Cultural Competence In Health Care

What this novel does not touch on is the harsh levels of discrimination that some Asian-American families faced during the 20th centuries, some people telling at them to go back to Vietnam, Korea, or wherever they came from, some refusing service, perhaps throwing them out for being different, similarly to how African-Americans were treated during that time, and similar to how some Muslims are being treated today. However, more insidious than moments of outright hostility, and maybe more powerful, are the constant weak reminders that you’re different, that you’re not one of them. The “sign at the Peking Express” (Ng 193), the “little boys on the playground, stretching their eyes to slits with their fingers” (Ng 193), you even “saw it when waitresses and policemen and bus drivers spoke slowly to you, in simple words, as if you might not understand” (Ng 193). All these tiny things, these little reminders that you’re not the same as everyone else around you, may have more impact on the people being discriminated against than blatant in-your-face

A reading that stood out in Current Issues and Enduring Questions was “The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority” by Ronald Takaki. Throughout his essay Takaki expresses how although it seems the Asian minority in the United States has superiority over other minorities, this assumption is false. He touches on many ideas why Asian Americans seem superior. These ideas include: acceptance into universities, high household incomes, and praise for their entrepreneurial effectiveness (Takaki,1990,p.123).

In my second week of Asian American Studies, I got to learn about how the reality of Asian Americans being in poverty level are often overlooked by popular myths about how Asian Americans are best educated, high income, and very successful. The common theme through all the readings in class is that Asians are commonly discriminated as one monolithic group and are often judged by their race and culture. In fact, I used to face such discrimination during my childhood from other kids assuming I am Chinese and have small eyes as well as any other common Asian stereotypes. Asian Americans do not resemble just the high end of the spectrum to being very successful and intelligent, but they also resemble the lower end of the spectrum to those living in poverty and do not have a good chance of a good future.

What do you think of when you hear the word discrimination? In the articles written by Grace Hsiang and Brent Staples we get two different looks at what people think of when they hear the word discrimination. In Grace Hsiang’s article “FOB’s vs. Twinkies The New Discrimination is Interracial” Grace tells about a time where in her sociology class she was a part of a discussion about discrimination and racism. In this discussion she found that most of the discrimination to be by the people from the same race. The Asian Americans divide themselves into two groups, the FOBs, who stay true to their culture and practices.

In the selected readings that we were asked to do as a class, the most pertinent and interesting chapter that stood out to me was Chapter 38, “The Model Minority Myth”. In this chapter, the main subject of discussion is Asian Americans. In this discussion, the chapter tackles the discrimination that Asian Americans face due to the perception of media caricatures of them in the past as many other minorities have also had to unjustly endure. This in turn has made it harder for honest, hardworking minorities to shed the giant bullseye known as stereotyping from their backs. It can be noted that this model perception is in fact a stereotype that has easily hindered Asian Americans.

In the New York Times article, “When Asian-Americans Have to Prove We Belong,” by Jia Lynn Yang, anti-Asian racism in America is rampant with the recent coronavirus pandemic. Asian-Americans are facing unparalleled amounts of disrespect and hatred from their fellow American citizens, “Asian-Americans have been spat on in the streets, harassed and insulted. Our fellow citizens blame us for a virus that threatens our families no less than any other household” (Yang, 2020). Anti-Asian racism is a deep-rooted problem, reaching as far back as the 1870s-80s when Asian citizens were prohibited from immigrating to America via the Chinese Exclusion Act.

A lack of representation has led to the negative portrayal of API members being the media many have exposed to them, resonating with them the image of savage dog-eating and virus-carrying immigrants is burned into many Americans' minds. BP 1 BODY PARAGRAPH 1: Problem in depth The API community continues to be underrepresented in media compared to other races in the U.S. According to the United States Census for 2022, over 19.2 million Asian-Pacific-Islander (API) individuals are reported to be living in the United States, making up 7.4% of the total U.S. population. The global API community also represents about 60% of the world's population.

According to both authors, stereotype promise is the promise of being viewed through the lens of a positive stereotype, which, in turn, can enhance the performance of Asian Americans students (Zhou and Lee 7). These stereotypes becomes what the author has called, “symbolic capital,” and this then creates a self-fulfilling prophecy of “Asian American exceptionalism.” In today’s society, Asian Americans have the highest educational outcomes, highest rates of intermarriage, and lowest rates of residential segregation. Many scholars have explained that these results were because of the Asian culture and values, but Zhou and Lee didn’t think so. The two authors contended that there were nothing essential about Asian culture or values that promotes exceptional outcomes, but, rather, a circular process unique to contemporary Asian immigrants in the United States (Zhou and Lee 7). The contemporary Asian immigrants as the author explained, are on average, highly-educated and highly selected, through which they refer to as “hyper-selectivity.” In result of the hyper-selectivity, “Asian immigrants import class-specific cultural

Throughout history, Asian Americans have been perceived as outsiders in the United States. They have been denied basic privileges in this country and have been treated very unfairly. However, during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, Asian Americans gained success through their businesses and cultural background leading them to have a manageable life. This labeled them as the “Model Minority;” it can be defined as an image in which a minority group are seen to be successful than the average population. This image led Asian Americans to be the nation’s stereotypical image of a model minority all the while shifting the blames of the countries to the other minority groups.

It can be argued that an immigrant’s entire career can be negatively impacted by prejudice. Firstly, Asian people cannot land a job interview because of their name. In comparison to those with Anglo names, according to the joint study by the University of Toronto and Ryerson University immigrants are called back 20.1% less from organizations with 500 employees or more and 39.4% and 37.1% fewer calls from medium-sized and small organizations and every 100 calls an applicant with an Anglo name receives, an Asian name gets 72 (Keung, 2017). Furthermore, this is an injustice because an Asian immigrant does not even get to enter the workplace since they can not land an interview, thus they will not get to experience the other levels of prejudice

Asian Americans may also face the realities of racism and discrimination in the United States. Institutional racism, like initiatives to speak English only, as well as individual racism that includes “differential treatment, verbal insults, and racial slurs” are a reality that some Asian

As you look on the television and are constantly bombarded by issues of racial calamity in this day and age, do you notice a specific unrepresented group? For me and several of my fellow peers, this answer is clearly a yes. The topic that I’m choosing to talk about in relation to this class is the “Asian Advantage” or the less well-known name, Model minority. From the very beginning of life, Asian Americans are characterized and limited to a specific subset of life. Often times, this subset is often seen as positive, therefore negating any consequence or fault that this myth may have.

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

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.

The Asian and American cultures’ take on health care can be compared and contrasted based on four main topics: the cause of the disease, methods of treatment, patient compliance, and dietary beliefs. Starting with the cause of the disease, many Asians believe that ailments are caused by unexplained supernatural