Wednesday, November 30, 2016 11:04 AM #2 #71 #2 #14 Zhenmu Gong English 102 Draft 2 Nov 15th 2016 The world, and not least its 256 million Americans, has an unwavering belief in America as the land of freedom and the country of equality. The American Civil War unequivocally declares the equal rights to all the civilians and residents. However, in practice, such ambition rarely leads a success in all aspects of the society. With the national consciousness awaken, the discrimination towards the black people seems currently under control. Which indicates a passive trend in the cultural integration in the era of globalization. The 20th century had undoubtedly witnessed a great improvement of the culture quality and the form of the domestic cultures. But as cultures collapse and multiply with each other, the unequal treatment towards people are not limited within the range of the black man, but also involves every kind of people due to their different religions, skin colors, and the places they came from. Among then the unfair treatment towards Asian American has arisen and it still remains out of the frame of the crowd view. Under the general circumstance of cultural integration and improving of civilian’s educational quality, how are those kinds of discrimination hang over their way on the society? How the situation is going to develop? According to Rastogi, Sonya, et al, in a 2011 US census bureau estimation, it is said that “the Asian Americans take up 5.6% of the US population, of which the number is around 18,205,898.” (Rastogi, Sonya, et al). The authors claim that “Among all of the Asian who have sailed a long way onto the land of the United States, about a quarter of the current number is aimed in further education.” (Iwamura and Jane Naomi). However, questions come as a half of the learning group choose to go back to their own home country for working rather than accommodate in the current country they are actually dreaming for. Logically speaking, this does not make sense as America is not only one of the countries that provide best education, but also one of the countries with a complete merchandise to maintain the living quality of its people. Not to mention it is described as the most powerful country in the world and it encourages everyone to realize his dream. What drives people to leave? What’s more, people who receive education can be described as in a large number. But when people graduate, the number of people who goes to work is cut in half. Also, there are many Asian Americans who have settled in the USA for generals. The reasons behind such phenomenon are concluded as they received unfair treatment in many aspects. But to reveal the very basic reason for them to leave USA, the emphasis is laid onto the unfair treatment in job application for Asian American. So that, there are indeed unfair treatments towards Asian Amer.

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4. Zhenmu Gong
English 102
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Nov 15th 2016
The world, and not least its 256 million Americans, has an
unwavering belief in America as the land of freedom and the
country of equality. The American Civil War unequivocally
declares the equal rights to all the civilians and residents.
However, in practice, such ambition rarely leads a success in all
aspects of the society. With the national consciousness awaken,
the discrimination towards the black people seems currently
under control. Which indicates a passive trend in the cultural
integration in the era of globalization. The 20th century had
undoubtedly witnessed a great improvement of the culture
quality and the form of the domestic cultures. But as cultures
collapse and multiply with each other, the unequal treatment
towards people are not limited within the range of the black
man, but also involves every kind of people due to their
different religions, skin colors, and the places they came from.
Among then the unfair treatment towards Asian American has
arisen and it still remains out of the frame of the crowd view.
Under the general circumstance of cultural integration and
improving of civilian’s educational quality, how are those kinds
of discrimination hang over their way on the society? How the
situation is going to develop? According to Rastogi, Sonya, et
al, in a 2011 US census bureau estimation, it is said that “the
Asian Americans take up 5.6% of the US population, of which
the number is around 18,205,898.” (Rastogi, Sonya, et al). The
authors claim that “Among all of the Asian who have sailed a
long way onto the land of the United States, about a quarter of
the current number is aimed in further education.” (Iwamura and
Jane Naomi). However, questions come as a half of the learning
group choose to go back to their own home country for working
rather than accommodate in the current country they are

5. actually dreaming for. Logically speaking, this does not make
sense as America is not only one of the countries that provide
best education, but also one of the countries with a complete
merchandise to maintain the living quality of its people. Not to
mention it is described as the most powerful country in the
world and it encourages everyone to realize his dream. What
drives people to leave? What’s more, people who receive
education can be described as in a large number. But when
people graduate, the number of people who goes to work is cut
in half. Also, there are many Asian Americans who have settled
in the USA for generals. The reasons behind such phenomenon
are concluded as they received unfair treatment in many
aspects. But to reveal the very basic reason for them to leave
USA, the emphasis is laid onto the unfair treatment in job
application for Asian American. So that, there are indeed unfair
treatments towards Asian American in this country, and the
situation should be looked through and hanged.
In order to have a detailed look through the lives of Asian
Americans, the current situation of them are illustrated in this
several aspects: the education level, working rate and working
types, wage and working environment. From my point of view,
those elements are an inevitably part to talk about.
Education level is not only referable to tell the living condition
of one, but it is also an important element in finding a job. Not
to mention one along country of the USA, but everywhere on
this world. The education level decides what kind of job one
can access to. And working rate and the types of the work are
tightly associated with it. According to a recent search
conducted in 2015 by Pew Research Center analysis of Bureau
of Labor Statistics data, the result, however, shows that
the wage gaps are obviously divided in race and gender. In
2015, average hourly wages for black men were $15, compared
with $21 for white men. Only the hourly earnings of Asian men
of $24 outpaced those of white men. And when it comes to the
hourly earrings of woman, the Asian and white women earn
respectively $18 and $17, which are higher than those of black

6. women of $13, and also higher than those of black men. And
this research also compared the education degree of races and
the relationship between the two elements. The results show
that among adults ages 25 and older, 23% of blacks have a
bachelor’s degree or more education, compared with 36% of
whites and 53% of Asians. Which gives a strong support to the
point that people with higher education get higher wages.
(Patten)
Especially in countries like the USA where technology is the
first working force. However, from the wage of the Asian
Americans, one can hardly say there is any discrimination as it
is much higher than any other races in USA. But the educational
level of Asian Americans is surprisingly high, which logically
allows the Asian Americans to earn a higher wage. That is to
say, the wage and the education level of Asian Americans are
quite proper. According to the work type and the environment,
one then is able to tell whether he is satisfied with his work or
is his identity or cultivation applying for his job.
On finding whether the Asian Americans working well and their
experience of finding a job and received unfairness, it is not
difficult to achieve a pattern inside the segment when Asian
Americans looking for jobs. Bigwowo claims that “the Asian
Americans face discrimination in State Department work.”
(Bigwowo). It is said that there are signs that Asian Americans
have been experienced the worst workplace discrimination of
other racial group and ethnic group. In the article “Workplace
Discrimination Based on Names.” the author gives some
information that “in some press released in 2014, Advancing
Justice—an organization that represents Asian Americans in
employment discrimination cases in both individual cases and
class actions where Asian Americans and other minority groups
have been denied equal employment opportunities because of
their races or national origin.” (Mong). A number of incidents
in which Asian Americans adversely affected by
workplace discrimination are also given in the researches. In

7. those cases, Asian Americans are refused mainly for their
incapability to speak English well, their unfamiliar about the
company and so many other reasons that seem nothing to do
with racial discrimination. But there are patterns to follow when
Asian Americans appear in job application.
The Asian Americans indeed are ruled under the very pattern
when looking for jobs. Thus reasons are about to be found out.
Is it because of their own behavior and identification of
themselves that they are suffering from unfairness? Or the
deeply rooted discrimination remained from historic reasons?
Not only in the aspect of job applying, the questions come also
when Asian Americans try to apply for education. In 2015, the
Harvard university was even accused of racial discrimination.
Rising by more than 60 groups in the school, Princeton
Professor Thomas J. Espenshade and RTI International
researcher Alexandria Walton Radford argue in the book that
“An Asian-American student has to score 140 points higher than
a white student, 270 points higher than a Hispanic student and
450 points higher than a black student on the SAT to be on
equal footing”. (Camille Cava, C.) And they even received
unfair treatment by police and the courts. Alisia G. T. T. Tran
demonstrate the current situation and truth of Asian Americans
in workplace that “No one can deny the hard work the Asian
Americans had pay for a brighter future. But it is also true that
Asian Americans are at risk for marginalization and lower rates
of American identification. Unlike other part of the world, the
Asian Americans are more traditional.” (Tran). And Dugger also
indicate about how Asian Americans balance their cultural
tradition and “They have regional traditional festivals from
January to December, and most of these festivals are complicate
in initial motivation. Preliminary evidence suggests that
subjective social status may explain some of the disparities
between naturalized citizen and noncitizen Asian Americans.”
(Dugger) What’s more, they are somehow shy, which makes
them vulnerable to injuries at large scaled occasion. And if I
have to describe a common behavior of the Asian Americans

8. that may leads themselves into unfair treatment is that
sometimes they do not stand out and say the unfair treatment
they have received aloud. This is really harmful as such
behavior helps cover the criminal the discrimination has done.
In another word, this helps other people keep on giving unfair
treatments to Asian Americans. Asian Americans are famous for
their low-profile way of doing things, they believe in endurance
and they may keep themselves under sufferance of the high
pressure. But this is not good not only for themselves, but also
for other races that is also under discrimination. They should
tell the difference of endurance and tolerance, the unfair
treatment is intolerable, but not something that should be
endured.
So that once the reason is find out, it is quite feasible to
change the situation. From my point of view, as long as the
reasons are multiplied and reach different field of the society,
the solutions are also accordingly complex. And from the level
of the solutions, they can be divided into from the country
level, from the society level, and from the group level, also
from the individual level. What’s more, the aspects of the
solutions are respectively in the role of interpreters, civilians,
and community groups. Among which roles everybody may find
himself one of them in real life.
Considering the problems are mainly occurred in the
working spaces, the main solutions may be given in the aspect
for interpreters. From the view of the superiors in some levels
of the management for interpreters, suggestions are provided as
followed. Firstly, ensure that manager assessments of their
Asian American employees are “fair, objective, and free from
the cultural biases, ensure that the EEOC agency itself does its
job properly in terms of being accessible to Asian American
employees who have a complaint and in properly investigating
such complaints.” (Gee, Gilbert C. et al.) From my point of
view, the individuals are different from each other, and it’s a
common daily behavior to have complaints as there are
undoubtedly regulations that don’t fit everyone. Listen carefully

9. to those complaints and treat them equally and fairly. This is
actually not a strategy towards racial discrimination, but instead
a management issue that fits well with any cooperations.
Collaborate with Asian American community organizations and
leaders should encourage Asian Americans to “work for the
federal government and to increase their levels of representation
within federal agencies.” (Gee, Gilbert C. et al.et al.) In my
words, this promote the Asian Americans to recognize
themselves as one part of the United States. As long as the
identification is built up, there will be Asian Americans calling
of their now rights.
In addition, the discussion and helps people had put on the
discriminations on Asian Americans should not be only taken by
Non-Asian Americans from the outside, but should also be
promoted from the inner side of the Asian Americans group. So
that, the recognition and awareness of the Asian Americans
themselves is essential in such progress. Without it, it never
reaches the true meaning of eliminating the discrimination. The
authors state the truth that “Actively support Asian American
employee groups. Rather than promoting “balkanization” as
some critics have charged, these ethnically focused support
groups actually lead to greater worker loyalty, productivity, and
satisfaction.” (Kiang. L et al.) As we all know that some of the
Asian Americans that divided by regions they came from are
famous for their hardworking and diligence. Like the the people
from Japan are thoughtful and intelligent, people from China
are moderate and polite, and there are so many examples.
People with so many virtues should never be ignored in the
workplace, there are always applications that calls on such good
qualities. Finally, “give Asian Americans federal employees
who do have documented skill deficiencies the opportunities
and resources to address them and to improve their skills and
qualifications so that they can perform better and be promoted
more easily.” (Gee, Gilbert C. et al). This is like the education
and trainings. No one truly escapes the truth that practice makes
perfect, and training also improves people. It is another form of

10. investigation. People put time and money in, and they gain
skills, and back in turns they use the skills to earn more money.
However, differently here, the people should be trained in order
to get a promotion. This is a symbol of the social status, the
status of a nation. As I mentioned above, the Asian Americans
are a group of people with brilliant brains and will to work
hard, they should go further and find their ego both in
workplace and society. A promotion to higher space is no
wonder a short cut to gain such status. And hopefully should
such methods also help with the portion the Asian Americans
held in the federal government workplace.
From the level of country who held a large quantity of ethnic
group, the solutions are no more than perfect the law system.
The fourth amendment of the United States’ constitution of the
11th is about the equal status of every civilian in the United
States, which has working against black people discrimination
and native Americans discrimination, and it will work further
against the discrimination against Asian Americans. However, it
still remains a question that even under such law merchandise
discrimination still occur in everyday life and it is common to
see such things happen and people gave already took it for
granted. This phenomenon itself is indeed uncommon. Measures
should not be taken on the level of morality, but should be also
strengthened by laws. There should be always a line. Hopefully
the law will arouse people’s attention and awareness, and may it
help to eliminate all kinds of discrimination.
As a conclusion, the unfair treatment that happened in the job
application for Asian Americans indeed exists. It is an
intolerable criminal of racial discrimination which should be
eliminated using the power from every level of the society. For
future research, the unfair treatment that related to other races
and ethnic groups such as Hispanic, Latino and blacks is also
worth to learn about. These people are suffering more during
the history of the USA. Racial problem in workplace in our
society is always hot topic in our life.

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