Essay on Chinese Americans

After the first wave of Chinese immigrants arrived in the United States in the early 1840s during the California Gold Rush, many Chinese people continued to travel across the Pacific, escaping poor conditions in China with hopes and ambitions for a better life in America. Many more Chinese immigrants began arriving into the 1860s on the Pacific coast for work in other areas such as the railroad industry. The immigrants noticed an increasing demand for their labor because of their readiness to work for low wages. Many of those who arrived did not plan to stay long, and therefore there was no push for their naturalization. The immigrants left a country with thousands of years of a “decaying feudal system,” corruption, a growing

People always seem to be changing themselves because they want the approval of others and are worried what others think of them. They aren't happy about who they are, maybe its looks, or maybe its race that they are concerned about, either way people try to change who they are. In ABC, the author Yang reveals many common stereotypes about chinese people and the struggle they might have in fitting in. Chin-kee one of the main characters is very stereotypical and impacts Danny and Jin’s life greatly. Jin Wang the main character faces some problems fitting in because of his race and the stereotypes associated with it and changes himself in order to fit in.

The Formation and Development of Chinese Communities in Atlanta, Augusta, and Savannah, Georgia: From Sojourners to Settlers, 1880-1965 written by Daniel Aaron Bronstein examines the transition of Chinese “from being perceived as ‘outsiders’ before the 1940s to being treated as ‘honorary whites’ by the late 1960s,” and creates a trans-regional narrative in which the generational differences of Chinese-Americans played a significant role in shaping Chinese-American community and identity.

Gene Luen Yang in his book called “American Born Chinese" he illuminates the book in three parts, which is three characters, three stories but one goal. It is a critically acclaimed graphic novel. It possesses strong themes of racial stereotypes, particularly American stereotypes of the Chinese and other East Asian ethnicities. The American Born Chinese also undergoes phases of identity crises that are coupled with some mental or physical transformation. Even though this book is mainly about Jin, the book actually starts with the story of the Monkey King. The book then switches to Jin's story in the second chapter and, for the third chapter, switches to the story of Danny (Jin's alter-ego). Only after Jin's and Danny's stories do we return

My mother immigrated to Los Angeles from Taiwan when she was seventeen years old. Her parents emigrated from China to Taiwan for a better life before she was born. Even though I’m only half-Chinese…and a Chinese-American at that, Chinatown and Chinese culture are very much a part of my life. Eating Dim Sum- (a Cantonese specialty prepared in small portions carried over in small steamed baskets)— was a family tradition every Sunday. Chinese holidays were taken very seriously, and I always loved receiving hóngbāo, red envelopes filled with money during certain holidays. My mother made sure that she spoke Chinese to me as a baby,

The life of women in 1930 was rough. At that time a lot was going on, the great depression and the entering of world war two were happening. The great depression affected all Chinese Americans and Americans shared the economic crash throughout this time period. The Chinese Americans faced additional trauma in China. Throughout the years Japan started to take over.

The tale “American Born Chinese” by Gene Luch Wang depicts the story of three characters, Monkey, Jin, and Danny. They all have the problem of fitting into their new environments. Jin Wang has to deal with Asian stereotypes. Danny has to deal with embarrassment of his cousin. Lastly, Monkey has to deal with the fact that there is no position for him in the heavenly ranks. However, over time, these characters have to come together to fit in. Yet the question remains: what exactly about fitting in is the problem? Although Jin Wang takes the form of Danny to reject his Chinese roots, the embarrassment of Chin-Knee shows he cannot hide behind a false American identity, thereby delineating that race is the source of his problem.

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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

Believe it or not, but American and Chinese culture do have something’s in common. They see eye-to-eye on some aspects. Like providing for their children “Parents work together for the well-being of their children” [Example from Article]. It is true that parents do the best they can to work towards a better financial life for their kids. That’s why many Chinese parents come over to the states, so that they can provide a better life, and a better education. They would also go to great lengths for their children no matter what the cause “Parents will risk their life for their children” [Example from Article]. Any parent would risk their life for their children no matter what ethnicity, or cultural aspect! There is no bond like a parent and their child.

America consists of a melting pot when it comes to races and cultures. However, society tends to fall back onto stereotypes to distinguish each racial community. In the case of the Asian community, there are a vast number of common stereotypes that are used to label Asians. For example, one common stereotype is Asians who are foreigners. There are countless Asian people who have resided in the United States for all of their lives, yet Asian Americans are often seen as perpetual foreigners. This kind of representation disregards the fact that America is home to generations of Asian Americans who have also been a part of building America from the ground up. This stereotype is frequently mirrored in film and television with Asian characters who

Richard Rodriguez article, “The Chinese in All of Us (1944)”, argues that many different cultures have contributed to making up the American culture. Rodriguez backs up this claim by sharing

Although Jin Wang tried to disguise his Chinese identity to become a “normal” American teenager, the author pressurizes Jin to embrace his racial identity because it is inevitable to extirpate it. The author

Whether I am an Asian who grew up in America or an Asian American, I still face the same problems, because “Asian” is a part of my identity.

Chinese Immigrants lived in very poor conditions. Tiny rooms packed with about 20 to 30 immigrants. Mice and Rats were everywhere, and the chinese were catching diseases very often, and because there were no good vaccinations many died from those diseases. Living in those conditions was very relentless, but still more and more immigrants from China came to work on the railroad or mine.