Although East Asia and the Americas were located in two different continents, they still had many similar features. ... East Asia and the Americas were both separated into many different groups during their reign. ... Both East Asia and the Americas had a main capital city, although they had different uses in each place. ... Long distance trade roads were another aspect of both East Asia and the Americas. ... The Americas and East Asia had many similar and different aspects to them. ...

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Soon, despite American differences, the number of Asian American immigrants rapidly grew in the United States. ... There are so many things to learn about Asian Americans. ... The last thing I will talk about is Asian American education. Basically Asian Americans lead the way in educational attainment. ... Asian Americans are an interesting group of people. ...

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Many Asians have been misrepresented in American Media. ... In American history, in the last three wars (WWII, the Korean War and Vietnam War) the enemies of America were all Asians. ... Asians also lack attention in American media. ... Long before Asian Americans settled in the U.S in significant numbers, images of the typical Asian had already taken root in American media and consciousness. The idea of American patriotism due to war and other social issues towards Asians have impacted the American media's interpretation of Asians. ...

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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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The video presented by VICE lets the viewers what outdated stereotypes and everyday experiences Asian Americans have to deal with today. ... It is also mentioned that Asian Americans are not represented that well and much. ... Asian American are expected to be good at math, good with numbers, not good with feelings and even considered terrible drivers. ... What this video showed me is that Asian Americans still face stereotypes today. ... No matter what Asian Americans still get ask what their ethnicity is whether they are Japanese, Chinese, Korean, or Filipino. ...

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In these imaginings, "Asia-Pacific" becomes an object which would rescue the West from its current economic woes, on the one hand; and affirm (East) Asian states" emerging political and cultural confidence in the world, on the other... Through the recognition of Asian values as sacred, Lee Kuan Yew has chosen a path of economic development that follows the Asian model rather than that of a global one. Thus the option of an Asia-Pacific regional outlook is unique to the East as it is one of communitarian gain a model followed closely by the most economically successful nations in Asia. ... ...

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The immigrants had to go to American schools not only to learn the language but also to be educated as Americans. ... They argued culture of Asian immigrants was too different from their culture. ... Due to the totally different lifestyles and cultures, immigrants from Asia were not very welcomed in America. ... They were targeted of suspicion and even hostility because of the differences of Asian immigrants to American and European immigrants. The path to be accepted by Americans was really difficult for Asian immigrants. ...

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Chinese Historical Society Of America 10,000 - 18000 years ago, some scholars believed that people from Asia crossed the Berlin Land Bridge to America and they recorded account of travel and exploration going to countries North, East, South, West of China with dating over 2000 years ago. In Chinese Historical Society of America's museum showed many variety such as Asian's Agriculture, Early Communities, Food, Habitat Life and Fishing. 1850's - 60's, Chinese laborers were in farming and land reclamation, where they built a water course that transformed their land into prod...

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America has been the model of democracy for most of the European, and Asian countries. ... In the past, most of the Asian countries had absolute ruler or group of powerful people who enjoyed a lot of power. ... So it will be good for non-democratic Asian countries to convert their governmental system to democracy. ... So I think accepting democracy will help Asian countries to make wiser decision and easier to get buttress from their citizens. ... So I think that by using democratic principles, other Asian countries also can develop far more than now. ...

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Asian Americans Asian neighborhoods attract immigrants as they offer a like community from where the immigrants left. ... Asian Americans include Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Koreans, etc. ... That is how Chicago's American Filipino history began. ... Separate Asian communities exist in the Chicago area today. ... However, much of the clothes are similar to the way Americans dress. ...

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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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The effects of anti-smoking ads on the youth of America. Anti-smoking ads have hit America's youth like a ton of bricks, and they are working. ... In Asia about 50,000 teenagers start smoking every day. ... Everywhere except a few countries in Asia have some of the world's weakest tobacco control laws. ...

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Despite their rich histories, Asian religions are dynamic, often responding to the changing needs of their followers, in Asia and abroad. ... The church becomes a place where they can selectively assimilate into American society while simultaneously preserving Chinese values and culture. Religion, spirituality, and faith have always been important to Asian American communities, as they were for many generations before them. But within the diversity of the Asian American community, diversity exists in religious beliefs and practices. In Asia, these various forms of spirituality and faith he...

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Asian Crisis The financial crisis that erupted in Asia in mid-1997 has led to sharp declines in the currencies, stock markets, and other asset prices of a number of Asian countries. ... The Asian crisis of recent falls into this category of inefficient balance of payments facilitated by depreciation of its currency. By competitively depreciating its currencies, Asia is exporting its deflation, its overcapacity and its lack of growth to the West, particularly to the US. ... A decade ago, a collapse in the currency of a small, distant country like Thailand ...

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Suave's products are sold in three continents including North America, Asia, and Europe. ... For example, Asians have a very different hair texture than people from Europe. ... The healthy shine products might sell well in Asia because of their hair texture. ... Suave targets people of all races including Caucasians, African Americans, Hispanic, and Asian. I found it very interesting that Suave's products ranked #1 among Hispanics and # 3 among African Americans. ...

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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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While this monumental achievement can be attributed to the ingenuity of American scientists and astronauts, the real factor behind the Space Race was the competition between the Soviet Union and the United States. For America, this not only opened up a new world in the form of space exploration, but also boosted math and science education in schools. ... In fact, although the United States has a large, "achievement gap," between students, even our top students are lagging behind those in Asia and Europe. ... Singapore, one of the most competitive countries in the world, "ranks ...

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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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The 13th Annual Asian Pacific Islander Issues Conference The 13th Annual Asian Pacific Islander Issues Conference consisted of a great many events that dealt with many serious problems that dwell deep within the United States and continue to keep Asians, as well as Asian Americans, down and suppressed from breaking the typical stereotypes. ... The main focus of this conference was to help the Asian community become more aware of the current state of which Asians really do live in. ... The conference also held the Campaign Against Southeast Asians Deportation. ...

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Due to the stereotype of Asian children being smarter than, well, everyone, Western parents are pushing their children to compete against the Asian children; to be better than anyone else. ... In an interview, Amy Chua, a Chinese professor at Yale University, and a mother of two, stated that American parents have lower expectations of their children and that is why they fail at anything they do (her words, not mine). ... The difference between Western and Asian parents is that Asian parents see strength in their children and do not see fragility. ... Asian parents raise up leaders, not followe...

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Unlike in the past years when immigrants coming to the US mostly came from Europe, the new act caused a tremendous change of the American population. One would note easily that immigrants started streaming in from Asia, Latin America and later from Africa. ... This were mainly people fleeing from war-torn Asian countries like Cambodia and Vietnam. This impact is not of surprise though, because the previous act had effectively barred Asian immigrants from entering the US. ... First, a significant number of immigrants from Asia were recorded. ...

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I thought America was a heaven on earth and everything was perfect here. ... If we don't like certain things about out native land, then we can always go to America. For that reason my family left bagladesh, a tiny county in southeast Asia. ... A lot of things in American society are great but every country has great things. ... Every country is the best country, therefore, the fascination of America always will remain a dream to me....

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Other countries however, such as parts of Egypt, Eastern Africa, and Asia share these same beliefs and fears for women whose genitalia are not modified. Male circumcision is almost unheard of in Europe, South America, and non-Muslim Asia. ... In countries such as Asia, Africa and the Arab world, where male circumcision is optional or unheard of because of the known complications, female genital modification is forced despite the same or even greater complications faced. ...

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A research was performed by the Americans for the Arts, to test the difference in SAT scores between music students and non-music students. ... Most schools in Asia have outstanding music programs, and Asia is known for their excellence in education overall. As Asia continues to grow their music programs to better the students' education, in our community districts want to get rid of music programs due to the small financial budget....

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