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    films in America‚ and even change their racial views somewhat. Stars like Elvis Presley‚ Bill Haley‚ and Nat King Cole with their “rock n’ roll” music changed the way people viewed music and viewed other races. The film industry of the fifties set precedence for future American filmmakers and set the standard of the industry higher than ever before. Rock and roll‚ the film industry‚ and the changed culture of American youth in the 1950’s all had major consequences for the future of America. In the

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    Corporate Strategy of Asian Paints 1 Identification of Industry Dynamics 7 1.1 Industry description 7 1.1.1 Industry Structure- Decorative: 8 1.1.2 Industry Structure-Industrial Paints: 9 1.1.3 Industry Characteristics: 10 1.1.4 Margins and Industry Attractiveness 10 1.1.5 Decorative Paints industry: Working capital intensive 13 1.2 Segmentation 14 1.2.1 Price based segments in architectural paints 15 1.3 Current Scenario 16 1.3.1 Market Size 16 1.3.2 Growth Rates

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    Racism against Asians wasn’t new in the US‚ it was actual very common. Laws were established to prevent Asian immigration and citizenship. During World War II an attack occurred at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese; this event had brought the US into the war. After this attack US citizens became paranoid of possible danger and assumed that Japanese people in the US would side with Japan in the war by act as spies. This hysteria even caused the military to panic which lead to President Roosevelt’s

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    When you think of Asians-Americans in school‚ what are the things that come to the mind? They know math well? They are intelligent? They can help you with your homework? Well there are many stereotypes of Asians however the point is that Asians- Americans students are succeeding in school simply because it has something to do with the way they were raised and not the way they were born or even living up to their stereotypes. Asians- Americans put forth effort into their schoolwork and take education

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    Modern America was born in the 1920s Looking back at the 1920s we see the birth of modern America. Women started dressing differently‚ the invention of household cleaning tools were emerging‚ and athletes were becoming heroes of many. The Jazz Age also came about in the 1920s and influenced different types of music we have today such as: Rock and Roll‚ Hip-Hop‚ and R&B. Although‚ many new inventions and social changes were coming about‚ nothing/no one shaped modern America more than Henry Ford

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    Racism and socioeconomic inequality has been part of life for many years amongst Americans of Asian origin. Segregation started in the early nineteenth century when the Chinese and other Asians started trooping into the country owing to the harsh regime back at home and the attractive jobs that came with the industrialized America. Their journey towards realizing the American dream has not been easy and as Hing (179) states‚ most of them finds it hard to identify themselves as Americans and ends

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    According to NBC news discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific islanders had been evident from the very early years of migration to America. For instance‚ in the mid-nineteenth century(1840s-1870s) there was no formal immigration policy‚ anyone willing to work was welcome. Chinese laborers filled a critical labor gap‚ working the mines and building the railroads‚ but when their labor was no longer needed‚ their race and nationality became an issue. In 1882‚ Chinese Laborers were no longer

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    HISTORY Asian and American cultures are as different as black (yin) and white (yang)‚ or east and west. While American culture is relatively new‚ in terms of history‚ the Asian culture is one of the world’s oldest‚ with its earliest origins believed to be Sumer‚ located near the Persian Gulf‚ in approximately 3500 B.C. China is believed to be the world’s oldest existing civilization‚ beginning with the Shang Dynasty in around 1500 B.C. (Chan‚ 1991). RELIGION While there are two religions prevalent

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    emphasis on education for many different reasons; they want a better life for their children‚ they want them to be high achievers‚ they feel they have something to prove. Many years ago Asians were thought of as less then Westerners‚ and Asians had to prove that they were just as good as westerners‚ In ‘Growing Up Asian in Australia’ written by Alice Pung‚ Paul Nguyen said “We aimed high because we had no choice.” (pg. 291). Paul makes it sound like that if he did have a choice he wouldn’t put such an

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    The Asian Exclusion League was a white supremacist organization that opposed all forms of Asian immigration. Their purpose was to protest against the continuance of Asian immigration upon the “exalted grounds of American Patriots” (Ecks‚ Diana‚ The Asiatic Exclusion League). The Asian Exclusion League stated that the presence of Asian immigrants was corrupting the American way of life and would end up destroying it. They stated that the Asian immigrants had “low standards

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