Asian Essay

To be young and Asian in America is a special brand of torture. There is an unspoken dictum of silence that grips Asian youth, a denial of our place in popular culture. Asian youth walk in America not quite sure where we fit in-black children have a particular brotherhood, Hispanic children have a particular brotherhood, white children own everything else. We cannot lay claim to jazz or salsa or swing; we cannot say our ancestors fought for equality against an oppressive government or roamed the great hallways of power across the globe. We do not have a music, a common hero, a lexicon of slang. Asian youth experience personal diasporas every day.

Although Asian Americans comprise only about 5% of the U.S. population, this group is the fastest growing segment of American society. Despite such rapid expansion, Asian Americans are widely underrepresented throughout media, whether in television, cinema, or literature. Moreover, there are different stereotypes associated with Asian Americans. One of the most pervasive stereotypes details how Asian Americans are a “model minority”. In essence, this myth describes how anyone who is Asian American will become a successful individual able to achieve the “American dream”.

On the other hand, there were also positive impacts. If the Japanese did not take control over Korea, then the Korean economy would have bankrupted without such financial aid from Japan. In order for them to get out of their financial trouble the Japanese helped Korea progress in agriculture, energy, transportation, communications systems, and commercial distribution. The transformation process allowed Koreans to acquire more jobs and perform other jobs more efficiently. The country was modernized with new roads, railroads, cable lines and new schools.

Asian Americans are commonly known as the “model minorities,” and they are often thought to be not as diverse as other minority groups, but that is not true. Asian Americans are very diverse, in terms of the groups that make up the group. Asian and Pacific Island groups come from the Philippines, Korea, Vietnam, and India, and many other societies. These groups are diverse in occupation, education, and degree of acculturation. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have brought a wealth of traditions to the United States.

Asian Americans are now the fastest growing racial group in the United States that consists of over 20 national origin groups with distinctive ethnicity, language, religion, cultural practices, immigration history, and socioeconomic status and mobility patterns. Yet, heterogeneity among Asian Americans is seldom explored empirically. In this dissertation project, I examine how intra-Asian American heterogeneity may affect ethnoracial group boundary formation and positioning in the United States using intermarriage as a key indicator. Specifically, I ask: how do contemporary Asian American interethnic and interracial marriage patterns explain their ethnic group boundary formation and racial group positioning in the United States? Intermarriage

As the immigrant population currently projected to overtake latinxs and hispanics as largest group of residents in the United States of America, Asian Americans have shown their will to survive in a way that many groups have not, and that is by banding together in order to achieve the life they deserve. Taking the overgeneralization of pan-ethnicity and using it as a device for increased numbers and support for the causes of a group of people who otherwise may not have much to do with each other, is a testament to how vulnerable they must have felt as well as how successful they have managed to be many aspects of progress. What I have gained from this course is the understanding that at the root of ethnic studies and the Asian American community is the “for us, by us” sentiment that contributed to the blurred lines between the different part of their communities as social, political and cultural, structures, collectives and groups which came out of an obligation and necessity to protect those immigrants and their future generations from a country which has always pushed European superiority in all aspects of society.

Who are actually regarded as Asian Americans in the United States (U.S.)? Asian Americans as the public living in the United States are who self-distinguish as having Asian, in entire or in part, regardless of whether they are the U.S. or foreign born, a U.S. citizen or not, length of living residence, or in the U.S. legitimately and lawfully. Some people may say that all Asian Americans are same as just being Asians, but Asian Americans are not same as being Asians, at all. Asian Americans have totally distinctive point of view of life and they have their own lifestyles, values, ethics, norms and languages, compared to simple Asians living in their countries with a native language. In general, there

In todays mainstream media, there exists a visible lack of Asian American representation. When it comes to the representation of Asian Americans in popular media culture, there is not just one typical stereotype. The way that the media represents the stereotypes for Asian American can range from them being bad drivers, being super smart at math to doing karate. The question that pops into mind is why isn’t there just one dominant known thing about Asian Americans that is be truly represents through the media?

Nowadays, United States is often associated with the term “melting pot”, which refers to the assimilation of immigrants who were initially heterogeneous with their own distinct backgrounds. Corresponding to that fact, racial discrimination has been significantly reduced within “melting pot”, in which people gradually understand the differences between them without aversion. However, back in the past, many Americans conceived of Asians as strangers. They were not willing to understand and embrace the biological and cultural differences that set Asian immigrants apart from Europeans and early Americans.

The American Community in the 1900’s to the 1920’s was in fact a totally different generation than its successor not only because of cultural and economic reasons but also because of world events and the rise of technology.

A mercantilist believes that there are winners and losers in the market, rather than a mutual benefit through trade. A government that has instituted mercantilism, will try to suppress imports and encourage exports, so that their country is the “winner”. Internal markets are either subsidized or repressed through fines by the government, because they believe that people can’t be left to produce and buy whatever they want in a free market.

The experience of Asian, Latinos, and black’s minorities were discrimination, segregation and limited economic advancement. The first relevant experience of the minorities was limited economic advancement in California. The Chinese were the first Asian immigrants to arrive in California in 1849 to seek gold but many of them ended up working for mining companies that paid them very little and worked in harsh conditions. Many of the Chinese minors were unable to afford passage to California and the Chinese signed contracts which kept them in a state of debt from their own.

Buddhism      For over 2000 years Buddhism has existed as an organized religion. By religion we mean that it has a concept of the profane, the sacred, and approaches to the sacred. It has been established in India, China, Japan and other eastern cultures for almost 2000 years and has gained a strong foothold in North America and Europe in the past few centuries. However, one might ask; what fate would Buddhism face had Siddartha Guatama been born in modern times; or more specifically in modern day North America? Would his new found enlightenment be accepted now as it was thousands of years ago?

In recent years, international trade has encountered a lethargy which can be contributed to “the absence of further trade deals [and] more big countries opening up [their borders]” This has led to economic dismay like South Korea. In South Korea, “Exports account for roughly half of South Korea’s GDP” and in 2014 “The country’s exports shrank by the largest annual amount in six years.” Even though South Korea may be facing economic struggles currently, due to the slow international trade, they have made significant progress compared to when they were under the colonial rule of Japan who restricted their import and export barriers. The heavy reliance South Korea has on trade as a source of economic stability has led to economic instability. In order to have a more thorough understanding of the decline of international trade on a State, this paper will focus on how the slow international trade has been affecting South Korea’s economy. The South Korean economy has suffered as a result of being a heavily export base; therefore, the decrease in trade among the international community has had negative effects on the South Korean economy.

Every culture has its own views of health care, diseases, and medical interventions. The way people of a given culture view health care affects how they handle themselves when they fall ill. For instance, the Asian culture believes that illnesses are caused by supernatural phenomena, which should be diagnosed and treated by means of spiritual healing or traditional herbs. Physicians and other medical practitioners should try to understand the cultural beliefs of their patients to handle them appropriately.