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    Asian American’s have engaged on the issue of sexuality. It started with the same sex marriage ordeal in Hawaii in the 1990’s. Same sex marriage has been a regular ongoing debate and Asian American became involved since the 1998 ballot in Hawaii. In Hawaii there was huge debate between many groups. First off‚ The Japanese American Citizens League in 1994 decided to affirm its commitment to support the basic human right of marriage which included the right to marry for same-sex couples. In Helen

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    Asian-American Culture

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    She discusses how there is almost a double life as conformant into the American culture overrides the Asian identity that is originally possessed. This means that Asian American culture is never pure when interchanging with two or more different cultures because they have different intersections such as class‚ gender‚ sexual preference (Lowe‚ 32) that both cultures deal with

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    Rising Against Negative Stereotypes of Asian Americans in Popular Culture That Developed Throughout History Negative stereotypes of Asians have been collectively internalized by societies‚ and were manifested by a society’s popular culture‚ including the media‚ literature‚ theatre‚ and other creative expressions. Throughout America’s history‚ Asian Americans have been conceived‚ treated‚ and portrayed as perpetual foreigners; un-assimilating and inherently foreign regardless of citizenship

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    addressing the audience of people who shows‚ at minimum‚ an interest in Asian American issues of today‚ and is willing to take many different perspective on how each different issues are tackled by experts or people who have interest in it. A secondary audience could be people who has no general knowledge of the topic‚ but want to learn about Asian American issues and promote advocacy. Demographically‚ these people would be of Asian descent with an age range from 16-50 years of age. The audience would

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    Asian Stereotypes and Representation America has grown very much over the past couple of years when it comes to the representations of race‚ gender‚ class and sexuality. In America today many people are aware of the issues that different people have faced and the problems they are currently dealing with. Breaking a stereotype is a hard thing to do for any minority but it has been especially hard on the Asian community. From the early days of media Asian men and women have been portrayed a

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    the 2000 U.S. Census‚ Barnes and Bennett (2002) reported that Filipinos represent the second largest Asian subgroup in the United States following Chinese Americans‚ and are projected to become the largest Asian American ethnic group in the 2010 census (Nadal‚ 2009). Yet‚ according to Ying and Hu (1994)‚ Filipino Americans underutilize psychotherapeutic services when compared with other Asian American populations. One primary reason for this underutilization may be that Western therapy is not congruent

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    Asian-American Stereotypes

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    Introduction As an Asian-American‚ I have experienced the Model-Minority stereotypes firsthand. During my time in education‚ many‚ whether it be my teachers‚ my peers‚ complete strangers‚ or my family‚ I was expected to be a good student‚ to be good in Math‚ to listen to authority‚ and to be successful. As I grew older‚ I started to have a different perspective of the stereotypes. I saw the effects the stereotypes would have on my siblings and‚ in turn‚ they would give us younger siblings advice

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    Asian American Culture

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    The term Asian American was used informally by activists in the 1960s who sought an alternative to the term Oriental‚ arguing that the latter was derogatory. Today‚ Asian American is the accepted term for most formal purposes‚ such as government and academic research‚ although it is often shortened to Asian in common usage. Asia has a variety of festivals and celebrations. In China‚ Chinese New Year‚ Dragon Boat Festival‚ and Mid-Autumn Moon Festival are traditional holidays‚ while National Day

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    Asian-American Literature

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    Asian American Literature ENG 301 August 16‚ 2011 Asian American Literature Although strict definitions of any category are difficult to make‚ defining Asian- American literature is primarily literature written by and about Asian-Americans. There are‚ of course‚ exceptions to this rule. Asian-American literature also includes literature written by Asian-Americans‚ which may or may not‚ address the lives of Asians in America. Who is an Asian-American and how do they fit in the overall

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    Asian American Analysis

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    Asian American Literature is literature written by an author of Asian descent that portrays the experiences and obstacles of Asian Americans. Asian American Literature (APIAL) also breaks down stereotypes regarding Asian Americans and demonstrates the fluidity of Asian American culture. I think that Sau-ling Cynthia Wong and Stephen Sumida’s assertion that APIAL “exposes the structures that make Asian Americans into perpetual aliens or castaways” is a fitting description of APIAL (Wong and Sumida)

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