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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A Changing America The 1920's, one of the most important era's in American history. ... So in order to keep America "American" the government put heavy restrictions on immigrants. ... Then in 1924 the American government decided to lower the amount of European immigrants and exclude all Asian immigrants. ... The boom of consumerism in America reflected the way America had changed economically. ... These people were blacks, Mexicans, Asians, Jews, and many others. ...

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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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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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Many things factor into the ideas put into Americans heads. For instance, pop culture, the hip current trends and interests of people and gossip; technology, the advances today that control most Americans daily lives; and how these things positively and negatively affect the American culture today. ... Many of these shows portray stereotypes such as; dumb blondes, smart Asians, black gangsters, and low life pregnant teens. ... For example, in the well know reality television show Glee there are two Asian students ironically with the last name "Chang", who both were adopted from Asia...

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In "American Values and Assumptions", Gary Althen clarifies the American cultural values that intersect and how they work together. These values are perceived by Americans and sometimes are different with other cultures in the world. ... In the article, Althen gives an example of how American parents teach their children to be self-reliant. ... While more American generations have been trained to be independent, more young people from Asian countries such as Vietnam and China have been more dependent on traditional family values by their parents. ... For example, in Asian countries,...

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These groups include the Africans, Asians, native-Americans, and Hispanics. ... In this paper I will be discussing the story of the Asian American woman and the Native-American woman. Asian American refers to many different groups. ... The Asian Americans have had many things written on them through out the years. ... These two cultures, Native-Americans and Asian Americans, especially differ in many aspects. ...

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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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She was born in Thailand and prior to moving to America, lived in Bangkok with her parents and two sister's. ... E.S. came to America to get married after meeting her soon to be husband on the Internet. ... E.S. reports that she lives in a small rural community and has minimal contact with others of her same culture, however, the US census reports that the Asian population is growing daily in this country. According to the U.S.census bureau reports, the Asian population has increased more than any other group during the last decade, increasing by 43 percent. ... She does however report sp...

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In America, you can see the laughing Buddha when you visit the Asian markets. ... This is why Asians in North America want to have these statues in their stores and even homes to seek wealth and blessings from them. ... This representation of Buddha is often associated with the Asian cultures. In contrast to other Asian cultures, this Buddha is from East Asia; either from China, Korea or Japan, there is two exact replicated figures squatting and is placed side to side. ... Earlier we indicated that there is a group of the Asians of about 2000 people in the America who were immigrants that wer...

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These films take place in the Middle East and Asia and it is interesting to see how interpretations of the Arab and Asian world are falsely represented. ... Jean Baudrillard argues that "Disney functions as a kind of simulacra for the American society and past. ... Disneyland exists because it conceals the fact that it is the real' America.""...... ... "To most Americans, exotica means the tropics- whether jungle or desert. ... At the end of this are a variety of American styled Chinese restaurants that are somewhat insulting to Asians as it makes a really bad attempt to imitate s...

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She writes, I choose to describe myself on my own terms, as an American, rather than as an Asian-American. ... In this paragraph, the author emphasizes her resistance to the immigrants who label themselves Asian-American instead of just American. She felt proud of being an American. ... I was in culture shock when I first arrived to America. ... But those of us who turn our backs on immigrants misunderstand the secret of America's success and what it means to be American (339)....

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Vietnamese American communities have developed, grown and preserved a place within American society along with other Asian American groups. ... For other longtime immigrants, Little Saigon helps them communicate with their More importantly, Little Saigon attracts young Vietnamese Americans through the newly built upscale Asian Garden Mall or Phước Lộc Thọ with fresh experiences and characteristics; quite different from the prevalent American mall. Although built and owned by an ethnic Chinese, Frank Jao, Asian Garden Mall is the centerpiece of Little Saigon, exhibiting more Vietnamese ...

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While I was singing, I heard some negative comments, such as "he is crazy" etc, in Cantonese and in Mandarin, as I only understand these Asian's languages. ... However when I asked the same question to 4 of my non-Asian friends, only one of them gave me negative answer. ... In this experience, I can see that the Chinese and American react so differently to a same event. ... In this case, Chinese people expect to see a performance in a "right place" while Americans think that a performance is a performance. ...

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For example, black pupils are seen as disruptive and Asian pupils are seen as passive. ... A simple way to redeem this would be to introduce different cultures and languages into the curriculum instead of just basing it on white-British/American history, language and music. ... Oppositely though, studies have shown that Asian family structures bring benefits, as Asian parents seem to have more positive attitudes towards education and higher expectations for their children's future, which means that the children are being socialised properly and that they are getting the right push and lea...

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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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In many cultures such as Asian cultures, parents frown upon the expression of frustration and anger so those children will learn to deal with frustration in a different manner. ... If an American child is born and raised in Africa with a home life focused on African values and culture than they will have values commonly seen in African cultures rather than those seen in American cultures. ... If an Asian Indian child is born in America and raised with American culture, they will not show the typical values of the Indian culture. From personal experience my children have all been born in Ame...

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This paper outlines the differences in the cultures of the United States versus Asian Indian and Vietnamese cultures. ... Americans value achievement, personal success, and independence. ... Indian Culture The following are a few of the values, and beliefs of those of Asian Indian decent. ... Extended family simply is not a valued by Americans. ... This concept seems surreal as an American. ...

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While growing up she was exposed to both the Jewish culture and the African American culture. ... Her second problem arose when her African American boyfriend got her pregnant. ... Despite her past dilemma with her abortion she went on to marry two African American men. ... This area has a very high Asian population being that it is rather close to Japan. ... It was your standard Ramada Inn only owned and run by an Asian family. ...

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I learned how to use my Asian background as a beneficial tool and to see myself as a unique person rather than as a vagrant. ... A rich epicure can basically get the same thing everywhere, caviar in America, caviar in France; what is the difference? ... My "home" is any place with memories of unique experiences whether that is Korea, America, or Holland. ...

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Tattooing Today In the United States of America, tattooing has changed dramatically from the way it was once viewed. ... Different cultures also used this practice and it spread from Egypt to Greece, Persia, Central Asia, and Arabia along the trade routes. ... Chatham Square in New York City became the birthplace of American style tattooing. ... Tattooing came to America and was used by the Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs. ... The Aniu of Western Asia used tattooing to show social status (Midre). ...

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Due to racial attitudes and economic factors, the influx of Asians and coloured people into Australia society was feared and therefore brought in policies to limit and restrict such people from entering. ... The population doubled as non-European immigration, mostly from the Middle East, Asia and Latin America increased because of Australia's extensive immigration program. ...

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Same with depression, which is more of a common disorder in western culture while absent in Asian cultures because Asians usually consult their doctor for physical rather than emotional problems. ... However in the Jivaro tribe residing in the South American rainforests, this act is a ritual to harness a fallen enemy's spirit so it will not avenge its own death. ...

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In the past decade, there has been the substantial increase in the numbers of Asian immigrants to the United States (Oh et. al., 2002). In 1980, more than 3.5 million people in the United States were Asians and Pacific Islanders; almost half of the 6 million legal immigrants and refugees to the United States came from Asian countries (Vega, 1991). ... However, immigrant children are generally eager to embrace American culture and to acquire an American identity by becoming indistinguishable from their American peers (Zhou, 1997). ... The major issue with American immigrant children is do their...

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