Asian Elephant

American Identity is unique, this is a common theme found in the two pieces of writing "Response to Executive Order 9066" by Dwight Okima, and "Mericans" By Sandra Cisneros's, and that how they determine their American Identity is how they are exposed to American Culture. This theme is seen in both pieces of writing as both narrators are treated differently based on their looks and ethnic backgrounds, yet they are both able to show that they think, feel, and act the same as any other American,…

issue to be raised and wrestled with for the greater American body politic. You can certainly address an issue(s) that is a current or ongoing issue for the Asian American public. If you are in the class and are Asian American, I would love you to discuss any personal (as long as you are comfortable) insight you may have. I think Asians don't get a lot of representation in film and theater. Many characters in today's theater and film include other a lot of other American minorities. Jackie…

The intermarriage of the Asian Americans Simona Nissan San José State University The report The Rise of Intermarriage, of the Pew Research Center from February 2012, presents that the popularity of intermarriage in the United States increased compared to the past. The report mentions that “about 15% of all new marriages in the United States in 2010 were between spouses of a different race or ethnicity from one another” (Wang, 2012), while it is more than double comparing to the 1980…

The Asian American Movement was an era of radical change in which the urgency for Asian Americans to overcome oppression and negative perceptions of American society transcended their clichéd silence and indifference. However, such a(this) monumental movement was not achieved without the courageous efforts of activists who had ideologies that coincided but also contradicted each other that stemmed from their different backgrounds. Two advocates in particular who emphasized the need for social…

While many point to Asian-Americans and ultimately Japanese-Americans as examples of successful minorities in America, the fact remains that although they may be prosperous in terms of economic stability, compared to that of other minority groups, they are nowhere close to equality. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s played a major role in the transition of Japanese Americans views. Japanese and Chinese entrepreneurship as well as their high education rates were used as proof that colored…

In 1903, the first Korean immigrant's people reached in Hawaii and started struggling regular jobs. The many numbers of Korean immigrants people have risen hugely since then. It is not particularly extraordinary that English is the generous significant portion for immigrants to be capable of living in the United States of America. The purpose is that studying English is associated with immigrants’ lives regarding Social, educational, and cultural circumstances (Choi, 2009). Furthermore, all…

fixed. Asians are not the only races to encounter discrimination, but many other races too. For example, just because I have slanted eyes, somewhat yellow colored skin, or speak another language it justifies that I am of Chinese descent unanimously. Moreover, what grinds my gears the most is that some people cannot tell the difference between Asians and Chinese. In my experience, I have had countless people ask, if I was Chinese, when I responded “no,” they are like “oh you must be Asian then.”…

to take the Asian American IAT because I wanted to know if I subconsciously preferred American faces to Asian American faces. I haven 't traveled outside of the U.S. So I wasn 't sure if I 'd be able to identify foreign places from American places. I was shocked that none of the foreign landmarks used in the IAT were from Asian countries. There were pictures of the Eiffel tower, the leaning tower of Pisa, the Statue of Liberty, etc., but none of the landmarks appeared to be from Asian…

“Others in Their Own Land”, it quickly became clear that her argument was that South Asians have been facing being “others” in Canada even if this was their home country. She shows this “other-ing” all through history up until today. Through looking at comments made by white, Anglo-Canadians, to the stereotypes South Asians have, and the questions asked, such as “where are you really from?” it is clear that South Asians have indeed been others in their own land. I was able to relate to many of…

Japanese immigrants deal with many things when migrating to a new country, some good and some bad. Some barriers they may face are: language, racial issues, health, etc. The goal of this essay is to discuss the pros and cons that Japanese Immigrants in the United States deal with, the background of why they migrated to America in the first place, and what they do culturally both in and out of Japan. I will also be finding the similarities between Chinese, Filipino, and Japanese immigrants.…