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    not integrated. Assimilation for as diverse a community as the Asian-American creates an underlying problem of trying to put asians into neat little labels and it also calls for the question: how does the social and cultural history of Asian migrants go against a deep-anchored ethnicism within the American society? To answer these questions‚ we will first give you a broad outline of the historical aspects of the Asian-Americans’ attempts at integrating in America. In a second part‚ we will

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    that Asian Americans are facing Nowadays there are a lot of Asians are trying to move to America. Asian American society is becoming one of the biggest societies in the world. People have started thinking that if they really should become an Asian American. Asian American is the group that have “yellow” skins who lives in the “white” society; Asian American is the group which may facing the problem that the life change from a communism country to a capitalism country; and Asian American is the

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     educated in US ● named after John Wayne ● “I have the perspective on what Chinese Americans go through and what immigrants go  through‚ I can straddle those two worlds” 1980’s­ second stage ● Institutionalization‚ pragmatism and skills attainment ● screening outside the AA community ● release in theaters ● first asian americans film to receive theatrical distribution  ­national film registry: part of the american congress‚ has to be historically significant  films in US  1. Wizard of OZ 2

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    reasons why conflicts arose was because African Americans was falling behind on the social and political part of society‚ dealing with racism‚ segregation‚ and discrimination. But along with African Americans‚ races from different cultures wanted to endeavor equality as well. Various races throughout the United States fought for Civil Rights starting in the 1960s. Mexican Americans pushed for advances in the farming industry. Many of the Mexican

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    1310 1:00 17 October 2005 Stereotypes play a significant role in the lives of many individuals. Stereotypes can be hurtful and they can be helpful. Eric Liu combats Asian stereotypes and his own thoughts of inferiority with a conscious strategy of assimilation that leads to further the spread of Asian American stereotypes and the loss of his own individuality. When someone finds him or herself in an unfamiliar place‚ they tries to adapt to the surroundings by blending in. Liu believes

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    American /vs/ Asian View on Happiness Sandra Branco 9044618802 PSY/220 January 28‚ 2013 Jeana Esler View on Happiness View on Happiness Americans associate feelings of happiness with personal achievement‚ the Asian associate those feelings with an entire society’s harmony. Asian people feel emotion less often than Americans. Asians tended to rate their emotional events as more neutral than Americans rated theirs. Overall‚ Americans were more likely to see their

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    Chinese Americans are immigrants who either have contracts or became evacuated people who have immigrated and move to the States together. The constant belief of all immigrants coming on the journey was the idea of recollecting the genuine or ideal goal of a well fundamentally and improved for a better life in the future and their children. The fusion of Asian American culture is integrated through the western mainstream. Today they become and remain as the fastest growing minority group in the United

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    art of a few Asian American artists but it delves much deeper than that. Further research has led me to the discovery that it took some guts for these artists to step out of the comfort zone and confront the stereotypes pressed upon them by society that prevents them to be what they want to be. It has led me to an understanding that this issue poses more of a problem than previously thought. Why can’t Asian Americans see themselves as artists‚ rather than follow the unfortunate American stereotype

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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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    Big Trouble in Little China --It is more than just a film “Big Trouble in Little China” starts with a white American character called Jack Burton‚ who delivers his cargo to a small town and during some free time plays card games in a Chinese market. After beating everyone at the game‚ he is proposed a bet by his friend Wang‚ and wins. Wang‚ not having enough cash to pay himself‚ convinced Jack to pick up his girlfriend Miao Yin at the airport‚ promising after which he would pay what he owed.

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