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Social imagination: a term used by many sociologists to describe the natural tendency for humans to compare their personal experiences with a broad world event. This causes a sequential chain of events that establishes a deeper connection and understanding of one’s situation. However, in modern society, people now overlook one method that allows humans, specifically citizens of the United States, to feel this deeper connection: Media. The United States thrives due to its numerous innovative and…

Introduction The non-clinical cross-cultural interview for this project was completed with a grandfather of an associate. My participant was the associate’s grandfather, and her grandfather is a youthful-looking 102 years old veteran, married male, who identifies as Filipino. In addition, he has been “happily” married for 73 years. When asked how did he manage to have a healthy and happy marriage; he responded by stating, “they did not drink, smoke, and always honest.” My interview process was…

structures played a role in the behaviorisms of Asian American men. More specifically, they wanted to replicate findings that “Asian American men have more rape-supportive attitudes compared to White men and investigate the relationship between rape-supportive attitudes and misogyny, acculturation, and ethnic identity” (Koo, Stephens, Lindgren, George 1). Thus suggesting that the goal of this study was to uncover the relationship between culture in Asian American Men and rape-supportive…

Recommendations Recently, English football is being promoted by the U.K. government and the Football Association (FA) has been handed the major role to play in the counter against racism and increase the involvement rates of ethnic minorities in the British civic society (KASSIMERIS, 2008, p. 125). However, for one to use football as a tool for braking down the barriers for racial abuse, racism at the elite level should be tackled first so as to set a better example for the others. After looking…

answered “yes,” especially those with an Asian background. Dysfunctional families have plagued Asian American communities, leaving a large number of younger generations stressed out. [insert statistics] Several symptoms include self-esteem issues, anxiety, depressive thoughts, leading to suicide ideation in the extreme case. As for Annie Choi of Happy Birthday Or Whatever, her family has its ups and downs. She tried to balance her duties of being a descent of Asian immigrants, while balancing…

in the media and can often go unnoticed. For instance, how would one perceive an Asian American in the media? The roles assigned to Asian Americans are typically of an intelligent; yet, “nerdy” individual. This depiction may seem…

I desired to be defined according to who I was rather than the societal views of my race. Asian American stereotypes are showing to be detrimental in contemporary society. To be defined as a hardworking, smart individual at first glance may seem perfectly fine, however,…

With the hopes of a fresh new beginning and more opportunities to rebuild their lives; many Asian immigrants migrated to the United States leaving everything behind as they set their sight towards whatever benefits may await them in America. However, the thought of finding peace and happiness would soon perish with the coming of WWII. During this period, Asian Americans were pushed to the side and seen as enemies. Racism as a whole would contribute to the fall of succeeding the American Dream,…

“Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster” by Mitsuye Yamada begins with an anecdote. In the middle of one of her lectures on Ethnic American Literature, a white student pipes up to expresses her resentment toward the apparent “militant tone” of one Asian American writer’s works. This student claimed to be fed up with being blamed for the oppression of all minorities just because of the color of her skin. How was that fair? She certainly didn’t ask to be white.The student’s anger is hard to get out…

practices have contributed to difference. For example, American religious practices seen in the reading, “Becoming American by Becoming Hindu”, by Prema Kurien; in the book The Cursillo Movement, by Kristy Nabhan-Warren; in the reading, “Second-Generation Asian Americans”, by Helen K. Kim and Noah Leavitt show different ways that American religious practices and identities have contributed to a shared American identity, as well as how they have contributed to difference. To begin with, in the…