Asian/Pacific Americans

Some political and social issues that Asian-Americans face today are listed below: There is a model minority group called “Combating the stereotype,” which is based on ethnicity, race, or religion whose members are to achieve a higher degree on socioeconomic success than the population average. There is a myth that other races should not counted for and the Asian Americans are successful in life. Asian Americans are usually denied assistance if they need help in some ways. When Asian Americans are discriminated their society and their achievements are undstandable and ignored. Asian Americans are percepted of high income level and

In today’s transnational and global age, many nations have encouraged the immigration of highly skilled and affluent workers from other countries to help further develop their own country. The United States was one of the first countries to seek further economic development from highly skilled immigrants with the Immigration Act of 1965. This was a significant moment for immigrants from Asia, Mexico, and Latin America as other exclusion acts favored immigrants coming from the western nations. However, with the Immigration Act of 1965, Asian Americans had the freedom to once again enter the United States but soon faced persecution and quickly fell victim to discrimination. Both past and present Asian immigrants turn to visual and performing

Though Asians make up the largest portion of the world’s population, Asian-Americans are one of the least represented minority groups within the United States. Out of an estimated 318 million people living in the U.S., Asians account for 5.2%, or approximately 17 million people. Compared to Hispanics at 54 million and African-Americans at 42 million, Asians and/or Asian-Americans are vastly outnumbered by the two other major minority groups and even more so by the majority, European-Americans. Even though Asians are typically considered the “model minority”, they are faced with the same issues that plague many other minority groups within the U.S. today to include stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination and ethnocentrism. There has been a history of discriminatory national policies directed at the immigration of Asians to the U.S. and in times of duress, the labeling and targeted institutional discrimination of specific ethnicities of Asian-Americans as traitors based solely on country of origin and not on the deeds and actions of said U.S. citizens (Japanese internment camps of World War II).

Asian Americans are a very diverse group in the United States, which include many races such as Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Filipino, Indian, and many more. Birth country, ancestry, and family heritage are ways to categorize this specific group. According to the 2010 Census, the Asian American population has grown

Asian American population is on the rise in the United States. This is do to the high birth rate that they are experiencing. In 2005 according to the Census bureau 12,868,845 was list under the category of Asian/ Pacific Islander This accounted for.4.4% of The US population. The migration of Asians into the United States can be divided into two distinct periods. The first group around the 1800’s with the Chinese being first. Later, The second group came around 1965 with them having a higher Socioeconomic status. The changes in immigrant laws kept most from coming into this country. These new Asian immigrants was more diverse in the nationality and culture. Asian american are known for the Model Minority Myth. Asian american has endured social,

According to the model minority myth, the Asian American community has nothing to complain about because they are doing so well. This is an incorrect statement because although we are considered to be the “racial middle” and more closely related to whites than blacks, Asian Americans face their own set

What comes to mind when I think of Asian Americans I think of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. I envision them having the look of a Chinese or Japanese person. Black or darker hair, droopy eyes, and a smaller built body. Until this project I thought those were the only people considered Asian but I was wrong. Asian also includes Filipino, Asian Indian, and Vietnamese people as well. The three main types of Asians are Chinese, Japanese, and the Filipino, and they all have been in America the longest.

Asian culture has been slandered throughout America's history by the term 'Model Minority', and through it's toxic ideals has lead to outstanding rates of depression, and the inhumane backlash has proven fatal to the Asian-American population. The term 'Model Minority' was coined to categorize Asian-Americans in 1966, during the United States civil liberties movement. During this time period white politicians were in a state of agitation because African-Americans were demanding their civil rights(Chin). The stereotype associated with the term 'model minority' is a suffocating archetype that has been pushed onto Asian-Americans; this degrading term has a harsh history that has led to heinous social pressures and implications, along with detrimental

1.Model Minority Myth: Asian Americans have generally been typified as the model minority which refers to a perception of them being “naturally gifted, hardworking and socially passive” (Asian Americans in Higher Education 13) Their ability to perform well academically and to remain passive in the larger social scheme makes them less threatening than other minorities, especially African Americans but the model minority myth may have worked against them, especially in the field of educational attainment. It is believed that due to the model minority myth, Asian Americans are victims of “political exploitation” (Chun 1980, p.7) and in education they are denied certain services which are readily available to other minorities such as preference in higher education systems.

Prior to this course, I had little to no knowledge on Asian Pacific Americans (APA). After weeks of discussing and analyzing material that dealt with the hardships that minorities such as APA individuals faced, I can conclude that this ethnic group underwent experiences that were not too uncommon from that of Latinos and African Americans. Since population in California today, consist of an average of 60% Asians and Latinos as stated in the book, “Learning English/Learning America” by Juana Mora, Gina Masequesmay, Eunai Shrake, and Ana S. Munoz, it is safe to say that students in classrooms nowadays are mainly those within these ethnic groups (Mora, Masequesmay, Shrake, and Munoz, ix). I will be focusing on three of the many stories APA and Latino students have to share in this book, that I felt related to me most as I also, am a second generation student.

Asian Americans have been significantly affected today because of the “model minority” ideology. The idea of Asian Americans being the model minority encouraged and pushed Caucasian Americans that if you have the right cultural values, you can make it. This causes an erasure of the economic disparities and social issues that the poor working Asian Americans have today.

Introduction Asians have migrated to and have lived in the Americas since the days of our founding fathers. The first to come from the Eastern Hemisphere were a small group of Filipinos in the early 18th century that settled in present day Louisiana. The first major influx of Asian Americans was Chinese Americans who came in the 1800’s to find financial opportunity during the California gold rush. They settled in the Golden State and eventually spread out all over the United States, creating the now-famous Chinatowns that millions of Americans visit every year. There is a continual migration of well educated South Asians and East Asians for job and education opportunities and their success has formed the basis for the “myth of the model minority” (MMM). This is the idea that all people who are Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are successful both socioeconomically and educationally. This does have a logical basis rooted in statistics—AAPI students are reported to have higher grade point averages, math scores, and overall standardized tests scores on tests such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Testing Exam (ACT). Other studies often use a racialized rhetoric comparing Asian Americans to white Americans in terms of education and socioeconomic status while contrasting them to the so-called “lazy” and “incapable” Hispanic and African Americans.

Around the civil rights era of the 1960’s, there were several court decisions and legislative orders that extended due process and equal protection for the Asian American, which helped pushed the forward as valuable members of American society. By the end of the civil rights movement, white Americans were able to lean on the Asian culture because they did not attempt to endanger the status quo. The white Americans saw them as the model minority that held on to traditional values and morals. This stereotype and concept of progressing in the current system allowed the government to deflect the necessary assistance form the structural issues, in the economic and social establishments that influenced the African and Latino Americans independently from the Asians(Yen,200). As of recently Asian American is the most likely of any dominant racial or ethnic group in America to live in mixed neighborhoods. With amazing educational credentials such as sixty-one percent of adults twenty-five to sixty-four coming to the U.S. from Asia have at least a bachelor’s degree, they are set to be most highly educated immigrants in U.S.

“The majority of African Americans or black 6 Law Enforcement Contact with African Americans). For instance, one phenomenon of stereotyping is to the extent that function as it is “when citizens see all police officers as repressive and capable of brutality” (Ch. 6 Law Enforcement Contact with African Americans). However, they know that they will all get hammered across the nation when there is an exposure about an occasion of police ruthlessness “against blacks or reports or racial profiling” (Ch. 6 Law Enforcement Contact with African Americans,

Asian Americans are always being stereotyped, thus the other members of society may have a fixed idea in their mind about the stereotypes of Asian American regardless a positive or a negative ones. Due to the generalizations, it leads to a reduction in every aspects. Asian Americans are regarded as immigrants or the outlier in the United States, they are the “model minority”, who do not get attention by the researchers, policy makers, or