Asian Latin American

Asian American population and its characteristics According to the Census Bureau, the Asian group in the United States counts 15.7 million Asian Americans in 2013 and represents about five percent of the total U.S. population. Asian Americans live mostly in large cities in states of California, New York, Texas, Illinois, Hawaii and New Jersey. Asian American community is fast growing. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) it is expected to comprise over 10% of the…

The migration of Asians to America dates back to the 1600s, and the first Asian immigrants were mostly Chinese. Their first stop in the western hemisphere was not North American, but Central America (Mexico), and they arrived on ships of the Manila Galleon. The Manila Galleons were Spanish trading ships that made round-trip sailing voyages once or twice per year across the Pacific Ocean from the port of Acapulco, to Manila in the Philippines, which were both part of New Spain. But, the first…

underlying reasons why there is a large, disproportionate influx of Asian-American students choosing to pursue majors within the STEM fields. Could this observation be a result of parental pressure, culture factors, or something unique about the experiences of the individuals? It may honestly be a result of all these factors combined. Data Collection and Method For this project, I had interviewed three second-generation Asian-American students whose studies currently coincide within the STEM…

I think for me the hardest culture to work with would be the Asian. I know very little about the people. I understand that the Japanese and the Chinese are very different. I have also heard that a lot of the Asian people have prejudices and have been known to discriminate against the people of Korean lineage, I have no idea why. The Asian community consists of many languages Mandarin being the largest, I would guess it is because it is spoken by the people in China, who’s roads are awash…

Other than Vietnamese Culture influenced by Confucianism, Vietnamese Americans have or own a business from adapting to U.S. economics. The Vietnamese people had to adapt to U.S. economics because of how poor they were and couldn’t speak any English at all. Vietnamese Americans might be found in all occupations, however they appear to demonstrate an inclination for specialized employments, like electrical building and apparatus amassing. In the southern states along the Inlet Drift, Vietnamese…

Chinese have been impertinently stereotyped for centuries. Although they are not being treated as wrongfully as they were during the 1900’s, Asian-Americans continue to be embarrassed by these damaging labels. Gene Luen Yang author of American Born Chinese, effectively demonstrates how powerful the burden of racial stereotypes are by the way he carries out the character, Chin-Kee. The graphic novel published in 2006 speaks of the endeavoring changes in identity both physical and cultural as well…

the interview was to learn about Vietnam, the country where my informant was born and lived until 1975 when Saigon was invaded by the North Vietnamese. In addition, I had desired to see Vietnam from a perspective other than the Vietnam War where Americans fought. However, there is another reason I chose Vietnam, I work with students whose parents are from Vietnam even though the parents are a younger generation their culture is alive and lived out in their community. Some of the students…

which identity you choose to cover yourself with. An exhorted and idealized identity many desire is to be an American. When someone is an American, they are considered to be an American everywhere they go. They are not easily shaken; they remain assured in this identity. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon to see many Asian Americans struggling to measure up to this so-called identity as an American.…

English to not at all. So, they cannot really help their children when it comes to homework such as reading and writing. Thao (2003) also noted that the Hmong fit into the Asian American community well, so teachers and other school personnel thought the Hmong have strong formal education like the rest of the Asian Americans. Wrong perception does not help to Hmong children but especially hurt Hmong children with disabilities and limit their…

This semester it has become clear to me that Asian culture has very strict guidelines that they must abide by when it comes to how they conduct themselves in everyday life. There are many stereotypes about Asian culture that are not true and effect how Asian society reacts to them. These stereotypes affect how males and females in Asian culture react when put in a non-Asian environment. “Non-normative” representations of sex and sexuality were displayed in “Better Luck Tomorrow,” “Fresh off the…