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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 under-represented, but also given stereotypical roles especially in sitcoms. But how far can mockery go to portray Asian…

Do you ever think about how America could be a better place? There is hate and segregation of races all over America still. People stereotyped and judged, because of the way they are and their beliefs. My vision for this great nation is we can have peace, starting with feeling comfortable with everybody, not thinking people feel a certain way about a certain race, and stopping the hate. How could as the people change this overwhelming problem? In reality, people of different races, is some…

United States, I was not concerned about any issues regarding Asians and Asian Americans. I do not think that it is important for me to know or pay attention to them. As long as my life is not affected, I would not take the issues of Asian and Asian American seriously. However, I was wrong. I did not know that Asian Americans’ problem could be a controversial topic in the United States until I read those Asian Americans’ articles and news. In this class, I also could somehow relate myself to…

incarcerated today are due to a non violence offense. Although African-Americans who have the same charges as Whites are even shown to be incarcerated for longer period of time. African- Americans are 6x times more likely to be incarcerated than Whites. African-Americans as well were twice as likely to be arrested and almost four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with the police than Whites. If African-American and Hispanics imprisonment were equal as Whites the…

Both the American colonists and the British play a significant part in the American Revolution. A series of events led by the British eventually pushed the American colonists over board and on to look for independence. The American Revolution began as a result of Great Britain taxing the colonies to cover the debts that accumulated through the French and Indian War. The British lost the Revolutionary War although, they were expected to win due to limited sources for the American colonists. The…

A new breed of potentiating, powerful, and persuasive African American activists evolved in our society. The baton of leadership was passed down to them by men and women who ran in the race of equality, justice, and self-sufficiency for their people. A militant organization leader like the late Huey P. Newton strategy lives in us. His strategy was to defend and protect his own (black people) in the wake of police brutality. The only way his strategy within the black community could be destroyed…

Some say American Football is the best sport in the world, read on to find why. American Football grew out from sports such as rugby and soccer and became popular on American college campuses around the late 1800s. Today, the most watched television in the united states the superbowl. The NFL has an annual revenue of $9 billion, with a profit of $1 billion dollars. In 1962 CBS paid $4.65 million in 1962 for the first exclusive rights to broadcast NFL games besides the NFL championship. American…

the Asian-American are directly related to their health, wealth, economic and social status. Incidents which took place as a result of the stereotyping were in 1982 Vincent Chin's death; DotBusters in 1987; and Bang Ma in 2004 and many more undocumented events we don’t hear about. There are many stereotypes that results in the this racist violent act towards many Asian Americans, such as shy, unfriendly, smart, successful, and not American. Due to the increasing number of Asian American…

The American Dream a symbol of equal opportunity, success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. It has been one of the core American values for many years but the main questions are Does it still exists? or Is it still given? As Avalos explains throughout his Argument he explains how it might've of not ceased to exist but diminished? Now when, how, and why did the American Dream start to diminish? Well, the American Dream has been diminishing since the beginning of…

Aibileen is African-American. Miss Skeeter lives at home with her mother and father and writes an article for the Junior League. Aibileen lives by herself and works for Elizabeth Leefolt. Aibileen has been working for white families all her life and has raised seventeen children. Aibileen is raising her eighteenth and nineteenth child who is Mae Mobley and Raleigh. Mae Mobley is a girl and Raleigh is a boy. When Miss Skeeter has the idea of writing a book about African American maids the first…