An American Family

finding the right identity as a Vietnamese American. At the age of 11, Lam fled with his family to America, during the ending years of the Vietnam War, as war refugees. This sudden exposure to a new environment, tore Lam’s past perception of who he was , created the identity dilemma that Lam struggled through his lifetime. Throughout the book, Lam’s essays reflect his ever changing perception of his personal identity and emphasized greatly on how his family and peers sculptured his identity of…

Can you imagine how hard that would be trying to adapt to an unfamiliar environment? Well, that is what happens to many foreigners that come to America. The reason behind this societal disconnection foreigner may experience when assimilating into American stems from, apposing ethical home environments we endured while growing up. An unaccustomed society that’s unlike ours values interdependence, rather, our inherent society that encourages independence. We can see the arising conflictions when…

I, Mary Ann Holsinger a young Black- African American female, was born in 1993 as a product of an affair. I was born into a family of low class African American citizens, who were caught in between the war on drugs and the war overseas. Growing up I wasn’t always in the care of my biological parents. Since the age of four, I was passed from three different foster care homes that I can recall. The homes included people of caucasian, African American and Asian descent. At the age of eight, I was…

“I had promised the family to always let him have the last word when arguing, but in this case I had a different responsibility” (Paley 68). When it comes to addiction, the results can become catastrophic and may cause tension between friends, family, and there would be no telling about the outcomes. It can learn to take its hold on people; falling into obsession and would be extremely difficult for them to heal from it. People can easily develop strange behavior; allowing them to think of how…

Knowing one’s family health history provides families, as well as family health nurses knowledge regarding a patient’s risk for certain diseases (NIH, 2016). As families not only share genes, but their environment, and lifestyle, a family nurse must also consider non-biological factors when completing a family health history (NIH, 2016). The purpose of this paper is to discuss my findings after completing a genetic family history assessment, including three generations, as well as family…

not the play for Americans, African American, or universal. The popular opinion from people are that the play is for African American. The reason being is that the play is based off of the beginning of the end of segregation, discrimination, and the opportunities for African Americans were starting to have. I believe that the play for anyone and that anyone from different races can understand and relate to the play because it’s not only about discrimination but also about family. In this…

Otsuka's "When the Emperor Was Divine" and the film "Snow Falling on Cedars" enhanced your understanding of the internment of Japanese Americans? Otsuka’s “When the Emperor Was Divine” and the film “Snow Falling on Cedars” helped enhanced my knowledge of the internment of Japanese Americans by offering me a new perspective into the everyday lives of Japanese Americans and taught me the importance of having this broadened perspective. All too often, history is told from the perspective of the…

Summary of the article This is a simple story about a family who came to America from Palestine. They came to America for a better life and avoid war in their country. Like most of American, they were getting ready for a new school year. The father in this story was a man who working so hard to bring his family to America. He was an educated man but sometime feel insecure about his English. He expected his children will go to well-schools and become well-educated people. The daughter was a…

During the course of this semester of taking Asian American Studies: Growing Up Asian American: The Asian Immigrant Family and the Second Generation, I’ve had to recoup myself at time in order to be able to process some of the course work information. I really couldn’t relate to all topics of the course work, but when I could relate it would be hard analyze what I have just learned with my past. I really didn’t talk much in class about this, but there was a particular reason on why I decided I…

identity is African American but I defined myself as Somalia American. In this paper, I will discuss my racial identity as of Somalia American and my religion identity which is Muslim. I will be discussing how I became aware of my racial identity and how that had an impact in my life and how I felt about it. also, I will be discussing What is feeling be a Muslim woman in American and the way Muslim are portrayed in the media. I will be sharing my background of came from a rich family in Somalia…