The University of California, Riverside is greatly known for diversity among its students because students from all around the world attend our university. Moreover, immigration is one of the common issues addressed in our university based upon the fact that many students are either immigrants themselves or came from an immigrant family. Immigration is a common ground factor that many students share regardless of what ethnicity they are; therefore, immigration is part of our global culture at UCR. Many may wonder: what is global culture? “Global culture refers to the transmission of ideas, meanings and values around the world in such a way as to extend and intensify social relations” (James 2006). The transmission of ideas, meanings, and values
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Karen Pyke, a professor in Sociology at UCR, focused her research on the second generation Asian American immigrants, and has analyzed in a more in depth sociological perspective of how child rearing plays a role in their daily lives. There are great differences on how Asian immigrants and Americans child rear. An American ideology has also been created on how “the modern family” needs to be. It is amusing to see and understand how Asian American immigrants and child rearing play an important role in how we address and construct a global culture at UCR, because those are the two major components that construct one’s identity.
I became interested in immigration and child rearing because it is an area of research that I can personally identify with. Immigration and child rearing played an important role in my life because as a child of immigrant parents, I am a second …show more content…
FOB referring to “fresh off the boat” and whitewashed referring to “Americanized”, were two of the terms that were often said and heard in her students’ interviews. Students were referring to these terms as if it was something very common to say which greatly surprised her. It was these two terms that encouraged Professor Pyke to write a second article, “FOB” and “Whitewashed”: Identity and Internalized Racism Among Second Generation Asian Americans. “‘FOB” or “fresh-off-the-boat" is a derogatory term that is mostly used by Asian Americans to refer to other Asian Americans who have migrated to the US more recently than they, strong foreign accents, and demonstrate behavior that 's somehow not "American”’ (Murao, 2014). In this article, Professor Pyke states, “FOB (“Fresh Off the Boat”) and “whitewashed” were commonly deployed to denigrate coethnic “others” or “too assimilated” while casting those at the bicultural middle as the “normals” (Pyke and Dang,147). These two terms became part of the second generation Asian Americans’ vocabulary, and they were often used as a form to distance themselves away from it. In our university, we can also hear these two terms being mentioned about one another, either as a joke or an insult towards another person, i.e. a stranger or friend, as a “FOB” or “whitewashed”.
Karen Pyke, a professor in Sociology at UCR, focused her research on the second generation Asian American immigrants, and has analyzed in a more in depth sociological perspective of how child rearing plays a role in their daily lives. There are great differences on how Asian immigrants and Americans child rear. An American ideology has also been created on how “the modern family” needs to be. It is amusing to see and understand how Asian American immigrants and child rearing play an important role in how we address and construct a global culture at UCR, because those are the two major components that construct one’s identity.
I became interested in immigration and child rearing because it is an area of research that I can personally identify with. Immigration and child rearing played an important role in my life because as a child of immigrant parents, I am a second …show more content…
FOB referring to “fresh off the boat” and whitewashed referring to “Americanized”, were two of the terms that were often said and heard in her students’ interviews. Students were referring to these terms as if it was something very common to say which greatly surprised her. It was these two terms that encouraged Professor Pyke to write a second article, “FOB” and “Whitewashed”: Identity and Internalized Racism Among Second Generation Asian Americans. “‘FOB” or “fresh-off-the-boat" is a derogatory term that is mostly used by Asian Americans to refer to other Asian Americans who have migrated to the US more recently than they, strong foreign accents, and demonstrate behavior that 's somehow not "American”’ (Murao, 2014). In this article, Professor Pyke states, “FOB (“Fresh Off the Boat”) and “whitewashed” were commonly deployed to denigrate coethnic “others” or “too assimilated” while casting those at the bicultural middle as the “normals” (Pyke and Dang,147). These two terms became part of the second generation Asian Americans’ vocabulary, and they were often used as a form to distance themselves away from it. In our university, we can also hear these two terms being mentioned about one another, either as a joke or an insult towards another person, i.e. a stranger or friend, as a “FOB” or “whitewashed”.