Afro-Asian

Asian Americans have a very strong ethnic presence in the United States. For this study, the authors’ main goal was to find a connection between the neighborhood a family lived in, and how it influenced parenting styles and children’s behavior. The participants were 258 children from 1st to 2nd grade in the San Francisco Bay area. The children and their families were from Chinese background. The authors had two theories. Firs, they predicted that neighborhood characteristics would influence what…

Socio-Economic Factors of Asian Americans Compared to the American population overall, Asian Americans have variable health outcomes. These health outcomes include breast cancer, osteoporosis, diabetes, life expectancy, and heart disease. Asian Americans also vary in different socioeconomic status such as unemployment levels, education, language, political affiliation, etc. Our research conducted revolves around the connections between the health outcomes that are potent in the Asian…

Both Chinese and Japanese Americans experienced some form of hatred whether it being physically or mentally abusive. The Yellow Peril was a racial name against anyone of an Asian descent which paved the way for racism (Yellow). The Yellow Peril became an issue when white working class men feared of losing their jobs to Asian Americans. This only…

Other than Vietnamese Culture influenced by Confucianism, Vietnamese Americans have or own a business from adapting to U.S. economics. The Vietnamese people had to adapt to U.S. economics because of how poor they were and couldn’t speak any English at all. Vietnamese Americans might be found in all occupations, however they appear to demonstrate an inclination for specialized employments, like electrical building and apparatus amassing. In the southern states along the Inlet Drift, Vietnamese…

moving to America from a place such as Japan, one would originally think to themselves it would be normal, just a regular human being nothing to really talk about, but this was not the case. Instead, the person becomes classed under a race called Asian, and then almost their whole life becomes anything, but normal. The individual may just be walking on a busy street, and just happen to bump into a random person and one hears them mutter, “ Stupid chink, “ and walks away. The Japanese individual…

that I interviewed had different perspective about Little Tokyo. The specific person I’m going to write about is a woman name Cathleen. The gender Cathleen identify herself as a her/ she. As the first time seeing Cathleen, I didn’t know that she was Asian until she told me her race. In my mind, I thought she was Mexican. She is from Los Angeles, California. She currently lives in Monterey Park. Cathleen just move to Monterey Park this past month of October. Cathleen…

Chinese have been impertinently stereotyped for centuries. Although they are not being treated as wrongfully as they were during the 1900’s, Asian-Americans continue to be embarrassed by these damaging labels. Gene Luen Yang author of American Born Chinese, effectively demonstrates how powerful the burden of racial stereotypes are by the way he carries out the character, Chin-Kee. The graphic novel published in 2006 speaks of the endeavoring changes in identity both physical and cultural as well…

In the Shadows Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, along with other ethnicities such as Mexican and African Americans, live in America in hopes of having freedom and equal opportunity to succeed in the world. AAPIs, being that they are a minority, struggle in receiving equal opportunity and freedom. In the article, Why calling Asian Americans a model minority glosses over crucial issues, Vivek Wadhwa talks about AAPIs by providing general information on AAPIs, by talking about the issues…

it is erroneous and distorted, which proves as a liability for many Asian Americans. The Model Minority stereotype unintentionally downplays and degrades other nationalities. Therefore, Asian Americans bear a higher vulnerability to harassment, hate crime, and discrimination compared to other ethnic groups on top of the huge encumbrance parents and society has already placed…

Reading this book was an enriching experience. I had initially thought that the West was generally better than the East because westerners would have learned from prior experiences, such as the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the slavery. Prior to reading this book, I was infused with the idea that westward expansion was one of the greatest occurrences in America’s history. After finishing this book, however, I realized that although the West significantly contributed to America’s history,…