Essay On Asian Stereotypes

Being an asian there are many stereotypes that people categorize me before actually getting to know me. It’s been a common thing and at times it does get annoying because your being put in such a general category that might not define you. Even so, I understand why people stereotype and I do admit I stereotype people as well. I believe everyone stereotypes and although we know it’s a bad thing, we do it unintentionally because it’s easy to just label and and categorize people into groups. Although Alexie was stereotyping Native American’s as alcoholics in his story “What You Pawn I Will Redeem,” I do not think it was his intent was to be malicious.

Believe it or not our society seems to classify people according to abilities, religion, customs, countries, and even likes, and dislikes. I personally think that each person is unique and being Chinese, Japanese, American, Mexican, etc. does not make you smarter or better one than another. In this case, Gladwell on Chapter 8 of Outliers highlights the intelligence and dedication of the Chinese population.

Most of the time when one thinks of a stereotype, damaging and hurtful comments come to mind. However, for the Asian American population, this is not always the case. This leaves one to wonder is there such a thing as a positive stereotype, and if so, can positive stereotypes have a positive outcome. During this course, we have discussed at length about how stereotypes affect a racial group. Most of the time, stereotyping a racial group causes tension and brings about negative and damaging effects.

Mark Twain once said, “The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.” Even as we as a globalized society have improved greatly, prejudice appears far too often and is expressed everywhere even in today’s world. During World War 2, prejudice was peaking in society. In Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatuski Houston and James D. Houston, the main theme is that silent prejudice hurts the most.

‘College students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like.’ Is stated in the article The Coddling of the American Mind. The authors Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt use logos, ethos, and pathos to discuss the issues and solutions for trigger warnings and macroaggressions on university campuses. The authors start the article off by giving examples and other pieces of literature written about trigger warnings on college campuses, these are examples of Logos. Logos is used throughout the document for example in the third paragraph the author observed the recent campus actions at Brandeis University. The actions presented stereotypical comments about Asian students such as “aren’t you supposed to be good at math,”

Being an Asian American can be conflicting sometimes; especially when you 're born in a predominately Caucasian town, but raised in a stereotypical Asian family. I 'm not going to lie when I say that some days, I thought I was white rather than Asian (but that 's a different story). Growing up in a town where other Asian Americans are practically non-existent meant that all my friends

Today, society has become dependent on media, propaganda has risen because of the portrayal of stereotypes of the Hispanic culture. There is a common ground of the concepts of stereotyping and ethnocentrism. The propaganda has enabled stereotypes to arise in the media and has made an impact on the behaviors of those that interact with the Hispanic culture. Any action reflecting stereotypes could have a negative or positive impact on those of other cultures.

The main subject of this chapter is to introduce the racial discrimination Asian-Americans suffered simply because of their skin color. The author argues in this chapter that Americans are frequently subject to assume that Asians are foreigners, having no knowledge of their past or family. A specific piece of evidence that the author uses to support his case is the example of when he went to college and was invited to dinners for foreign students, despite the fact that his family had lived in America for three generations.

Historically, the stereotype emerged from orientalism that was transcribed through film and literature. The mediated image of Asian women in western society is highly hyper-sexualized up to this day. Most of the representations from the media are infrequent and racist that mainly focuses on the false blinding images of these women. In addition, the china doll media portrayal has a negative mass effect on Asians and the rest. As a result of media consumption, these women continue to be victimized by discrimination and objectification in their day-to-day lives.

Stereotypical images have for long existed. Stereotypes are images or ideas about certain groups of people or things that in most cases are not true. Hispanic Americans are one of the many groups that are targeted the most with stereotypes. Hispanics are said to be drug dealers. Many Americans claim that Hispanics come to this country to sale drugs and as a result of this the country becomes in danger. However, the majority of Hispanics who come to this country come to live the American dream. Hispanics come in search of jobs to support their families back in their native countries. Another stereotype that is always said about Hispanics is that they are automatically wet backs. Just because someone looks Hispanic does not automatically make

Nowadays, Asian-Americans are still the target of stereotypes against them, but those stereotypes have evolved with the time. Among those stereotypes, a stereotype pretends that Asians are so called bad drivers, and another pretends that they are all smart and good in math. The first is often due to the image medias and experience give us to Asian traffic, overall China, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and India because of the growing population and accidents. Furthermore, in Asia, traffic rules are hardly ever respected. The origin of the fact that Asians are smart and good in math can be explained by the Asian educational system which promotes sciences, math and technologies in school’s programs to create new searchers who could be useful to economic growth and scientific progress in development countries. Yet, those stereotypes are wrong concerning Asian Americans. In fact, they learn to drive according to the laws of the country they live, and do not all like school.

Asian Americans include persons that come to the United States from a variety of countries in Asia and the Indian subcontinent (McNamara & Burns, 2009). Although the do share similar physical features, each subgroup has its own history, customs, and culture (McNamara & Burns, 2009). There are many different perceptions of Asian Americans in general. One is that they have overcome barriers and discrimination to be successful and achieve the ‘American Dream’ (McNamara & Burns, 2009). One reason for this I believe is that the majority of Asian Americans come to the United States with a dream and a goal to be successful. Unlike other minority groups discusses by McNamara and Burns (2009) most Asian Americans chose to come to the United States. They were not brought here as slave as were African Americans, nor were they already

In Kat Chow’s essay “My ‘Oriental’ Father”, she conveys her thoughts on the word “oriental.” Her father, who had come to the U.S. from Hong Kong, still uses the word “oriental.” The correct terms used by scholars and activists are Asian or Asian American. Chow would prefer her father use one of these scholarly terms instead. She is worried if he continues to use the word “oriental,” people will continue to view him as foreign. This is something she has felt throughout her life. As a young girl, Chow had an experience with her white friend who used racist remarks against her. When she was a teenager, a woman at her place of employment, was surprised by how well Chow knew English. Chow was offended by this, because why wouldn’t she speak English

The stereotypes have brought negative recognition to these ethnic groups. According to an article by Simply Psychology, stereotypes can interfere when an introduction to another race occurs. An individual might sum up the person characteristic based on the stereotypes of the person’s ethnicity. An individual can assume that all Asian Americans are Chinese, and therefore can speak the Chinese’s language as well. This is a negative stereotype of an Asian American that they encounter in their own country. The article, mention that stereotypes can lead to social categorization, which leads to prejudice attitudes towards a certain race. In this case Asian Americans are seeing as bad drivers due to the shape of their eyes. They are criticized for being intelligent, but still expected to be successful in life. Young Asian Americans are seeing as hard-working, submissive, obedient and uncomplaining. In reality these stereotypes hide the truth according to an article called “Model Minority Stereotype for Asian Americans”, Asian American college students are more likely to seek medical leave, more likely to go on academic probation, and are less likely to graduate in 4

Stereotyping is a way of categorizing certain groups of people or types of individuals with regards to gender, race, culture, religion etc. Stereotyping arises from prior assumptions due to influences by the media, history and personal experience. The statement: “To gain an understanding of the world we need to make use of stereotypes,” appears that stereotyping is required in order to really understand the world, and knowledge issues can be drawn from this statement: Does stereotyping prevent us from knowing someone truly and how are stereotypes created in the first place? One way to examine and discuss the knowledge issues is to look at different areas of knowledge, which in our case will be History and Human Science. Since the concept of stereotyping holds a broad scope, the essay will narrow down the focus to ethnic groups and their culture.