31 Asian Amer Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports
Affects of Affirmative Action on American Society
Affirmative Action: Does it positively affect our society?In the United States a process called Affirmative Action is used to help to overcome the affects of past societal discrimination by granting jobs and resources to members of specific groups, such as minorities and women. The policy was implem....
Affirmative Action
The main problem with racial preference is that it is merely another form of racism towards minorities. Three hundred years ago America showed racism by owning and abusing slaves. Today America shows racism through the labeling of people by their racial groups. Ironically, this is actually an at....
Affirmative Action
Affirmative action can be described as a policy or program aimed at increasing the representation and opportunities of members of groups that have traditionally been discriminated against (Wikipedia 1). These groups can be characterized by race, gender, religion or ethnicity and are often refe....
Affirmative Action Argument
In 1999, when I was thirteen, I was given the incredible opportunity to travel to Japan. Although I was raised as a Buddhist, nothing could prepare me for the vast difference in our cultures. Despite Japans westernized society, on more that one occasion, someone would stop me and ask to take ....
Asian American
Through out the years of the United States, many injustices have risen. With pilgrims running Native Americans off their land, to putting Japanese in relocation centers after WWII, our country has shown many flaws to liberty and justice for all. Asian Americans have not missed their share....
Asian American Dream
Three Ingredients in Achieving the Asian American Dream
The reality of the American Dream is the driving passion in most Americans regardless of age, sex, and cultural background. Some would say the American Dream is to buy and own a home, but it's so much more! The American Dream is really so n....
Asian Americans identity crisis
Throughout the 20th century, waves of Asian immigrants have arrived to the U.S. in search of better life conditions, and have had the need of adapting themselves to a completely different culture, sometimes leaving some of their own customs behind. As a result, the new generation of Chinese born in ....
Bride and Prejudice
This Bollywood film is a remake of Jane Austens classic story. Mr. and Mrs. Bakshi live in Amritsar, India with their four unmarried and young daughters Jaya, Lalita (Aishwarya Rai), Lakhi (Lucky), and Maya. Mrs. Bakshi is keen to find rich fitting husbands for her unmarried daughters so that they....
Cause of War: Stoessingers Misperception Framework
Political Violence has been affiliated with governments and nations since the beginning of political history and plays a huge role in the causes of Wars around the world. What causes leaders to declare war? Many philosophers have based their studies and theories on this question; many have different....
cultural and socioeconomic factors related to schizophrenia
The diagnosis of schizophrenia is very controversial, often misused and often socially damaging to patients.(Sumrall) The cause of schizophrenia is not known. Scientists are not even sure if it is one disorder or several with different causes ,although there are many theories and a great deal of re....
Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis is a progressive lung disease that results in the decline of lung function. Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is an inheritable disease that affects the bodys ability to produce efficient mucous. The affect of the disease causes the mucous throughout the body to be very thick and sticky, makin....
Diabetes
One of the most mysterious diseases today is Diabetes. It is called the silent killer because it affects it victims seemingly without warning signs and randomly.
Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, ....
diabetes
Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism--the way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy. Most of the food we eat is broken down into glucose, the form of sugar in the blood. Glucose is the main source of fuel for the body.
After digestion, glucose passes into the bloodstream, where it i....
Discrimination Against Japanese-Americans
With the recent attacks on the United States by terrorists, many Americans have been experiencing feelings of fear, sadness and tremendous anger. With Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban being held responsible, many of Middle-Eastern descent have been experiencing great prejudice and discrimination and....
Diversity
Diversity is the mosaic of people who bring a variety of backgrounds, styles, perspectives, values, and beliefs as assets to the groups and organizations with which they interact as explained by (Rasmussen, 1996). This definition has three noteworthy points. First, it describes diversity as a m....
Don't Think Pink - What Really Makes Women Buy
Dont Think Pink is a book co-authored by Lisa Johnson and Andrea Learned. Ms. Johnson is an award-winning marketer, sought-after speaker and conference presenter. She is president of Reach Women. Ms. Leonard has been involved in marketing and public relations for over fifteen years and writes ....
Economic Analysis of Smoking in the United States
I. Introduction
Lung and bronchus incidences account for the number one mortality rate of all races including white, African American, Asian American, American Indian, and Hispanic/Latinos within the United States. For many consecutive years, lung cancer has topped the number of deaths and th....
hate crimes
The definition of a hate crime is a crime of aggravated assault, arson, burglary, criminal homicide, motor vehicle theft, robbery, sex offenses, and/or crime involving bodily injury in which the victim was intentionally selected because of the victims' actual or perceived race, gender, religion, se....
Interracial Relationships and Marriages on the Rise?
Increasing amounts of interracial marriages and relationships have increased ever since the Supreme Court declared anti-miscegenation laws unconstitutional (Fletcher, pg.2). There have been many trends regarding this trend itself because it also has found that interracial relationships are more com....
Military population
During our learning team discussions we review several populations such as children, youth, developmentally disabled, clients with special needs, clients who suffered from domestic violence and abuse and the military population. The population I chose to review is the military population. Milit....
Mothers Values in Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Mothers Values
Amy Tan is an Asian American writer who grew up in San Francisco, California. Tan comes from a family that has deep cultural roots since her mother was first generation in the states. With such deep roots in her family, Tan would run into conflicts with her mother that was not....
NAACP
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, was founded on February 12, 1909. It was created to work on behalf of the rights of minorities including Native Americans, Asian Americans, African Americans, and Jews. The NAACP has advocated nonviolent protests ag....
Orphanages in the 1920's
Orphanages are known for being under-funded, dirty, and for having mean, hateful people running them. Famous examples are Oliver Twist, Anne of Green Gables, and Anne. Not many or very few orphanages were like those in the movies. The high number of orphanages in the 1920s was caused by three ....
Pros and Cons of Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action can be either a policy or a program that seeks to compensate for past discrimination through active measures to ensure equal opportunity. The topic is so vast there was even a U.N. Conference concerning its nature and handling around the world. [Malveaux, Jul....
Should Multiculturalism Permeate the Curriculum
Multicultural education is not a new idea or fad that is going to be forgotten. Multicultural education evolved from the civil rights movement of the 1960s and was rooted in people who challenged discriminatory practices in public institutions during this time. An institution that was specifical....
Subaru Americas Target Marketing
Subaru Americas Target Marketing
Advertising in America has changed through the years as the importance of targeting specific multicultural groups for different products has been realized. Companies now seek help from many different advertising agencies that are experts in specific ethnic, cul....
Text Analysis: Dragonwings
Text Analysis:
Dragonwings
Ka Ming Siu
Asian American Studies 20
Sat 9:00~12:00
The Asian American novel that I am going to write a critical analysis on is called the Dragonwings. It is one of the few Asian American novels that are written by Laurence....
The Joy Luck Club - Playing the Game
A vivid portrait of the struggles, as well as the joys, of three generations of Asian American families is painted for us on the off white canvas used by Amy Tan in 1989, the pages of her book, The Joy Luck Club. In this portrayal of Chinese immigrants and their American born children, four family ....
Where's the Proof?
When we look at our population as a whole, we see many different races. One of the main things that the Unites States has always prided itself on is being racially diverse, offering opportunities to each and every citizen, no matter what race they might be. At the same time there is so much stereoty....
Why We Should Abolishing Drug Testing in High Schools
Why We Should Abolish Drug Testing in High Schools
Introduction: How many of you in here were required to submit urine samples as
part of drug testing in your high school for participation in extracurricular activities? Now a different question; how many of you believe it is ok for a school to....
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