Hyphenated American
Identity of Asian-American
Many Americans identify themselves by a hyphenated title. People of these groups were almost all immigrants who moved to United States from their native country. United States of America has been founded on the basis of immigration and refugee. Throughout history, United States has welcomed immigrants from all over the world that came to America in hopes of seeking new life and freedom. Many people describe United States as a “melting pot”, which consist of different culture groups, religion, race, culture, and etc. However, many immigrants who had become American citizens had still referred themselves as Asian-Americans, German-American, Latin-American, and etc. this is because they are no the dominant group in the society stated by Associate Professor of Sociology, Minako Maykovich, “the criteria for physical characteristics are generally determined by the dominant group in society, thus racial difference is the greatest obstacle to the process of assimilation” (68). I am an Asian descendant who has been live in the States for ten years, and I have different views on some of the portrayals of Asian-American.
Asian is one of fastest growing minority groups in America today. Everyone knows they are smart, hardworking, driven to succeed in spite of their nerdish, shyness, non-athletic, and accented English stereotype. These depictions are also stated in journalist Wang’s article, “Asians are reduced to being shy and humble sidekicks who are inherently incapable of speaking unaccented English, dribbling a basketball.” I have different opinions about the descriptions of Asian-American been non-athletic and nerdish. For example, NBA player like Jeremy Lin who started professional career in 2010 and it only took him two years to become one of the most popular players. “Jeremy Lin is America's favorite underdog. He went from being a benchwarmer to becoming one of the most popular players in the NBA. In addition, Lin was put on the cover of
Many Americans identify themselves by a hyphenated title. People of these groups were almost all immigrants who moved to United States from their native country. United States of America has been founded on the basis of immigration and refugee. Throughout history, United States has welcomed immigrants from all over the world that came to America in hopes of seeking new life and freedom. Many people describe United States as a “melting pot”, which consist of different culture groups, religion, race, culture, and etc. However, many immigrants who had become American citizens had still referred themselves as Asian-Americans, German-American, Latin-American, and etc. this is because they are no the dominant group in the society stated by Associate Professor of Sociology, Minako Maykovich, “the criteria for physical characteristics are generally determined by the dominant group in society, thus racial difference is the greatest obstacle to the process of assimilation” (68). I am an Asian descendant who has been live in the States for ten years, and I have different views on some of the portrayals of Asian-American.
Asian is one of fastest growing minority groups in America today. Everyone knows they are smart, hardworking, driven to succeed in spite of their nerdish, shyness, non-athletic, and accented English stereotype. These depictions are also stated in journalist Wang’s article, “Asians are reduced to being shy and humble sidekicks who are inherently incapable of speaking unaccented English, dribbling a basketball.” I have different opinions about the descriptions of Asian-American been non-athletic and nerdish. For example, NBA player like Jeremy Lin who started professional career in 2010 and it only took him two years to become one of the most popular players. “Jeremy Lin is America's favorite underdog. He went from being a benchwarmer to becoming one of the most popular players in the NBA. In addition, Lin was put on the cover of