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Today’s society has placed plenty of stereotypes upon Asian Americans. Labeling them as the model minority, assuming that all Asian Americans are intelligent by nature, seems to be the most common (Szu 2003). These stereotypes have been negatively affecting the growing population of Asian Americans in the school systems, as they are leading to teacher bias. Bias in the classroom can cause teachers to view all their Asian American students as intelligent and assume they are receiving academic…

At the rate that poaching is transpiring, elephants will be extinct by the year 2020 (Mosbergen). The population of elephants has drastically decreased. Ivory-seeking poachers have killed 100,000 African elephants in just three years, which is roughly 100 elephants everyday. This ecological impact is immense, and if nothing is done to stop poaching, elephants will become extinct before we know it. Poaching is a serious problem, especially in Africa and Asia and it takes place for commercial…

On April 29, 1992 South Central Los Angeles was lit with burning chaos. Rodney King, an African American male who was yet another the victim of Los Angeles police brutality, suffered a severe injustice. Injustices against blacks were not foreign in Los Angeles, California. The difference was that this time it was caught on camera and released to the public. The four police officers who were on trial for the unnecessary beating and brute violence against King was acquitted. All hell broke loose.…

Demeaning Stereotypes and the Culture of Silence in the “Meritocracy” The “Asian model minority” is inevitably associated with a myriad of stereotypes. A few typical traits related to the stereotypical Asian are “nerdy,” “try-hards,” and “bookworms.” In addition, Asians are seen to be good at math, or at least supposed to be. However, people who are ignorant of the situation may still believe that being identified as the “model minority” with these “positive” stereotypes, such as being good at…

With every passing moment, I became more distant with my Vietnamese heritage and become closer with my desire for an American one. I wanted nothing to do with being Vietnamese or Asian because all that it had brought me was a sense of inferiority and constant bullying. My desire to suppress my Vietnamese identity brings up a point that is brought up by Ms. Mori, the protagonist’s friend with benefits. During one of their conversations, she asks, “So why are we supposed to not forget our culture…

We can measure evolution in species today by using the methods of archeology and biological, or physical, anthropology. In terms of archeology, we can study artifacts and recorded material left behind by past cultures. We can study patterns of behavior from the species in present day to the species that existed in its origin. An example would be the continuously growing change in elephants. Most elephants in the past were born with tusks. It was about 2-5% of all elephants that weren’t. However…

The volume of the Asian American Journal of Psychology that I selected was volume 5(4), and from December 2014. In the article, “Weight, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating: Asian American women’s perspectives” by Rebekah Smart and Yuying Tsong, they wanted to describe some experiences Asian American women had with eating and with body issues. To do this, they wanted to hear from the women themselves on how they depict symptoms, causes, and attitudes toward wellness. The significance of…

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…

art also factors race into the meaning and symbolism. In particular, Asian-American film is held to a higher standard than films made by caucasians about caucasians because of the controversy in that it is an Asian-American film therefore it represents the entire Asian-American community. In the cases of documentary Kelly Loves Tony and movie Better Luck Tomorrow, the default thought that these forms of art represent all Asian-Americans holds true. Furthermore, the controversy revolving around…

forces them to confront the past and cracks the ice of their reserve” (Harris). All the hatred toward Asian Americans is revived when the citizens of Amity Harbor forcefully sit through the three-day trial of Kabuo Miyamoto, a man falsely accused of killing his white…