My view on change relates to Richard’s in “The Prince of Los Cocuyus” because we both faced being misunderstood, new beginnings, changes in surroundings, trying to fit in and pursuing dreams. Transitioning from high school to college can cause many misunderstandings between teachers and students. One instance in the book that I found was an amazing comparison to being misunderstood was when Abuela took Richard to Winn Dixie because the chicken was on sale. As they were about to pay, the sales lady explained to them that there was a limit of two chickens per customer. Abuela completely flipped out and could not comprehend this fact (13,14).
He said though he had never experienced prejudice directly, it still affected him the same. He had to learn a lot and it was difficult for him to learn the language similar to his grandparents. Living in America he learned about racism and cultural differences. The values he learned as child, he could not understand why people in America did not follow especially with having nothing to lose. Here he felt like he had three identities, but like others and his grandparents in Thailand he felt that he should also ignore people who were prejudice because he had that choice.
All these messages that have been included in Tim Soutphommasane’s anecdote, throughout the piece he has used various techniques to help put his concerns into the reader’s thoughts. For example his use of ‘appeal to family’, when he discusses teenagers discomfort with the celebration of Anzac day. His uses past experiences witnessing in the flesh the confusion of Chinese and Vietnamese children going for school excursions to the Melbourne Shrine to pay respects to Australian soldiers. This addition into the piece makes the reader think of how foreign children feel towards being expected to pay tribute to people who haven’t got anything to do with their own culture. In bringing up a topic that isn’t really thought about and isn’t discussed on news programmes, Mr. Soutphommasane open’s the reader’s eyes and places a genuine concern in how Anzac is viewed not just by Australian’s but outsider’s as well.
We have a population of illegal immigrants that either need help or need to be sent back to their home country. America cannot continue to ignore this problem and think it may go away, because some of these people have whole families here, who have been here for a long time and this is now the place they call home. The American people often do not see the whole story. Many times we see the stories about illegal immigrants taking jobs and jumping fences, but we never hear about the cases of people who legally came here, then overstayed their work visa because they did not want to go back to a life they did not know anymore. My only issue with immigration and it is a big one, is different languages.
Historical Report on Race, Asian Americans While Asian Americans "only" make up about 5% of the U.S.'s population as of 2008, they are one of the fastest growing racial/ethnic groups (in terms of percentage increase) in the U.S. The Asian American community has received a lot of scrutiny over the years but in many ways, still remains misunderstood. As many social scientists have noted, there are two primary stereotypes that continue to affect Asian Americans. One is that all Asian Americans are the same. That is, many people are either unable or unwilling to distinguish between different Asian ethnicities -- Korean American from a Japanese American, Filipino American from an Indonesian American, etc.
When Jeanne first arrived at Manzanar, she felt overwhelmed because before, “We were the only Japanese family in the neighborhood.” (7) The family began to grow apart as time passed, so Jeanne began to explore by herself. Once schools started, she began to experiment with many things; however papa didn’t have the same thoughts. Before they began to leave Manzanar, they expected brutal racism because of other stories, but once they arrived in the new place, it wasn’t as bad as they thought. While they were there Jeanne begins to go to Middle school as a 6th grader. While she is there, people are very surprised that she can speak English.
In this paper,I will present a brief description of a few of my life experiences that have helped shape the person I am today and analyze some of these experiences using the adult development theories from this class. I will also look ahead to the goals I want to accomplish in the future. When I was growing up in the household I was the youngest so I always see the mistakes my brother would make and I learn not to make them as well. As I got older, I was still being sheltered up until I finished high school and I always wondered why I was treated like that. So instead I begin to find employment at McDonalds to prove that I can be responsible and independent.
I visited Fijian, German, Filipino, Polynesian, Serbian, Polish, Russian, Scottish, Ukrainian, Thai, Italian, and Vietnamese tents. The very first thing that came to mind when witnessing the Folk Fair was Disney’s Epcot. In my opinion, one of the best things about different cultures is the food, so I obviously couldn’t wait to taste the heritage. I was slightly disappointed to realize that I’ve tasted most of what as offered, until I ran into the Germans. A German man made me what seemed like a cinnamon apple pancake, and it was paradise in my mouth.
At that time I was fighting against boring school life. Just at that moment, my father was about to go to the US for his work. Having believed that I would not be able to improve myself in Korea, I went to the US with my father. I was not worried for a bit because I had been studying English for years. However, it turned out to be my midjudge since English I learned in Korea was not much helpful in real life in the US.
Similarly Ben Wu left his family in America to pursue his internet cafe idea, seeming to choose business over family but Ben then says that he hopes “she will stay here with me finally and we will have a family here” (Young and Restless in China). Both Ben and Wang’s efforts were aimed to gain enough money to be able to gain and maintain a family. It is clearly seen here that even