A Chinaman’s Chance: Reflections on the American Dream According to Eric Liu‚ American dream is not dead. It is the opportunity and perseverance individuals have to move forward. The American dream is what holds the people together of different race‚ religions and identities. It allows the people to strive for what they want to become in the near future. He believes that a Chinaman’s chance is as good as anyone else. His strengths and believes help him to overcome obstacles. Eric
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English21b.1156 2/7/11 EP3 Like everything in life‚ there is always a cause to something and with a cause come’s its effects. In the case of Gloria Anzaldua and Eric Liu we see that the cause of them having to assimilate is because they live in a dominant society to which their culture and identity do not meet the standards of the currents society. This causes them to have to assimilate so that they are able to fit
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Lucy Liu is an important figure in the Asian American community. She is one of the few Asian actors who sas made it big in the film world. She has starred in a television series‚ "Ally McBeal‚" and also in movies. Her biggest impact in the film world has been the movie Charlie’s Angels‚ in which she instills strength in being a woman and also brings in elements of her Asian background. Lucy Liu has indeed broken the stereotype of Asian Americans as she is not passive or submissive. Lucy Liu has
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Sharon Lei English 101 Professor Ewan Magie 13 October 2013 Critical response to Eric Liu: “Note of a Native Speaker” Eric Liu is a writer for MSNBC and a fellow at the New American Foundation. In his essay “ Note of a Native Speaker” he starts off listing way that characterize that he is “white”. He discussed how he did not ‘ask” to be white. That he began his assimilation‚- which means “whiting” before he was born .He described how he was raised in a non “typical “ Chinese family that
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known within China by his temple name‚ Gaozu (Chinese: pinyin: Gāozǔ)‚ personal name Liu Bang (Wade-Giles: Liu Pang)‚ was the first emperor of the Han Dynasty‚ ruling over China from 202 BC to 195 BC. Liu Bang was one of the few dynasty founders in Chinese history who emerged from the peasant class (another major example being Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty). In the early stage of his rise to prominence‚ Liu was addressed as "Duke of Pei"‚ with the "Pei" referring to his hometown of Pei County
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Bernie Liu‚ an architect by profession‚ is an entrepreneur at heart with a dream and a vision. In 1986‚ right after the People Power Revolution‚ Bernie together with close friends from college and supported by his family who were then garments manufacturers‚ conceptualized‚ produced and marketed an initial product line of one-sized T-shirts with catchy prints–all targeted at the youth market. And so Penshoppe was born! Today‚ the merchandise mix of Penshoppe‚ the anchor brand of Golden ABC
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In the first sentence of Hung Liu Pollock states‚ “Painting is a returned gaze upon an absence‚ a loss that is summoned back to meet us at the surface where the painter has worked and history has been invoked.” In other words‚ Pollock describes Liu paintings as a reimbursed western gaze on forgotten women‚ reclaiming them to history by depicting them as prostitutes‚ mothers‚ and warriors. For example‚ Liu’s paintings give a modern spin on old Chinese values and images. Pollock’s theory of absence
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Hung Liu: The Chinese-American Artist By: Daniel Cagape ARTS 2F 10:30AM “The mind changes‚ the word changes‚ time doesn’t stay still‚ history is a verb‚ it is ongoing‚ there is no past tense‚ future tense‚ history is constant” Hung Liu told interviewer Rachelle Riechart (Riechart). Hung Liu is a Chinese woman who was born in Changchun‚ China in 1948. She was born during the age which we call the Chinese Cultural Revolution‚ which heavily impacted her life. She lived in China for 36 years and
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Mr. Liu has myopia. He has to wear his glasses every day. His vision is getting worse every day because of aging. Twenty years ago‚ Mr. Liu did not need to wear a pair of glasses. He could see things really clear. Now‚ Mr. Liu has to wear his glasses every day‚ so he can read his newspaper. Mr. Liu cannot hear really well‚ he needs people to talk to him really loud‚ so he can hear them. When Mr. Liu was young‚ he could even hear people whispering. Along with aging‚ sometimes Mr. Liu needs to wear
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