O’Brien illustrates the physical and emotional barrier Vietnam creates between men and women. The letters soldiers write to their girlfriends in the United States demonstrate the physical barrier between the two genders. O’Brien describes a soldier’s relationship with a girl in America: “First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha, a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey” (O’Brien 1). Vietnam physically separates men from…
Arms and the Enlisted Woman is a secondary source that was published by the Temple University Press in 1989 and was written by Judith Stiehm. The content of this source is valuable because Stiehm provides a collection of personal narratives from the women who enlisted and their roles during the Vietnam War. In terms of purpose, this source is recognizes the forgotten heroes and analyze the American, South and North Vietnam war efforts which affected women from 1955 to 1980. This is valuable for it gives personal narratives from participants of the war.…
“FOBs vs. “Twinkies”: The New Discrimination Is Intraracial is an article written by an Asian American author, Grace Hsiang. This article summarizes about aspects of Asian culture are divided into two groups. One group is attached…
In The Girl on the Magazine Cover chapter five, the author explains how American history and mass media shaped the image of women. Carolyn Kitch writes about stereotypes for women in the 1900’s and how their origins were created through propaganda posters. Kitch argues how women were represented in two different views during the war times. The “Militant Victory” idea presented women as strong and courageous and was seen as the “New Woman” personality. The contradiction of this was “The Protecting Angel” where women were depicted as angels and nurses who displayed values of the COTW, protecting the conservative notions about females.…
Uyematsu’s ‘The Emergence of Yellow Power’ and Chapter 3 from Ishizuka’s Serve the People are two texts mainly depicting how Asian Americans were able to adapt in the white society, how they were able to identify and self-define themselves amongst their stereotypes, and the process in which the term ‘Asian Americans’ had risen. As an Asian, it was quite interesting for me to read and learn about the emergence of the group of people known as Asian Americans.…
In Streets of Gold: The Myth of the Model Minority by Curtis Chang, he discusses the stereotypes labeled against Asian-Americans and explains how the U.S. Society sees them as the “model minority”. He goes to the core of the “model minority” assumption, and shows the reader how the media heavily influences these ideas. He shows how cultural patterns within the Asian-American society fuel these ideas. Chang uses very interesting ways of presenting evidence by putting quotes within his piece thoughtfully, so that the quotes blend in with the paragraph. The author also has a humorous voice throughout the essay, which connects to the reader with the subject as if it were a one on one conversation. Chang uses very simplistic word choice to appeal to an even broader audience. All these aspects combined, Chang produces a very compelling piece that speaks to the reader.…
3. Pamela, H. (1989). Asian American lesbians: An emerging voice in the Asian American community. In Asian Women United of California, eds., Making Waves: An Anthology of…
She clearly pointed out a situation that Asian Americans, particularly Chinese Americans, had been facing in the American setting. There had been stereotyped ideologies unaccommodating the political and social status of Chinese Americans. Some of the stereotyped concepts were unintended, nothing malicious. They perhaps were just a product of social interactions between different social, ethnic groups, each of which holding a…
Li, Meredith A. "Vietnamese Americans and the Myth of the Model Minority." Thesis. International Studies and the Honors College of the University of Oregon, 1993. Print.…
My research focused on the coverage of Asian Americans in contemporary mass media. The following types of media were researched:…
Since we were children, we were brought up with the idea that boys are strong, aggressive, and the leaders, whereas, girls are weak, passive, and the followers. In addition, most people assume that the white community is the wealthiest and the most successful race. Those are indeed prejudice; it exists everywhere becoming a stereotype. Most stereotypes are dealt more with minorities, especially in the United States. With two articles ‘It’s Hard Enough Being Me’ by Raya and ‘The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority’ by Takaki, we can go further into depth of this stereotype by arguing how Raya faces the culture shock as well as identity crisis, and why Takaki disagrees with the statement that Asian Americans are indeed successful, and it is wrong to generalize any particular race as more advanced over another.…
Throughout history, interracial relations have had a big impact within the Asian American community. There was an increase in the number of interracial relationships, particularly between Asian women and American soldiers as they served overseas in Asian countries and spent time in military bases. The War Brides Act of 1945 allowed U.S servicemen to bring their alien brides and families to the U.S. following World War II. In 1947, an amendment made it possible for U.S. soldiers to bring their Japanese and Korean wives. After those enactments, thousands of women from Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines came to the U.S. as war brides. Often these women were looked down upon, were seen as “tainted”, and were shunned from their communities.…
This paper will focus on Indian Americans and their assimilation in to the United States and its culture. Being a second-generation Indian American, I believe that I can relate to this subject well. I and other second-generation Indians Americans face a unique set of entirely different social issues. I will focus on the main social institutions of family, education, religion, politics, and compare and contrast the experiences of first generation Indian Americans and second generation Indian Americans.…
I am interested in exploring the theme of assimilation of first generation Koreans in America. I will also hope to tie this theme of Korean assimilation with the stereotype of Asians being the model minority, and in turn, are racially profiled. In Jo Moon’s Korean…
References: * "The First Asian Americans" Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America. (2001-2012). Retrieved from http://www.asian-nation.org/first.shtml…