Questing Asian’s ambiguities
Ever since Asian Americans had arrived in the United States, they had also been conceptually misrepresented and interpretive. The general misconception and way of thinking is often that all Asians look the same. Yet when distinctions are made between the ethnic groups, they are usually indistinguishable generalizations or ruthless definitions. When Americans usually see a human being with slanted eyes, they automatically assume that person is Chinese. If not Chinese, they would call them by their stereotypical names such as flips, gooks, chinks, etc. They may not know it but these miscontraceptions hurt Asian Americans. More recently, Abercrombie and Fitch, a popular department store has taunted the image of Asians by saying that all Asians own laundry stores. In their quest to change and ultimately eliminate these misconceptions, Asian American writers, actors, athletes, and artists have worked their way into the mainstream media of the United States to portray positive and accurate images of Asian Americans and finding their own ways to express how they feel about being Asian American. Coincidentally, the past decade has emerged into a full-blown Asian epidemic in America due to the growing popularity of famous and rising As
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Approximate Word count = 1024
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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