What Are Asian Americans Sensitive To Our Society

In history, there are many recurring themes, one of the biggest is the “American Dream”. Many people resonate the words dream, freedom, equality, and the opportunity to achieve their utmost desired and achievable dreams. This definition of a perfect land that helps you achieve your dream has been termed the “American Dream.” The “American Dream”, which is supposedly available for all Americans, has unfortunately become untrue for those who are minorities or immigrants. The “American Dream” is dictated by the American society that is controlled by a racial hierarchy that does not give access to the American dream for those who are not part of the preferred race and who don’t fit into its structured box of singularity. Overall, The American

Americans are known most commonly throughout the world as being extremely patriotic. Most Americans are thought to be flag waving, gun carrying, individuals who love to eat at fatty fast food restaurants like McDonald's. Obviously, this does not represent Americans as a whole but rather presents them as very patriotic and individualistic. In the essay, Growing Up Asian in America, by Kesaya E. Noda states that she is, “I come from a people with a long memory and a distinctive grace. We live our thanks. And we are Americans. Japanese-Americans…” (Noda 36). In it she states that she is neither Japanese or American rather they are Japanese which incorporates both the cultures and traditions of the United States and Japan. In fact, an American can be best described as persons from the United States that are known throughout the world for their patriotism and belief that America is the best country in the world.

To be young and Asian in America is a special brand of torture. There is an unspoken dictum of silence that grips Asian youth, a denial of our place in popular culture. Asian youth walk in America not quite sure where we fit in-black children have a particular brotherhood, Hispanic children have a particular brotherhood, white children own everything else. We cannot lay claim to jazz or salsa or swing; we cannot say our ancestors fought for equality against an oppressive government or roamed the great hallways of power across the globe. We do not have a music, a common hero, a lexicon of slang. Asian youth experience personal diasporas every day.

Asian Americans are a diverse group of people who are among the fastest growing minority groups in the United States. Despite their minority status, they often surpass Whites in America and do so while holding on to their cultural values regarding family, education, and success.

Asian-American students are often assumed to be the ones who finish on top academically. Due to the amount of high-ranking Asian-American students in schools throughout the United States, a cliché stereotype has been developed claiming all Asian students are “whiz kids.” The culture which Asian individuals practice differs by region however, majority of Asian individuals celebrate a different culture than mainstream Americans. I interviewed Susan, an Asian-American female who was born to an Asian mother, and an American father.

The United States is known to acquire more opportunities and to allow people around the world to make a better living for themselves and their family. As many migrated over to the U.S., immigrants found themselves going through economic hard times. The most dramatic turn of the century was during the 1920s with the emergence of second generation Asian Americans. Although some Asian Americans were born in their homeland, coming to the U.S. at the age of six still classified them as Asian Americans as they were raised within assimilation of America. Second Generation Asian Americans experienced America more than their parents ever did and that caused a lot of concerns and tension between them and their parents. The Second Generation Asian Americans experienced tension between their parents with the emergence of the second generation, the influence of the American culture, creating their own paths and future, and the racial discrimination while growing up.

Does race really matter on our tv screens? The facts, statistics and stories that follow this question almost a century after the invention makes the answer clear. What you see on television is a big part of what how people regard other cultures and diversity as a whole. The misconceptions of how the world looks and works dramatically impacts the audience, and what they think is the societal norm.

Asian Americans have been migrating to the United States since the 1850’s. The Chinese came over first and decades later, the Japanese, Koreans, and Filipinos followed. All of these Asian American populations faced discrimination, racial hostility, inequality, deportation, and possible death. They paved the way for other Asian American populations wanting to make better lives for themselves and for their families.

Just like many other families, Asian values are similar to those of American values but, there are some differences. One main similarity between Asians and Americans is that both seek for the best quality of life they possibly deserve. The Asian culture is very communal and family orientated, unlike the American culture, Americans tend to be very independent and individually orientated. An interesting topic that I came across was how Asian and Americans interpret directness. In the Asian culture people tend to value politeness above directness. On the other hand Americans tend to value directness over being polite, in other words Americans lay it out how it is and Asians tend to sugar coat it. Other distinctive behaviors that differentiate from Asian and Americans are how they feel about working hard. Asians value hard work above play and Americans feel play

Asian Americans are now the fastest growing racial group in the United States that consists of over 20 national origin groups with distinctive ethnicity, language, religion, cultural practices, immigration history, and socioeconomic status and mobility patterns. Yet, heterogeneity among Asian Americans is seldom explored empirically. In this dissertation project, I examine how intra-Asian American heterogeneity may affect ethnoracial group boundary formation and positioning in the United States using intermarriage as a key indicator. Specifically, I ask: how do contemporary Asian American interethnic and interracial marriage patterns explain their ethnic group boundary formation and racial group positioning in the United States? Intermarriage

After reading the article “what a Fraternity Hazing Death Revealed about the Painful Search for an Asian-American Identity”, I understand the challenges that Asian American face in the search of a connection with their ethnic group culture and in the search of their identity within the dominant society. I feel sympathy for the family and for the many other families across the country that had lost their sons and daughters to fraternities that are in the pursuit of tough members that will represent their ethnic groups. Furthermore, students join fraternity to look for personal power and influences that they might be lacking from their communities. Students are in search of popularity and a sense of belonging to something special, something cool

The disparities break down among Asian American necessary to bypass culture competency, the language barrier, the adaptation of tradition and modern Western medicine, attached to the circular arena of advantages and disadvantages functions of living in America. The culture competency of ethnic minorities soars with cultural differences and multicultural patients requiring healthcare providers to demand a necessary skills for all healthcare providers to facilitate structure and delivery the caring for all foreign-born Asian Americans and as well as the American-born Asian Americans (Park, Chesla, Rehm, Chun, 2011). The traditions and culture values the Asian American has brought to the United States of America has form a transition of herb

This is because Asian Americans are represented in various ways in the media. According to the textbook article, “Asian Americans were also represented as “perpetual foreigners”, as not being from the United States, as having cultural practices that are not “American,” and as embodying loyalty to a home country over the Untied States” (Drew, 2015 pg. 170). Then again the encouraging thing is that not all Asian Americans are the same, so having various representations of Asian Americans helps show viewers the many different ways Asian Americans are. But then at the same time there is a negative consequence to why Asian Americans are represented in so many ways. When thinking about what is shown on screen Asian Americans are represented so effortlessly, meaning that the media does not think Asian Americans are significant or good enough for big roles, or to even act as themselves. An example of this would be the movie Aloha, where the director made the decision to cast Emma Stone who is a White as an Asian-American

Asian/Pacific Americans are viewed as more successful than other minority groups. This has specifically cause problems for them which are called intergroup hostilities and other phrases.

I had a Vietnamese friend in elementary school that had moved from Vietnam recently (about 12 or so years ago) that was probably my only close experience of Asian culture or Asian representation until middle school. I’m writing about him because my understanding of Asians really only came from a 9 - 10 year old boy’s unmoderated adventures through Asian-related online websites, his parents, and my parents view of their family. I really couldn’t understand much without my parents telling me what certain aspects of my friend’s family were about, which about half were very inappropriate for a 9 year old boy to be asking about.