There may very well be a pattern of groupthink behavior categorically attributable to Asian American intellectuals. It may very well be that most Asian American critics have tended and still "tend to see texts as demonstrating either resistance or accommodation to American racism" and all those Asian American panethnic entrepreneurs may very well be "deeply invested in stable categories of racial identification." But the burden of proof to demonstrate this claim rests on Nguyen's shoulders, does it not? By failing to do so, or rather by choosing not to do so, by not naming names, Nguyen tacitly asks us to simply take his word for it. (This is a polemical strategy not unlike the one found in Garrett Hongo's "Introduction" to The Open Boat: Poems from Asian America, where the disgruntled poet accuses Asian American studies of "facism," "bigotry," and "ethnic fundamentalism," behaving like Ayatollah Khomeinis to the Salman Rushdies of Asian American creative writers.
This news story makes me realize a question: what determines blacks’ bad academic performance, like D'Souza says in the end of racism? D’Souza argues that cultural background is an unignorable factor, such as the hard working spirit imposed by Asian family. However, there is another approach to explain the question. If blacks can share the same opportunities
The goal of whiteness studies is to reveal and to share new knowledge about a seemingly under-investigated social phenomenon; namely, the social construction of whiteness. In a 1997 California Law Review article, Juan Perea suggests that “In the midst of profound demographic changes, it is time to question whether the Black/White binary paradigm of race fits our highly variegated
This could cause them to feel like they are being told that they need extra help because of the color of their skin or what race they are. Even Mrs. Johnson finds that it is wrong and offensive to give scholarships purely based on race and she is African American. “A university should feel confident that when they award a scholarship, they get their money’s worth. The best way to decide this is by awarding students who have demonstrated their abilities inside and outside the classroom and their commitment to education. By taking out a factor such as race in determining scholarships, they’d be more fairly awarded.”
Research Problem and Method Paper SOC/100 Many people today relate differently to the idea of migration of immigrants into the United States of America. Most if asked, would immediately relate this directly to the Latin American immigrant population. Today there are a variety of immigrants in the United States who do not speak English as their first language, such as those from Latin America, and former Soviet countries as well. A research study should be conducted to identify the impacts of the language barrier and how it directly correlates or impedes successful work environments, both public and commercial. The research design will be vital in determining the impacts of language barriers.
I believe that racism does operate like a web. An article to support this idea would be Michael O. Emerson’s “Race, Religion, and Color Line (Or Is That the Color Wall?)”. Emerson quoted, “Religion contributes to racial division and inequality, then, in that it increases racial categorization, which is a by-product of congregational segregation” (207). By growing up in a certain area, the majority of American citizens tend to carry out connections with the people they see and share the same beliefs with. It’s going to be hard to overcome this racial segregation if you have grown up with it, but it is something that can be
The midterm will combine multiple choice questions and open ended questions. Think of the quizzes as preparation for the multiple choice part of the test. For the open-ended part of the midterm, I will pose questions that will test your ability to engage in an “educated discussion” related to Asians in America. See bottom for the grading criteria. I want you to imagine yourself in a discussion where the topic of Asians in American comes up and you are asked to make a comment.
This debate group and paper will deal with the subject of racism and specifically racism on college campuses. Is racism a problem on college campuses or not? I think in order to answer that question we must first define racism in a social problem context. According to our text, Social Problems in a Diverse Society, “racism is a set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices used to justify the superior treatment of one racial ethnic group and the inferior treatment of another racial or ethnic group” (Kendall 52). For the most part, the white race is typically the culprit for being racist towards minority groups, although, blacks can be racist towards Hispanics and vise versa.
Furthermore, the scholars arrived to the conclusion that “racial stereotypes produce a positive self-identity for white and even Asians but a negative one for blacks and Latinos, alongside racialized self-perceptions among Mexican American students” (Portes & Rivas, 2011: 14). In attempting to explain the reasoning behind these issues of self-identity and perception the researchers somewhat analyze the influence of mainstream media. And lastly Portes and Rivas recognize the existence of major differences in the social and cultural adaptation of two groups: immigrant children versus children of immigrant parents. This last piece is crucial to my findings, for my observations too reveal a distinction in racial awareness between children that recently migrated into the United States and those that were born in and have thus far been raised in the U.S. Lastly, the piece hints at the idea that confusion arises as these children are struggling to adapt to a new culture; meanwhile, attempting to keep their home country’s language, values and customs— but it lacks
La’Toyrious Granville Mrs. Sharon Cargill English 12 20 February 2013 Racial Profiling Racial Profiling is mentally segregating and it disunites the U.S.A because it permits negative aspects to every race. In the U.S. it is acceptable to embrace foundations and establishments like BET, Black Entertainment Television, and/or The Chinese District, For example, but what if these titles were revised to WET, White Entertainment Television or The Iraqi District? Would these organizations be appropriate or racially disgraceful? From any standpoint it is mental segregation. Programs like the previously listed instills the negative trait of racial profiling into child before he or she has any idea of what racial profiling is, it programs them to judge and make race a chief factor when it should not be (Psycho 1).