Stereotypes Of Hmong Kids In Thailand

Since coming to America, I have moved to an ample amount of places because my father’s job concerns. I changed school frequently and in each new school I was never greeted with a warm welcome. With one glance my classmates saw I was different from them. I was often bullied and teased because of my racial difference from my classmates, from these experiences I became a quiet and docile girl. This way I thought I would not get in anyone’s way. I had closed up in the world in front of me; I never expressed my own opinions and always agreed with the majority. However secretly inside of me, I was frustrated not being able to express myself and yet I was unable to change. I craved to be what I was in the inside to be on the outside. Still by

Throughout the day, many of us use stereotypes some noticed able than others; yet we do not know the affects they have on the person said to. The issue I want to get through is that we all go through most racial stereotypes every day not knowing it effects our health. People most affected racial stereotypes are Hispanics, Africans and Asian Americans, but how did they get those. Out of all the races in the United States Asian American have higher expectations compared to any other ethnics. Why are Asian American expectations so high? The positive stereotypes can make them stress even more than a negative stereotypes. Many race live up to stereotypes thinking that they have to be the stereotype even if it is negative because that is what people expect. Asians Americans are labeled minority model causing them stress that pressures them, to achieve higher expectations.

Some may ask what exactly define an Asian American. The awareness of this controversies of the indefinite identity was during the emergence of the second generations of Asian Americans who were once known as “oriental” in the period between the 1900 to 1940s. They had shaped and constructed the idea of an Asian Americans by forging their own paths socially, politically, and economically through their experiences of being percepted as “oriental” regardless of their nativity and citizenship. In consequence, tensions among the first generations immigrant parents and second generation began to rise as changes began to transpire.

I am a breathtaking, stunning, and outstanding student. I am these things because I know that even before reading this essay, the first thing you read was my name. Most of the faculties that are reading this essay are probably thinking, “oh, it’s another Asian student whose name I’m not sure how to pronounce,” or “that sandwich for lunch was good, I should’ve taken another bite before I came here.” Before anything else, I am Hmong. It’s a subculture that is quite spread throughout Southeast Asia. I was born in Thailand and immigrated to the United States in October 2004. There are seven members in my father’s household. Having a Confucian ideology binded within me, I almost always put my family’s needs before my own. I would tell myself that if something does not benefit me, then I don’t need it. Then on, I hated going shopping like normal girls because I don’t want to burden my family with financial problems. If, however, I needed something, my mom would have already bought them for me. When my older sister entered her senior year in high school, I decided to do all the chores I could in the house. It was demanding and exhausting, but because I decided to do most of the chores, my sister finally had more time to herself and was

Over the weekend, as I was skimming through an online news publication, trying to reacquaint myself with the habit of news reading by clicking random headlines that bore a semblance of interest to me, a particular, and enticing, write-up on Huffington Post piqued my curiosity. In big, bold fonts, with cleverly capitalized letters at the start of every new word, the article’s heading happened to be titled “ ‘Ho Chi Chin’ Signs Targeting Asian Candidate Disrupt Maine Mayoral Race”. Intriguing, isn’t it? At the very least, it is from my perspective, taking into account not only the infrequent presence of the Asian-American community in the news media, but also the fact that that an Asian-American has managed to engage himself within the realm of American politics. The Huffington Post feature, in my opinion, accentuates certain salient points, for instance, highlighting how swiftly Dunne was to equate Ben Chin with Communism and Ho Chi Minh solely on the account that Chin is of Asian descent and “that his name rhymes with Chin”, despite the fact that Maine’s mayoral candidate Ben Chin is Chinese-, not Vietnamese-, American.

While living in Vietnam, my family was well off. I did not have to worry about anything except for performing well in school. However, after moving to the US when I was about fifteen, my family struggled financially as my parents had a difficult time finding jobs. Knowing all the struggles that my parents were going through, I tried my very best in school. Moreover, I also helped my parents by taking care of house chores. Instead of staying after school for extracurricular activities, I came home early to take care of my younger sisters, help them with their homework, and make dinner for my family while my parents were off at work or night classes at community college. I started doing a lot of things that I had never imagined I would ever do as a teenager. I saw myself changing slowly, becoming more of a responsible

The concept of stereotype is defined as “a belief that associates a group of people with certain traits” (Kassin, Fein, & Markus et al., 2008, p. 133), which can influence a person’s thinking process and perception of others as well as the world. Stereotypes are related to other concepts, such as prejudice and discrimination, which strengthen the distortion of people’s reality. Another component of a stereotype includes the concept of outgroup homogeneity effect which is the “tendency to assume that there is greater similarity among members of outgroups than among members of ingroups” (Kassin et al., 2008, p. 135). The concept of outgroup homogeneity effect refers to a misconception of others caused

My name is Richard Hu: I am 30 years old and I am Asian American. This means that I am both Asian, and American. According to Park (2005), the latest census proclaimed that Asian Americans cover more than 4.1% of the population. In its totality that is 11.3 million people. Much like Park (2005) states, “we are not a new phenomenon: Asians have been apart of the U.S landscape from as early as the 17th century … the irony is that we remain “strangers from a distant shore””(p. My parents were born in Korea but relocated in order to give our family more opportunity to excel. I, like many others in my heritage consider myself to be a 1st generation immigrant. However, growing up in the suburbs of Hillsborough California I began to lose my sense of self. It wasn’t until I was much older that I began to identify with my Asian Culture. I whole heartedly feel that Park (2005) said it best when she argued that “Our perceived “foreign-ness” accentuates our “two–worldness”... not Asian enough to repatriate, not “American” enough to integrate” (p. 4). Although it still isn’t an easy concept for people to grasp, over the years I have learned to be more understanding of my Asian American upbringing (Question 1).

Throughout the day, many people use stereotypes. Stereotypes are the idea when people have an oversimplified idea of a particular type of person. Some are more noticeable than others yet a lot of people do not know the negative effects that stereotypes have on the person. The issue is that people go through racial stereotypes everyday not knowing it affects their health. Minorities are affected by racial stereotypes, and the most affected are Hispanics, Africans, and Asian Americans. Out of all the races in the United States, Asian Americans have stereotypes based on them; having higher expectations compared to any other ethnicities. Stereotypes can make Asian Americans stress because of how both positive and negative stereotypes tend to have a negative impact on an individual’s life. Many ethnicities feel like they have to live up to stereotypes, many Asians Americans who are labeled as the model minority which causes them stress that pressure them, to achieve higher expectations.

Beginning with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, the first law to ever restrict immigration, discrimination against Asian Americans has been prevalent in the United States. Although the issue has existed for more than a century, modern Americans have expressed their hostility to the diverse group due to the bitterness caused by the minority’s wild economic successes in the 19th century and in the 21st century. However, as society has labeled them as a group of hard-working, intuitive individuals, Asians have since surfaced as the model minority of America. By definition, the model minority stereotype is a cultural standard with expectations that Asian American individuals will be intellectual, excel in education, and become wealthy (“Model

Like many American-born-Chinese children, I did not seem to realize and accept that being Chinese and American was possible and it was something to be proud, not ashamed, of. In Rodriguez’s terms, “ I became more tactful, careful to keep separate the two very different worlds of my day” (598). When I was at school, I portrayed myself as another person than who I was at home. In school, I pushed myself to keep a facade just to make my peers believe I was no different from them; I wanted to be white and share the same ideals as they did. Being surrounded by a drastically different group of people from your own in school leads one to feel ostracized. The ethics and lessons from school is thoroughly enlightening, but you have to give and take. Rodriguez left his heritage behind which widened the gap between his family, yet in return he received a higher

As a young Asian American male who was raised by immigrant parents with traditional cultural beliefs, my experiences were often overlooked due to the model minority myth, which is where I am treated as if I do not go through similar adversities as other minorities. I was seen as an individual who was born into a higher socioeconomic status and more likely to be successful in academics. As a result, I was often portrayed as an individual who may not have as many issues or an individual who may not need any assistance. However, this was not the case, as I often struggled with assimilation as I was stuck between two worlds with vastly different cultures and values. In addition, I frequently struggled with math courses in high school, and even now in college. Moreover, even though I was born and raised in the United States, there were instances where people have questioned my status as an American. Furthermore, as an Asian American male, I am often subject to unfair emasculation in the US by

In this new day and age Asians are assimilating way better in America and they are definitely getting more involved with politics showing to be significant campaign donors for starters. Asians have been thriving quite positively due to their previous circumstances. Thus, Asian Americans are seen as a model minority in which their characteristic of hardworking and motivation that display the reasons of their achievements, leading them one step further to assimilation. Moreover, negative stereotypes of Asian American are turned to positive stereotypes, mostly, yet there are potential prejudice and discrimination still faced by this race, today. Especially, there are many ideas conditioned into people's minds about the culture or beliefs of Japanese

For as long as I can remember, society has condemned me for not fitting into their depiction of normality. The reasoning behind this is that I am not a born American citizen. As my parents, I was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, surrounded by others of the same color. The community I lived in was a highly supportive of one another despite their faults. Acceptance is a large section of the community's approach to any and all situations. Though the community optimistic, the reality was a cold shower my parents had to accept. Despite the positives the Haitian community provided us, we moved to America for a foundation for my future. My parents knew as a female in Haiti, it would be difficult for me to progress into something great. By moving, I was given a new chance to help my progression into something great.

In 1989, to halt the rape of its thick forests, Thailand banned the centuries-old industry of logging. The result: Logging was stopped (legal logging, anyway) - and thousands of elephants suddenly found themselves jobless. This was less of a problem for the elephants than for their gobsmacked mahouts (owners), who faced the challenge of providing their elephants with about 500 pounds of food a day with no source of income.