Religious and Ethnic Group: Buddhism/Asian Buddhism is a religious group as depicted from the world’s history that began in the 6th century BCE‚ in today’s Northern India. Buddhism was founded by a wealthy man of Indian dysentery called Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha Gautama’s main concern was to teach people how to realize great spiritual development. These teachings focus on areas like tradition/customs‚ beliefs‚ ethics‚ meditation and philosophy and making people more enlightened; Buddha means
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parts of the world‚ particularly America and Asia. The American system consists of approximately thirty-five hours of school each week with about an hour of homework and no school on weekends. The Asian system of learning is comprised of around fifty hours of school each week including a half day on Saturday with four hours of homework each night. The better learning system for me would most definitely be the American system. The Asian school system would not allow me to spend time with my friends
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“Personal Reflections” For my personal reflection I have chosen to use the Asian American identity development model because I am half Asian (e.g. half Filipino). The text states that this model‚ has not advanced as much as the African American model. It goes on to explain the example and findings of Chinese American students treated at the University of California‚ Berkeley‚ Counseling Center: (a) traditionalist— a person who internalizes conventional Chinese customs and values‚ resists acculturation
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ASIAN AMERICANS The first Asians to move to the western hemisphere were reportedly Chinese Filipinos settling in the area of Mexico. Filipino sailors settled in the United States in the mid 18th century around the area which would be Louisiana. About a hundred years later‚ in an effort to make up for the shortage of African slaves‚ Europeans brought over people in virtual slavery from China‚ India and the Philippines (Ancestors in the Americas). They brought these Asian slaves to the Caribbean
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Kumler English 10 4-26-12 Comparison of American Education and Asian Education For many years‚ the United States has prided itself in producing the most intelligent people in the world. Much of the U.S.’s advances have been through the contributions of many brilliant scientists‚ doctors and other professionals. However‚ recent studies have shown that America is losing this advantage to many Asian countries including Japan and South Korea. American education has fallen short of the education
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African American Experience African Americans lived differently than white men did during the turn of the century. They faced many problems within the society. Some of the issues they faced were out of their hands. Although things were not the greatest all the time‚ there were supporters and organizations that they could turn to. Along with these organizations they had leaders that tried to help the race. Many African Americans became successful in the late 1920’s‚ and still to this day there
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Humanities My American Experience The “American Experience” is one that is not only defined by historical events that take place throughout one’s lifetime‚ but is an experience that can also be determined through one’s own personal journey and how it reflects back on the American ideals‚ customs‚ and political/social aspects of their life. Through my own short lifetime‚ I have witnessed many events that have shaped who I am and how I view myself in relation to being an “American.” Growing
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Laura Young: A historian writing about the Asian Americans: Chapter 1 When people think of Asian-Americans‚ typically people automatically think of just Chinese people or Japanese people. The Asian-American community is made up of not only the Chinese and Japanese‚ but also Filipino‚ Indian‚ Vietnamese‚ and Korean. 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 and colonialist. Usually
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World War II: The American Experience HIS/120 World War II: The American Experience The causes for American involvement in the war turned the ties of the war on the Allies favor. Even though America wanted peace and did not want aggression by other nations‚ Roosevelt “officially ended the country’s isolationist stance by passing the Lend Lease Act‚ which lifted restrictions on supporting foreign troops with defense gear; the Act first appropriated $7 billion to lend or lease supplies to any
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choose us and agree to be a citizen under us." And such is the way that Asian Pacific Americans‚ a term coined not more than forty years ago‚ choose to tackle prejudice‚ ignorance‚ and greed throughout their four hundred year history. Citizenship is defined as broadly as: "Democracy" by Manuel Buaken‚ "loyalty" per Mike Masaoka‚ and "equality" according to Amy Uyematsu. Asian Americans always resort to accepted means within American society to pursue favorable ends. Despite a stacked deck‚ Alien Land
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