Asian culture

Racism has planted its roots into our society and Asian Americans face just as much discrimination as any other race. Racism towards Asians and Asian Americans happens so frequently that it has become acceptable and we Asians have built some sort of tolerance. We become unaware as we start believing it is normal to be treated poorly. Asians face racism a lot differently from other ethic groups. Although we rarely hear about Asians facing racism, it is living strong and in most cases they are…

Huike, Byars, and Scharrer compare and constructed old Asian American media to that of the present and how some Asian stereotypes are still very much present. The articles stress the importance of how Asian Americans are still very much generally underrepresented in the media of the United States and this lack of representation is worrisome because it limits roles for Asian Americans to stereotypical ones. “By only propagating certain roles to Asian Americans this leads to false beliefs among…

After a quick research, I was able to find that the Chinese culture consists of nine different classes ranging from “The Head Honchos” to “The Destitute.” I began to examine the people more closely after I read an article explaining how to tell the difference between a high class Asian compared to a lower class Asian. After about thirty minutes, I was still unable to distinguish the different classes amongst the Asian community. Each Asian I saw was dressed in jeans and a nice shirt or shorts…

effects to Asian Americans of being stereotyped as model minority citizens. I am also interested in how the model minority myth impacts social interactions between Asian Americans and other Americans. The model minority myth is one of the most pervasive ethnic stereotypes in American culture. Research has shown that over ninety-nine percent of Asian American adolescents report an experience of being stereotyped as a model Asian. (Kiang, Witkow, & Thompson, 109) The stereotype views all Asians as…

authorizes colonialism. • Helps justifies western authority centralizes western culture. Orientalism was describes by Edward Said as “a western style for dominating, reconstructing and having authority over the orient” (orientalism keyword 182). Orientalism identified the way Asia has…

John’s Okada’s No-no Boy draws on tensions that the dominant white culture feels due to an influx of non-white peoples to the United States. He uses these tensions to create a narrative of the painstaking experience of acclimating oneself to a culture quite different from his or her own. The journey to assimilation is portrayed uniquely by Okada as he writes his character in ways different from other writers of whom are portraying Asian Americans at this time. In an article, written by Mr. Stan…

In the reading Growing Up Asian in America A. Lin Goodwin study’s the sense of self or identity through the eyes of nine Asian Americans growing up in this country as others and not a part of our social society. The Asian population consumes about 11.3 million people in the United States which is an increase of about 100% since the last US census was conducted. The Asian population has been a part of the United States history and has paved the way for future Americans since the 17th century. The…

The United States has earned the nicknames “The Great Melting Pot” and “The Land of Opportunity” (as well as many others) as a testament to how diverse our nation has become since its establishment in 1776. However, there is still much work to be done in terms of encouraging people of various races and ethnicities all across the country to interact with one another on a regular basis. For example, the city of Chicago has residents of many different races; however, these races are heavily…

Much through my youth, I was often reluctant to express my Vietnamese culture and background, sometimes to the point of denial. Regardless of adolescent desires to fit in with everyone, I chose to reject my ethnicity because of the stereotypical baggage which inevitably follows, especially prevalent amongst a crowd of uncensored children who have a poor grasp on social boundaries. I didn’t want to be involuntarily defined as a squinty-eyed, shy mathematician with broken English. I desired to be…

Many studies on family and race, specifically Asians prove that people’s lives are structured in a certain way and have a clear impact on their life chances. Although these statements are true and relatable on a personal level, some of these facts are beginning to wane away. An example of this would be a quote from Yen-Chun Cheryl Chen and Jui-Chung Allen Li “the father-son axis is fundamental to the family relations in East Asian societies,” (62) this must have been true for past generations…