Asian Americans are one of the largest racial groups in the United States. ... Census Bureau report, during 2000 to 2010, the Asian-American community grew by 9.7 percent. However, although Asians have immigrated to the United States for almost 200 years, Asian actors are still rare in American films. ... Besides, some stereotypes of Asians in the American films are racially discriminated. ... Since the early years of Hollywood, Asian American females have been playing the dragon lady roles. ...

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Maria E Welbourne Eng.2 J.Corcoran The Celebration of Asian Americans has Obscured Reality Ronald Takaki vocalizes in his article that "The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority"is not to assume that all Asian Americans are indeed successful, so it's incorrect to generalize any particular race as superior over another. ... Then to compare the success of Asians to the African American and saying "If Asian Americans can make it, why can't African Americans?" Statements such as these, add fuel to a roaring fire of resentment towards Asian Americans. ... Some Asian American groups do have hi...

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As of right now America is populated with minorities from different racial and ethnic backgrounds such as Asians, Africans, Latinos, and Native Americans, all of which are known as minorities. ... Asian Americans and Latinos were not forced to come here. ... Although those of Asian or Latino descent were not forced to enter into the United States, in some ways their experiences were parallel with those of African and Native American descent. ... Asian workers came here and worked for an extremely small amount of money. ... Native American women had to stay home with the house work just as th...

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Americans have been envied since they have evolved. ... That's why Americans comes in different colors. ... Americans has a reputation of being lazy and rude. ... In his essay "What is an American" he states that all Americans are of European descent and that people who comes to America lives a better life. Those statements are incorrect because people from all over the world has come to America such as Africans, Asians, Mexicans, etc. ...

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With the employment, the number of colored people working for American's company has increased to rival the number of American workers. ... Imagine how great it can be when an Asian guy is a friend of President Barrack Obama. Diversity has brought everybody together, African with American, European with Asian, Indian with Australian, etc. ... America should keep what it have been doing all this time, or even make it better, like encourage people from poor countries to come to America and help them. ... But America doesn't have to go too far and left itself at risk. ...

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What is an American? ... You ask what an American is? ... America is one big mixture of Asians, Hispanics, Africans and Europeans that come all together and become one strong nation. ... As you see America cares about its people, America looks after everyone and leaves no one behind. ... So what exactly is an American? ...

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Who will determine the future of America? ... For now, Americans are accomplishing this wonderfully. ... The people of this country no longer belong to the separate categories of "Asian," "African," or "Indian." Each and every one is American. ... America's future rests in the hands of our youth. ...

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What is an American? ... Therefore, America is a melting pot of cultures. ... However, the situation in America is that there is no "age-old American culture." There are no American-styled rugs or American-style leather dress shoes. ... When one thinks of people from Korea, they would only imagine Eastern Asians. ...

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So, you're asking yourself, why is it so difficult to become an American? ... The majority of Americans share similar dreams and traditions. ... U.S. culture has also been shaped by the cultures of Native Americans, Latin Americans, Africans and Asians.... That's only two things that make Americans upset, but they're many more obstacles and criticism that Americans go through every day. ... Discrimination is a huge problem in the United States of America. ...

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There's a dark history behind America's achievement, but many American left it out of their history. ... Besides, I think not all Americans are from Europe, some are from Africa, Asia, South American, and many more, which Takaki will agree with me since he himself is an Asian American. ... For example, I see an Asian guy and assume that he is good at math or a black guy and assume that he can run really fast. ... For example, An Asian man is seen to be tied with Asian cultures, like chopsticks and talks like one, but the man was raised in a black community. ... I am born as a Malay r...

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According Louie's short story Pangs of Love, Asian American figures living in the American mainstream society have not overcome their stereotypes that portrait them as effeminate and castrated. ... In comparison to Louie's other Pangs of Love short story Birthday, it also portrait the same stereotypes that Asian American man faces. ... Through this short story, we can see the similarity of Louie's other short story Birthday, which both show how Asian American man's masculinity and identity are shaped by the white society. ... The white American society has control over the...

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Actually, sculptor Tom Mclellend says Kennewick mans features are closer to a historic European or Asian person. He does not carry the usual characteristics a Native American does. ... For instance, if I took a trip to Asia and died would I be considered an Asian? ... There would be absolutely no evidence of me being of Asian race, especially if I looked Caucasian. ... Not only could Kennewick mans study help us learn about the land bridge from Asia to North America he could allow us to take a deeper look into the historic times. ...

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For instance, in African Americans, the nasal opening is more flared. ... Figure 3 Skulls: White, Asian, and Black ("Nasal Bone Characteristics", n.d.) ... For instance, in African Americans, the nasal opening is more flared. ... African Male Nose (Note Flaring) Asian Male Cheek (Note how it is angled forward) Figure 4 Features of an African male and an Asian male ("African Male Nose", n.d.) ("Asian Male Cheek", n.d.) ...

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The two chosen articles are "Growing up White in America" by Bonnie Kae Grover and "Growing up Asian in America" by Kesaya E. ... In Kesaya Noda's article, "Growing Up Asian in America" the dialogue, reveals that Noda's identity is more American than Asian. ... Although Noda doesn't walk around with a thought in her head that she looks Asian but someone is always there to remind her. ... In conclusion, Noda's identity reveals that she is more American than Asian. Noda writes about the society of stereotypes that treat Asian American with prejudice and how people make judgme...

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Most immigrants are from East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. ... The consequence is to lose the harmony in the family relationship similar with hunger of memory, the easy mother tongue also discusses bilingual problem they faced by Asian American people. ... As an Asian, it is very difficult to learn that. ... In spite of Asian American immigrant are also discriminated against and had not achieved equality with whites, they never give up their lives. Their influence on American institution and culture will expand largely because of their high average educational levels and increasing int...

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In America the average income for a black man is 61% less than the average white man and that is the same percentage difference as in 1880. ... Who started every war that America has been in? ... They boycotted all French products, pouring bottles of French wine onto the street and deserting all French restaurants in America. ... There are lots of Asian gangs that are racist toward most people. ... This is one day that Americans especially will never forget. ...

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Since he is Asian, they could not hire him, because 50% of their employees are Asian. ... We are all Americans and should be treated as so, not what ethnicity we are. ... We should treat everyone as Americans. ... For example, the University of California in Berkeley has a diverse student body with a majority of Asians. ... In the 1980's, American cars were marked with a distinction of poor quality. ...

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We hear people call themselves African American, German American, Asian American, and any number of other country slash American. ... In America we see a culture that has a focus on materialism. ... Many colored people call themselves African American. ... He was "American born and bred" to use his words exactly. ... We have the term in America called the Great Melting Pot, it's meaning that race and ethnicity in America all runs together. ...

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Not only has there been racism with Americans and African Americans but with other nationalities also. ... In the movie "Crash" there was a problem with white cops and a black couple, a Mexican with a middle eastern man and Asians also. ...

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Who were they, what did they do, and how did they spur change in American society? Explain why Americans both resisted and celebrated their arrival and influence. 24 million immigrants came to America; it was the largest percentage of immigrants to coming into a country ever during that time. Most immigrants came from Europe, and also some from Asia in search of new opportunities for success. ... As immigrants started to migrants into America, native borne Americans were at first fearful of immigrants. ... Randolf Bourne could see the benefits the American country could gain through imm...

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The question of why a person would do this to another person all comes down to HATE of all other races then him self, the poor white American that has been screwed by the parasites of the human race (blacks, Mexicans, Asians). American History X is a powerful movie dealing with the boundaries of racism, moral ethics, and humanistic principles. American History X is a must see, it depicts the social unrest between races. ... American History X is an unparalleled film involving the fight between races, ethnics, and family. ... (American ) The costuming of the movie gives you an actua...

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When he is speaking about the Declaration of Independence and how it guaranteed all people the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, King says, "America has given the Negro people a bad check; a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." ... I am an Asian myself and our ancestor in the United States of America never receives any treatment better then the African Americans. Even in the years of 2002, some of the Asians in America still are called a "chink" everyday purposely. After reading this great speech by King, I strongly agree and believe that every...

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He was also once in love with a Japanese-American woman who later left him for a Japanese man. ... Everything in the community costs more to obtain for the Japanese such as the real estate, in order to keep there culture subordinate to the Americans. ... Because she is of African-American descent she begins to lash out towards other races who may have the opportunity to have a different appearance than her. ... In an example used in class, a man who lost his job to an Asian man feels resentment towards the entire Asian world. In response to this, the man brutally murdered an Asian man j...

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In the United States, the largest death row stands in Texas with 324 people: 144 whites, 120 African Americans, 52 Hispanics, 4 Native Americans, and 4 Asian Americans. The smallest states are Connecticut with 2 whites, New Mexico with 1 Native American and 1 white, and Wyoming 2 whites, (Mumia). Blacks constituted some 40% of men on death row in Pennsylvanian, yet blacks constitute just over 9% of Pennsylvanian's population and just fewer than 11% of America's. ...

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African Americans, Hispanics, Caucasians, and Asian Americans are all primary examples of racial groups. Some of these groups are in the majority, mainly meaning the whites, while others are in the definite minority in the United States, such as African Americans. ... For example, in terms of percentage of total population, in 1990, whites made up 80.3% of the population, while African Americans made up only a mere 12.1%.... Aside from constant sewage backup and tainted water effected the children, the school system is several decades behind your average school in America. ....

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