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“Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster” by Mitsuye Yamada begins with an anecdote. In the middle of one of her lectures on Ethnic American Literature, a white student pipes up to expresses her resentment toward the apparent “militant tone” of one Asian American writer’s works. This student claimed to be fed up with being blamed for the oppression of all minorities just because of the color of her skin. How was that fair? She certainly didn’t ask to be white.The student’s anger is hard to get out…

practices have contributed to difference. For example, American religious practices seen in the reading, “Becoming American by Becoming Hindu”, by Prema Kurien; in the book The Cursillo Movement, by Kristy Nabhan-Warren; in the reading, “Second-Generation Asian Americans”, by Helen K. Kim and Noah Leavitt show different ways that American religious practices and identities have contributed to a shared American identity, as well as how they have contributed to difference. To begin with, in the…

discrimination in the media against the Chinese. David Henry Hwang tries to show injustices of the united states when it comes to the Broadway show who tried to cast a white man as the main role in the Asian Broadway play. He hoped to end discrimination, and try to get the roles filled by real Asian-American’s than by men in so called yellow face. He tries to show how easy it is for anyone to pass themselves off as multiple races, and it is a very narrow problem when it comes to this specific…

Traditional Asian Medicine. There has also been an increase in demand for rhino horn in Vietnam where it is dubbed as a “hangover cure.” The rhino horn is ground into powder and the supposed “medicinal benefits” of rhino horn include the ability to cure gout, fever, headaches, anxiety, boils, nausea, food poisoning, and some Vietnamese even believe, cancer. As well as its use in medicine, rhino horn is bought and consumed purely as a symbol of wealth. Consequently, this high demand in Asian…

Whales are fancy creatures. They are considered as the biggest mammals in the world. An adult whale can grow up to 30 m long and 180 t weight. There are 7 different main species of this giant mammal such killer, Minke, Sei, humpback, right, finback, and blue. Whales are mostly considered as predators. The interesting thing about the whales is that they are considered as highly intelligent animals with emotion. the social behavior of whales. They live alone or in groups. However, they are mostly…

Ivory trafficking is an immense problem that is threatening the lives of the diminishing African elephant population. In an attempt to raise awareness of the crisis, the documentary was filmed undercover for sixteen months in the heart of the problem. Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani’s documentary “The Ivory Game” expresses the concern of elephants possibly becoming extinct due to poaching for their ivory tusks. The film delves into well-known poachers and their hotspots in an attempt to arrest…

On the surface, Portland’s Chinatown looked like any other American city with its “turn-of-the-century low-rise, brick warehouse and commercial structures, with culture expressed more modestly as ornament” (Wong, 223). However, despite their attempts to fit in, the Chinese were still viewed as an outsider community, a group of people that “could not be assimilated” (Wong, 19) into American culture. Although racism was present in Portland, Portland’s Chinese community did not see as much…

Parental Pressure Experienced by Chinese American High School Students According to the data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Chinese Americans are the largest ethnic group of Asian demographic in the United States. Their population has been increasing tremendously by 37.9% in this decade (Hoeffel 15). Being one of the largest ethnic group in the United States, their presence has significant impacts on various aspects that relate to the overall development of the country, these include but not…

Humans are curious by nature. Whenever a person comes across something new, whether it being an idea or a physical object, their curiosity grows. When a person’s interest for a certain objective grows, many things can come from this. The biggest thing a person can do about their curiosity is changing their decisions or actions. A person can decide to change their actions into discovering more about their interests. Another way a person can have curiosity is through mistakes. If a person ever…

discrimination experienced in the military and workforce, many women, African Americas, Native Americans, and Asian Americans expressed a strong senses of American nationalism during and after World War II? The attack on Pearl Harbor made Americans to unify and participate in WWII in the allies’ side. Not only White Americans, but also Women, African Americans, Native Indians, and Asian Americans participated with fidelity and patriotism views. Though there was a racial and ethnic…