Afro-Asian

The poaching of elephants and the ivory trade has become an extremely pressing and controversial issue over the past few years, most noticeably in Botswana perspectives have been altered and bias has been made. This issue has sparked unrest and controversy all around the world. Protests began in Botswana concerning it, dividing the environmentalist from the poachers. From the 1970’s to the late 1980’s, elephant populations were slaughtered due to the legal regulated trade in ivory, which…

race. Being from India can be related to Raj’s inability to interact with women, his inability to fit in with the larger society that his friends too find themselves left out of, as well as an inability to understand and relate to America as a whole. Asian Americans have historically been excluded from the definition of what it is to be American, and differences have been exaggerated and mocked to the ends of subjugating and culturally overpowering others. Doing this confirms whiteness as the…

article “The duty to succeed: honor versus happiness in college and career choices of East Asian students in the United States” written by, Lauren Dundes, Eunice Cho and Spencer Kwak tests the hypothesis that parents from East Asian decent are harder on their kids and expect more out of them compared to white parents. The article was written for college counselors to help provide them information on Asian American students and their parents. The information is being used to help college…

Confucianism, Asian culture “stresses hard work, respects authority, and values education” (Kim, p.227). This idea is best represented by middle-class Asian American families because the parents have the ability and time to give their children the best education and also engaged in the study process with them. According to Dae Young Kim, in most culture, the parents’ socioeconomic statuses are strongly related to the children’s educational achievements, but this is not always true for Asian…

One person on Twitter posted, “I didn’t know Miss Japan doesn’t have to be pure Japanese . . . What a shock!” Nevertheless, on her interview with Roxana Saberi, Miyamoto says, her “appearance isn’t Asian . . . [however], she feels very much Japanese inside.” Miyamoto says the criticism of her racial background was not a big a surprise at all. In fact, growing up in Japan, she had experienced it at first hand. She says, as a child, she was constantly…

The report made by the Pew Research Center on the racial term “Asian American” imposes the impression that Asian Americans in the United States have the highest income, higher educational attainment/career success, are more satisfied with their lives that other Americans. In response to this, Scot Nakagawa points out the dilemma regarding this allegation. The classification “Asian American” ties together a vast range of different Asian ethnic groups that come to the United States for different…

Many people of other ethnicities experience some sort of racism in America. Typically as Americans we assume because someone is of Asian or Mexican ethnicity that they express Asian or Mexican culture even if they were born in the US. Though the people of other ethnicities may participate in their ancestors cultural experiences, they still have American identity. In both Okita's and Cisneros's works they express American identity as being the culture you express rather than how you look or where…

I’m Filipino and I’m Asian. I’m part of the 5% residing in the US. Most of my family and friends are either immigrants or first-generation Asian Americans. When I first migrated to the US, I lived in Southern California where communities are predominantly Asian. Hollywood, the home of the entertainment industry, is located in Southern California. But where are the Asian Americans in television? We don’t often see them as a lead of a TV show, nor as a part of the main cast. Not only are they…

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…

The representation of Asians in American cinema has been a long and arduous journey In the dawn of American cinema Asian actors have faced miscegenation, racial stereotyping, and the infamous “yellow peril” propaganda fueled by the fears of Westerners. Early Asian stars on the big screen such as Sessue Hayakawa, Anna May Wong, and Sabu Dastagir were considered pioneers mostly due to their high prominence and popularity as actors in the 20th century. Sessue Hayakawa was the first…