East Asian Games

answer. Some racial stereotypes can be directly harmful to a group of people, and some racial stereotypes are quieter and are more indirect. To explain what I mean by this I will look at racial stereotypes of African American and Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and white Americans. First African Americans and Hispanic Americans. I realize that these groups of people are unique and experience different stereotypes; however, due to the readings from the past few weeks I have decided to…

The Cultural Authenticity Debate Who is paying attention to children’s literature and the potential negative messages that it could send to multi-cultural children? The debate about cultural authenticity continues, does it matter and if it does, can we solve this diemma so that everyone is satisfied? There does not seem to be a clear-cut method and some say that it would be a crime against art if we did. Should we let educators decide what is appropriate? Should the parents of these…

Many studies on family and race, specifically Asians prove that people’s lives are structured in a certain way and have a clear impact on their life chances. Although these statements are true and relatable on a personal level, some of these facts are beginning to wane away. An example of this would be a quote from Yen-Chun Cheryl Chen and Jui-Chung Allen Li “the father-son axis is fundamental to the family relations in East Asian societies,” (62) this must have been true for past generations…

light piece because he didn’t think anyone would be offended by it, but it turned out to be something bigger than that. Watters was depicting Asians of not knowing any English, but Asian Americans want to learn English and be smarter just as badly as Americans. There wouldn’t be articles like Tiger Mom, if Asians didn’t want to fit in to American culture. Asian Americans give their full effort and can be just as smart as the Bill Gates, and Albert Einsteins of our world. Fox should really be…

Comprehension: 1. Trask: Describe the pre-haole (pre-foreigner, European, white colonialism) political system in Hawai’i as an interdependent system, using incentive instead of oppression as a means of gaining status. Trask writes, “ … an interdependence was created where by the maka’ainana (people of land) were free to move with their ‘ohana (extended families) to live under an alibi of their choosing … the result was an incentive for the society’s leader to provide for all their…

would stare at me surprisingly like when I was in Indonesia, just because I am a foreigner. However, my thought and anticipation were broken into shivers. Many people stared at me whenever I stride down the street and even whistle. Even though, Asian Americans take…

Kenya, a place in mid east Africa; home to thousands of endangered elephants. Humans aren’t the only living things seeking love and affection, animals do too. Not only do humans have an incredible bond with each other, but humans share this bond with elephants as well. With the ability to foster and adopt an elephant, Meghan Clark, author of “Fostering Family,” a story from U.S. Catholic, argues, “Elephants and humans share a deeply emotional and social nature” (8). Animals, as well as people,…

Asian Indians, East Indians and Indo-Americans are all the same culture, they are Indians. They have an interesting economic history with the United States. Asian Indians have attained some of the highest educational levels of all ethnic groups of Asian descent. Their family and religion have a desire to maintain traditional values of Hinduism. They are one of the oldest civilizations that continue to flourish in the present day. Social History in the US Asian Indians have been migrating to…

Many Indians do not like to say the word ‘no’ or even imply it. They will most times offer a response that they think you want to hear or will be vague deliberately. American’s would see this interaction as being dishonest or untrustworthy. With Asian Indians you have to learn to read body language, excitement or a reluctance to commit (India Guide, n.d.). This can be hard for an American employee to get used to or…

article “How to Rehabilitate a Mulato” he discusses how Tiger Woods who is mixed race has all these achievements and skills because of his background from his diverse parents.He constructs Woods’ very existence (as the offspring of a black father and an Asian…