The Asian American Community And Racial Relations

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

Of all the problems Asian Americans face that Ronald Takaki mentioned, it seems that the “Yellow Peril”, “Bamboo Ceiling”, and “Model Minority” are the major issues. The hysteria of Asians are going to takeover the United States is such arrogance. In addition, the notion that Asian Americans are having the most success in America is completely overblown. Moreover, the misrepresentations that all Asian Americans are not leaders or have poor communication tendencies are wrong. These stereotypes have negatively affected Asian Americans and it still being used today. Ronald Takaki believes that those three major issues “Yellow Peril”, “Bamboo Ceiling”, and “Model Minority” are cause of Asian Americans discrimination.

American's success is exaggerated to a great extent, and does not fit the "model minority" most

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.

Enstad mentions words such as “invisible” (57, 58), “unanticipated” (61), and “threaten” (60). These words indicate the unknown which stirs a sense of terror among her readers. The unknown remains a mystery, and there is no way to predict its movements. By doing so, she underscores the direness of the spread of this toxicity by pushing against this fear. Enstad even blatantly acknowledges the emotions she’s evoking by jeering that after reading her essay, readers might want to “sanitize one’s own environment” (63). As an author, she empathizes with her audience’s thoughts on her essay which allows her to relate to her audience thus, igniting a need to take charge and further analyze this toxicity that plagues Americans. It is common for a community of people to begin scrambling for solutions to an issue when the danger is imminent compared to a future problem. On the other hand, Kim’s article not only brings together a community for a common cause like Enstad’s but, she appeals to a different emotion through her use of a history strand. Kim’s history strand consists of phrases such as “imperialism” (3), “political turmoil” (4), and “immigrant” (4). She motivates her Asian American audience to unite due to the shared histories of the community. The cultural roots of Asian Americans are not often portrayed in American media and is not commonly discussed. Kim

The main key argument in the first week's reading is that like Black Americans, Asian Americans are also being discriminated by the whites just because of white supremacists. Asian Americans would also receive hate notes from whites saying that they should go back to where they came from which most people got scared that they either had to stay in their houses or had to move out. White police would even commit violence just because the person is either considered Asian or Black Americans. Even those who were born half white and half other race are considered non-whites which they were also treated badly.

America has come a long way since the Reagan era, because “twenty-five years ago, the greatest strength of the Asian American movement was the ability of activist to organize the unorganized and bring new political players in community politics” (Omatsu). During a current era there are problems with lack of knowledge of what happened to Asian Americans, because those who were not around to see the struggles with racism. “However, by stimulating the discussion over how Asian American define community problems, the neoconservatives bring a vibrancy to community issues by contributing a different viewpoint” (Omatsu). Young political activists voices are the solution to end the struggle against racism for as long as there is activism that thrives our voices will be heard in

Many of the stories told today are stories about people who dealt with racism. Many people during World War II felt that the claims made against the Japanese Americans were false and unjust. The feelings of many Japanese Americans have never been forgotten, maybe repressed and ignored, but not forgotten. The prejudice in our country has not left, or faded away, but been subtly hidden in today's

“Nothing in this world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”-Martin Luther King, Jr. Unfortunately, racism is now a part of human nature. The environment and living conditions people endure is constantly analyzed and evaluated by personal views and values. The articles, “FOBs” vs. “Twinkies”, written by Grace Hsiang and “Black Men and Public Space”, written by Brent Staples, both apply to the issues of interracial and intraracial conditions. Hsiang informs the reader of interracial discrimination and ethnic harassment, not only with Asian culture, but for all whose families are not originally from America, she goes into detail about how people expect her to behave exactly how her ancestors did because she is

When discussing the significance of war on Asian American communities, it is important to consider the effects of World War II. Largely regarded as one of the most international and important conflicts in American history, World War II involved America and the Allied powers fighting against the Axis powers. The experiences of Asian Americans at the time take on two different sides: while many Asian American groups such as the Chinese were able to gain more liberties under new legislation, Japanese-Americans were subject to discrimination and incarceration. These two experiences may seem separate from one another, but they both illustrate the process of race reconfiguration at the time. The race reconfiguration occurring during World War II

Historically, American politics has been revolved around one race from the beginning of the American political process. As Painter, Nell, Irvin (2010) has stated, it was clear that who counted as white in the political purposes and whiteness determined to be an American. The participation of the white race has been always higher in the American political process. However, Asian Americans faced barriers while attempting to engage in the American political process.First of all, Asian Americans has faced significant discrimination against themselves through systematic and unintentional racism. This has created an idea that Asian Americans are not interested in getting involved in the American political process.

Throughout history, many different minority groups have been treated unfairly. Although African Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans are all minorities, they are similar in the ways of getting treated negatively, but they differ significantly. While some experience different situations in their early histories, stereotypes, discrimination, and other important issues. Some of these minority groups have these issues similar or worse than others.

Before we go into this, we have to understand the difference between the foreigner and the American. When Muslims immigrate to the US, they are faced with the constant stares of onlookers who are confused of “what” they are, “where” they come from, and “when” are they leaving. As you can tell, Americans have always seen Muslims as the “other”, but tensions intensified after the 9/11 attacks. The 9/11 attacks brought Muslim culture to the forefront. Many people started performing hate crimes against Muslims and Islamic nations. The American government has sanctioned surveillance and investigations into Islamic nations in order to prevent another 9/11 attack. The government has perpetuated this hatred towards Muslims on the basis that since all terrorists are Muslims, all Muslims must be terrorists. Furthermore, Americans have this idea that Muslims should apologize for the 9/11 attacks. The entire Muslim culture was not responsible for 9/11. Although it seems to be easy to point the finger at one group of people, it becomes difficult when you are blaming a group of people on one person’s actions. If Americans expect an apology for Muslims, all whites should be prepared to apologize to blacks for slavery. The “apology” concept is complete ludicrous. If you believe that all Muslims are terrorists, this judgment makes the statement that all blacks are criminals true. If either one are true, how do we explain Barack Obama and Farah Pandith. In addition, airport customs have used the 9/11 attacks as an excuse for random security checks of Muslims. This promotes an almost majority rule of widespread racial profiling of Muslims. On the airport, there are numerous customs checkpoints for Homeland Security that takes a minimum of 2 hours to catch your plane. Americans even have this fear of “terror

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

Pearl Harbor. September 11. The Vietnam War. The Orlando night club shooting. All of these events relate to the dehumanization of Asian immigrants. America is considered to be a “melting pot” of cultures; however, there is no true harmonization and acceptance. Current media continues to dehumanize and depict many Asian Americans as monster and question their culture. Asian Americans are considered the “model minority” as they try to overcome the hared and prove their worth. However, Asian Americans are still not accepted. Within Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee and No-No Boy by John Okada, they exhibited Asian American can put whatever effort to assimilate into the American culture but it will never be enough for their acceptance if only one