying to kick a jegi ( paper shuttlecock) with the instep of their foot multiple times or back and forth with a partner. I then went to another booth where my wife tried on a hanbok (a traditional Korean outfit). The next activity we tried was jong-i jeobgi or paper folding (see Appendix A). When I was young I tried origami so the folding technique was not hard for me, and I was able to make a hanbok. Once we browsed the booths we made our way to the auditorium for the Korean performances. The Korean performances included traditional drum dances, hat dances, fan dances, sword dances, taekwondo, and k-pop (see Appendix B). The dances and music were like nothing that I have ever seen. After the performances were over, we tried many different assortments of kimchi (a cabbage based dish from Korea) (see Appendix