Asian Woman Research Paper

My research proposal will focus on the different issues African American women face while trying to advance within society. I will discuss how these women are paid less because they are women as well as African American. I will also be comparing their struggles to Black men, and White men and women. My next topic will include how these women are often discriminated against. And finally I will discuss how these women are often over looked for receiving promotions at work, even if they obtain more experience.

The aim of the thesis is to analyze and discuss the African American women`s quest for voice, acceptance and fulfilment. The analysis will be based on three selected novels, namely, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Color Purple and Beloved. Since their authors - Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison and Alice Walker all - experienced some difficulties in their life related to the subject matter of the thesis, their biographies will be sketched, too. The analysis focuses especially on three women who are the protagonists of the selected novels. Their personal and social problems will be juxtaposed within the context of the criticism selected for the purpose of this thesis.

Asian Americans (AAS) are diverse ethnic group’s origins from the Far East Southeast Asia and Indian continents. More than 800 languages are spoken among AAS. They are one of the fastest growing populations in the US. 43 percent increase between 2000 & 2010. There are 15.5 million Asian Americans living in the United States (2012 Census Bureau population). Even if all Asian Americans have the same traits, such as strong family values, importance in educations, following tradition and valuing personal relationship, still there are many differences in language and culture among Asian American groups as well. In 2012, the total private insurance coverage for Asian Americans was 68.8 percent, as compared to 74.4 percent for the non-Hispanic White population. 15 percent of Asian Americans were uninsured, as compared to 10.4 percent non-Hispanic White Americans.

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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.

Everyday Transgender Women of color are mistreated and repressed by society, they face constant ridicule and mistreatment. They face a constant issue of society judging them and putting them under a microscope. Societal repression is a constant issue these women face just because of their gender identity. Transgender Women of Color are one of the most least mentioned groups in society. This under shadowed group of women is struggling. They face constant abuse and repression, society is destroying these women. These women who are just like everyone else are one of the most mistreated societal groups around. They face things like mistreatment in the health field that should be helping them through one of the biggest transitions of their life.

If one was to search for the definition of the term “African American Woman” they would find nothing. Although there are definitions of the words African-American and woman; one cannot define the two words together. This is just it, to actually define what it is to be an African American woman would be the equivalence of rescuing the United States from its trillion dollar debt. It’s impossible. An African American woman can be defined by her confidence, drive and knowledge. All those components define not just her, but her character, her mindset and ultimately the other women of her race.

“Angry black woman. Baby Momma. Black Barbie. Gold Digger. Unhealthy fat black woman.” -Krissah Thompson, Essence Magazine. All of these phrases in which 901 black women themselves have illustrated other black women in a survey given by Essence magazine and partners. Thirty of the women who participated in the survey kept diaries for almost two weeks to document the media images they saw portraying black women, proving the media and stereotypes are both very persuasive. The media has come a long way in the portrayal of black people and especially black women in our progressive society, yet black women are still being depicted poorly in media because Hollywood, in particular, prey on black women insecurities and Black women themselves label and stereotype other Black women.

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What is Misogynoir? Black queer feminist, Moya Bailey coined this term in 2010 to describe the racialized sexism that black women face; This is mostly shown in American pop culture and Media causing people of all races to internalize this. This paper will not only be explaining the term in depth but breaking down the root causes and action plans to be taken to educate both men and women on this term. For this paper, I ‘ve conducted many interviews with a number of black men and women, in these interviews I asked them questions about themselves, their families and about both their romantic and non-romantic relationships. I also asked questions about their journey in the world of blackness, because every black journey is different.

Being a woman in Afghanistan is hard for so many reasons but some of the reasons are that over half the Afghan girls are married or at least engaged by the age of 12. 60% of the Afghan girls are married actually married by the age of 16 and up to 80% of the marriages in the poor/rural areas are arranged or forced marriages. The men these young girls marry are usually a lot older, some of the men even in their 60’s or older and the girls might not meet the man they were arranged or forced to marry till the actual day of the wedding. With the widespread of poverty parents arrange marriages for their young daughters for many reasons like to repay debt, solve a dispute, to get rid of them so they don’t have to support them, they even do it to reduce

My topic for my Term Paper Proposal is 19th Century Womanhood’s affect on the 21st Century Black Woman. I chose this topic because as a man in society, I almost never put myself in the shoes of a woman, and as a Black man in society, I have failed to relate to the Black women’s experience and to acknowledge the experience that defines how America views her. And after completing the “Gendered Resistance in the Antebellum Era,” I want to ultimately gain a better understanding of what factors specifically within that time period attributed to attitudes and perceptions American society has today of the contemporary Black woman. And in doing so, I also will to investigate “the evolution” of Black

“Do you see [the marks on] my leg from turning string? Do you see it? Then I make the bilum and my husband takes it to the RCF office, and if I am lucky, someone buys it,” explains a Gimi woman from the Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Papua New Guinea, speaking about her new role in producing traditional handicrafts for sale outside the community. (West 2006: 200) The bilum is a traditional string bag made by Gimi women that holds immense social value: made from forest materials, its construction and exchange make up a large part of women’s social relationships. (West 2006: 202) The changing relationships between nature, capitalism, and development in Papua New Guinea can be understood through the changing methods of bilum creation

In my opinion, one of the top issues that women facing today is their roles in the family. Although the gender inequality has decreased over time, there are still various unfairnesses between women and men. Especially in most of the Asian countries, after getting marriage, women are expected to do most of the housework, cooking, and to spend more time than men for taking care of their children, even though they work same amount of time with men. In addition, I believe that one of the knotty issues is, a woman needs to handle the conflict between herself and her mother-in-law, since most of the Asian countries are collectivist cultures. Therefore, this issue is not only physiological, but also psychological.

Although Buddhism embraces compassion as the means to end suffering, the Chinese occupation of 1949 used force and torture to manipulate the Tibetan people, despite the country’s strong pacifist beliefs. Chinese troops aimed to imprison anyone who demonstrates support for the Dalai Lama and often looked for excuses to make public mockeries of these people. In order to implement this idea of genocide in Tibetan culture, China used the practice of ethnic cleansing, or eliminating the Tibetan race; therefore, women were highly stigmatized because of their role in bearing children. Treating the victims as insects, the Chinese forced sterilizations and abortions upon the Tibetan women to ensure their extermination.