In American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang‚ the main theme would have to be identity. Despite the graphic novel consisting of three separate storylines‚ the main characters in the book all share the same issue – being uncomfortable with whom they are and connected to. If one were to simplify and boil the message of the book down to one word‚ it would be self-acceptance. The morals of identity and self-acceptance are what American Born Chinese is about. Yang’s novel serves as a reminder that we must
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second-largest Asian ethnic group behind the Chinese (2‚341‚537). The Filipino populous has become an “invisible majority”‚ with 49.72% of Filipinos residing in California. These figures beg the question‚ how can a group so large continue to be considered an underrepresented minority in our colleges and universities when in total‚ Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are attending institutions of higher education more now than ever? Though faced with the same obstacles as other American families‚
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to be criticized. For decades‚ American educational system has been pictured having the public school system as the institution responsible for the democratization of American society. However‚ there is a misunderstanding of equality‚ which has been greatly highlighted in public education. Colin Greer in his study “Great School Legend” argues that American educational system has served “to maintain and legitimize the unequal‚ hierarchical class structure of American society – in which the racial minorities
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affects the Vietnamese American youth community. Gangs‚ racism‚ poverty‚ and depression; others often overlook these four factors when it comes to identifying Vietnamese American youth. Vietnamese American youths are typically described as “model-minorities‚” or are often held to an extremely high standard when it comes to education‚ though it is highly unknown of what truly goes on in the lives of the youth. In fact‚ numerous gangs have risen from the Vietnamese American community due to various
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Growing up as an Asian-American in an area with a large population of whites produced someone who renounces my grandparents and parents traditional ideals and embraces American culture‚ whether good or bad. As a child‚ I was embarrassed by my tan‚ yellow-toned skin‚ jet black hair‚ and native tongue. I joined an ESL program‚ English as a Second Language‚ despite the fact that I had been born and grown up in Columbus. My English was as good as it gets for an elementary student. I did occasionally
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Struggle for Identity: American Born Chinese Asian American students today are faced with the issue of identity in the American society. They are faced with this issue because of their unfamiliar background to the American society. They want to fit-in and become accepted in school’s diverse environment. The graphic novel‚ American Born Chinese by Gene Yang‚ exemplifies the issue of Asian American students search for identity in the American society. He wanted to target teenager that are struggling
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Health Disparities: Focus on the Filipino-American Population in the USA As a Filipino-American nurse living in Los Angeles‚ California‚ this writer has been a witness and an active participant in the multifactorial influences/aspects that affect the Filipino-Americans‚ in health and illness. Being a grandmother of wonderful grandkids has brought me further exposure to the plight of elderly Filipino-Americans in the United States of America. The Institute of Medicine’s Report on Unequal Treatment:
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American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang is about three different characters want to achieve their goals which is they want to escape from the old situation to integrate into a new situation. Gene Luen Yang brings the readers some important information and special massages from American Born Chinese. The information and massages are completely reflecting to the real life of the young American born Chinese in history. In their stories‚ we can see that they are discriminated by other people; they
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According to the class reading by Eui-Young Yu‚ “Korean American Communities and their Institutions: An Overview” she states Korean Americans have established three broad types of communities: territorial community‚ associational community and psycho-cultural community. One may ask‚ are these separate communities needed to constitute a cohesive Korean American community? This question can be answered accordingly‚ each community works together and actively participates with one another to enhance
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within the Chinese American Families In recent decades‚ migration waves have brought to the United States large numbers of Asians and Pacific Islanders (API). Well over two-fifths of all non-amnesty persons admitted in the U.S. in 1991 were API.[i] The trend of increasing API immigration is clear and the API portion in the U S. total immigration steadily grew from the 1972’s 28.7 percent to 1985’s 44.2 percent. According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2003‚ 25% of the Asians are foreign born.
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