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Media Portrayal Of Asian Americans By Louis Nakayama Summary

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The assigned reading is based on the structuring and framing of Asians in America. Author, Thomas K. Nakayama, begins by explaining many issues that Asian Americans face, such as many Americans not knowing the difference between Asians and Asian Americans. He states that media representation can be a main reason for this issue. Additionally, during World War II, many Japanese Americans were mistakenly identified as Japanese. They were criticized and placed into internment camps, because America thought they were affiliated with the war. This places a stereotype on all Asians as violent. Essentially, there are not many accurate representations of Asian Americans in the media at all. He states that throughout the reading he will highlight two different stereotypes that are used in the media to portray Asian Americans. Nakayama will be using this in the relation to the structuring of Asian Americans in American society. …show more content…
The phrases were misrepresentations of Asians developing negative stereotypes. Orientalism developed a threating representation of Asian Americans for many Americans. This resulted in many Anglo Americans mistreating Asians and showing racism towards them, as they have done with other racial groups. For portraying Asians in narratives, they look for differences between characters. According to Nakayama, we see more images of Asians than we do Asian Americans. Essentially it is believed that that representation is accurate for Asian Americans as well. As a result of Orientalism, laws and restrictions were placed against Asians as far as settlement. They were not allowed to live in certain areas of many cities across the United States. In some cases, it was only against specific Asian groups, but in other cases it was against all Asian groups. Orientalism is why we do not see Asian Americans portrayed accurately in the

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