Asian American

The KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ad from 1952 published by the New Yorker shows two tourists being wheeled around by an Asian worker in the "Far East" ("Ad Access"). Surrounding them are drawings of Asian objects, architecture, and people. A paragraph lists the opportunities that the consumer can experience. The airline boast about their "smooth KLM skyway," which will get travelers from point a to point b in "no time," and the various destinations they offer anywhere from Europe to the Far East…

there have concerns that the standardized tests favor some groups of people including whites and Asians while undermining others races such as African-Americans and Hispanics. The latest filed complaint with the United state education department regarding standardized tests in high schools in New York pointed that black and Hispanic students had a low average score in comparison with that of whites and Asians. The report cited the cause of this as the low number of Latino and black students…

sign of a life of new opportunity. Growing up, my life was a blend of American and Chinese cultures. As a young child, I was always unsure if I was more American or Chinese, or even both. I didn’t feel like I fit into any of those categories. Living in America, I was viewed as Chinese because of the way I looked, but if I was in China, I wouldn’t exactly fit in either because of my language and behavior. Being a Chinese American caused me to feel unsure of my racial identity because of the…

concluded poverty and the changing socioeconomic status as two major stressors that African American families are facing. In addition, Leeder (2004) added racism, war, genocide, ecocide, ethnocide and class differences as…

Embrace Diversity, Hollywood Hollywood is American society’s guilty pleasure and the most frequent used source of entertainment. People rush to the movies in flocks for an opening premier of Hollywood’s latest blockbuster hit. Therefore the movie and television industry has become so much a part of American culture that society fails to question what is actually being broadcasted. People become sublimely oblivious and subconsciously record everything they watch on these theatrical screens, that…

Im even inclined as to state that if your a modern American reading this very statement by Paine, you can already envision if not one then many instances in which there have been riots in America based on people's views and beliefs. One of many very prominent factors to directly repeal this statement of Paines…

Asia In this chapter Nick Knight speaks about Australia’s complex relations with Asian regions. While admitting trade and economical benefits, Australians often do not want to think about themselves as Asians. Knight suggests such attitude is caused by European influence from the time, when Asia was treated as a second-rate world; Australians also feared of Asian “invasion”. Australian aborigines contacted with Asian people long before the “official” discovery of the continent made by James Cook…

African Americans have always been stereotyped throughout their lives. It has been known that stereotyping against blacks started way back in late 1800 during minstrel era. Minstrel era was the era where Americans developed a form of entertainment for themselves. It mostly consisted of comic acts, variety acts, dancing and music that were only performed by white…

minorities are placed in an area that has man hazardous gases or oil refinements or just by any place that is contaminated. Many innocent people around the world are dying from this situation. Yes, people are being affected, but to be specific African Americans, Hispanics,…

were discriminated against by other races. For example, African Americans assume because the individual is Caucasian he or she is racist based on society’s previous laws and slavery. The data also showed all Caucasians viewed all races as equal and they only used racial commentary within their own race. Lastly, as a whole, none of the Caucasian respondents felt they had it harder in society because of their race. The African American respondents argued racism definitely exists and…