Chinese American

We might think that Chinese and Americans are totally different. Not only the way they look different, but also the different cultures. So, what are the differences between Chinese and American culture? Now let take a look the In China have different religion such as Taoism, Confucianism, Islam and Christianity. Most of people believe Taoism just like my family. Especial, Taoism is a system of belief, attitudes and practices set towards the service and living to a person’s own nature…

has a culture that sees the great importance of education. Many Chinese families decide that the best way to get education for their children is to pack up and move to a new country, like the United States. The availability of education to all in America is one of the main allures to Chinese immigrants. The Chinese and American education systems have many features that are unique of each other, and there are many challenges that Chinese students must face within both these systems. The…

encouraged immigration restrictions occurred after the influx of Irish and German immigrants in the mid-1800s. As citizen’s felt threatened by the customs of their new visitors, federal laws were passed. One of these laws was the Chinese Exclusion Act. The act specifically targeted Chinese immigrants, who happened to be the first group to experience federally authorized racism and hostility (even though they only made up only 3% of the annual immigrants). At the start of the 20th century,…

I know how to express exactly my thoughts in Chinese, but not in English. The reason why I can’t express exactly my thoughts in English are due to my limited vocabulary and poor…

There are many different ways we can identify ourselves—perhaps you are a white, female, San Franciscan, or a first-generation college student and Chinese-American son. Please share two or three of your core identifiers and how they have shaped who you are. (500) I am Chinese-American. I am the proud daughter of two Chinese immigrants, who rose out of poverty in order to go to medical school and become successful doctors in the United States. They raised my sister and me while still struggling…

Spanish, french, and german are offered as an option to learn in high school; but mandarin chinese isn’t. 400 million people speak spanish, 220 million people speak french, and 90 million people speak german while 1.2 billion people speak chinese as their first language. Mandarin Chinese should be taught in American high schools because it would help further our social connections, improve business, and give Americans a better perspective of the world. For years and years, english has been the…

observation of racism, it makes me feel depressed to see them judged on how the other people look and couldn’t be different than some people in this world; it also makes me feel so angry and disgusted on thinking about it. From Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese, many of these characters demonstrate their self-awareness and self-acceptance to others, in which help them grow as individuals. The Monkey King and Jin Wang want to change…

In the book titled American Born Chinese, written by Gene Luen Yang, there are many plot elements. Each character in this book have different scenarios and different stages of plot elements. The main characters in this story are The Monkey King, Jin Wang, Wei-Chen Sun, Danny, and his cousin Chin-Kee. Each one has different problems and there are many plot elements to each. In the first story, about the Monkey King, there is major conflict in the beginning. The Monkey King wants to be let into…

American Born Chinese is a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang about various characters dealing with stereotypes, and prejudices. Two main characters that seem to struggle with this are the monkey king and Jinn. The monkey king is the king of all monkey's on his island. He is looked at as a god and respected by every monkey on the island. But when he is invited to a dinner party for all the gods, he realizes that nobody else has respect for him. By everyone else he is looked at as a dirty monkey.…

Chinese American Assimilation Struggles America is often referred to as a melting pot, rich with culture that combines together to make one united country, but Amy Tan and many other Chinese Americans come to realize that the melting process is very difficult. Chinese American’s complete assimilation into the American culture can be near impossible with so many hardships. Their assimilation struggles include embarrassment, staying true to the family, and trying to blend the unique Chinese…