Anne
Professor
ESL 033B
27 November 2018
Discrimination Against Asian in 21 Century
I think there are different answers from different angles, if you are discussing judicial persecution or institutional discrimination against Asians. Then I think that except Malaysia, no country in the world has such a policy. But in social life, social, education, entertainment,
economy, etc... American society's discrimination against Asians is quite serious.
Let me give two examples to illustrate, first of all, education. “HARVARD stands accused of illegal discrimination against Asian Americans -an overrepresented minority. About a fifth of Harvard students are Asian, far outstripping Asian’s percentage of the overall population”(Verbruggen 34). When Ivy League schools accept Asians, the average admission scores for Asian standardized tests are much higher than any ethnic group. A detailed discussion can be found in the knowledge and has a more comprehensive explanation. This is a plain factual discrimination. There is no excuse to explain this phenomenon. I believe that in a country with relatively stable social classes, the top educational resources can be said to be the only resources that help people improve their living standards and enhance their class. The damage to the interests of Asians here is basically the act of damaging the most fundamental interests of Asians and setting Asians within a fixed class.The second example is the discrimination against Asians by other minorities. The best example is a black rapper YG who wrote a song to teach people how to rob the Chinese and encourage others to rob the Chinese."First, you find a house and scope it out. Find a Chinese neighborhood, cause they don't believe in bank accounts." These are the lyrics to the song "Meet the Flockers" by American rapper YG. The song, while describing in detail how to break into homes and steal, also explicitly says to target Chinese. Though the song is a couple of years old, it has recently drawn the outrage of Chinese netizens, for obvious reasons( S.T.Wong). This incident caused an uproar among Asian Americans, but the mainstream society has very little attention, and this person has not encountered any trouble. A similar example is the Oscar awards ceremony where the organizers and black hosts created three Asian children, dressed as four auditors, mocking Asian child laborers, and ridiculing Asian nerds. In addition, there is also a host of the chicken hair show who asked the children how many Chinese people in their own programs, and the children said that they would kill them. Then the host used this as a humor and let it go.
Some people may say that this is freedom of speech. This just shows the superiority of the United States. If you are not satisfied, you can write songs and then diss go back and protest. However, you can imagine what would happen if these objects that were discriminated against were turned into black and green. I think that the chan.
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1. Anne
Professor
ESL 033B
27 November 2018
Discrimination Against Asian in 21 Century
I think there are different answers from different angles,
if you are discussing judicial persecution or institutional
discrimination against Asians. Then I think that except
Malaysia, no country in the world has such a policy. But in
social life, social, education, entertainment,
economy, etc... American society's discrimination against
Asians is quite serious.
Let me give two examples to illustrate, first of all, education.
“HARVARD stands accused of illegal discrimination against
Asian Americans -an overrepresented minority. About a fifth of
Harvard students are Asian, far outstripping Asian’s percentage
of the overall population”(Verbruggen 34). When Ivy League
schools accept Asians, the average admission scores for Asian
standardized tests are much higher than any ethnic group. A
detailed discussion can be found in the knowledge and has a
more comprehensive explanation. This is a plain factual
discrimination. There is no excuse to explain this phenomenon.
I believe that in a country with relatively stable social classes,
the top educational resources can be said to be the only
resources that help people improve their living standards and
enhance their class. The damage to the interests of Asians here
is basically the act of damaging the most fundamental interests
of Asians and setting Asians within a fixed class.The second
example is the discrimination against Asians by other
minorities. The best example is a black rapper YG who wrote a
song to teach people how to rob the Chinese and encourage
others to rob the Chinese."First, you find a house and scope it
out. Find a Chinese neighborhood, cause they don't believe in
bank accounts." These are the lyrics to the song "Meet the
2. Flockers" by American rapper YG. The song, while describing
in detail how to break into homes and steal, also explicitly says
to target Chinese. Though the song is a couple of years old, it
has recently drawn the outrage of Chinese netizens, for obvious
reasons( S.T.Wong). This incident caused an uproar among
Asian Americans, but the mainstream society has very little
attention, and this person has not encountered any trouble. A
similar example is the Oscar awards ceremony where the
organizers and black hosts created three Asian children, dressed
as four auditors, mocking Asian child laborers, and ridiculing
Asian nerds. In addition, there is also a host of the chicken hair
show who asked the children how many Chinese people in their
own programs, and the children said that they would kill them.
Then the host used this as a humor and let it go.
Some people may say that this is freedom of speech. This just
shows the superiority of the United States. If you are not
satisfied, you can write songs and then diss go back and protest.
However, you can imagine what would happen if these objects
that were discriminated against were turned into black and
green. I think that the chance of apologizing will not be given,
and it will be expelled directly. Will it never be hired in the
future?
I have been studying in the United States for two years and have
made many American friends. They are all very good and I like
them very much. However, this does not cover the fact that
Asians are the most discriminatory of all ethnic groups in the
United States. This is the overall unspoken rule of the entire
society.
During the general election, the Latino should take care of it,
and the blacks should take care of it, but Asians do not have to
take care of it. Asians have never been among the politically
correct concepts of protecting minorities. This is the social
reality of the vast majority of Asians, especially in the United
States.In addition to these, there are many examples. This is
also the reason why many people want to return to China.
It is conceivable that there will be a refutation of the example
3. of a few Silicon Valley elites. What is said here is a universal
phenomenon. It doesn't make much sense to use a case. And
after winning a high economic return, the Silicon Valley elite
still can't help Asians get enough respect and enough political
influence to change this wide range. Discrimination does this
not explain the discrimination that Asians, especially Chinese,
receive in the United States?
The issue of racial discrimination in the United States has not
stopped. It has not only been white to discriminate against
Asians, but also black people, and Middle Easterners have also
bullied the Chinese. It is definitely not that African-Americans
and other Middle Easterners or other races are not as good as
Caucasians. It is just a nation that has been bullied by
discrimination. It has not learned any lessons from history. Is
China now strong? It is indeed very strong, not only high in
GDP, but fairly speaking, China today is definitely one of the
best powers in the world. But those who discriminate against
others will not look at you because China is strong. To truly
discriminate against Asian or Chinese people in a broad sense
depends on the overseas Chinese themselves.
The distribution in different parts of the United States also
makes the Chinese people's psychological growth process
different. Chinese people who grew up in areas with a large
immigrant population tend to be more confident, and they feel
that they are not the only minority. The Chinese who grew up in
areas where whites are predominant and rarely immigrated to
the second generation have more doubts about their self-
awareness. Parents are the reason why a large part of Chinese
characters develop. For the Chinese of the second generation
immigrants, their parents gave them a very different education
from the school. These generations of immigrant parents were
already adults when they came to the United States. They were
influenced by Chinese culture since childhood, and their
concept is traditional. Parents hope that their children can
receive education in the United States while maintaining the
cultural background of China. They tried to send their children
4. to Chinese schools to study Chinese. Of course, most small
Chinese people refused. Many small Chinese people feel that
Chinese culture is not cool at all. For them, speaking English is
like drinking water. Saying Chinese is like taking medicine, and
it is still Chinese medicine. In addition to the coercion of their
parents, they do not have any motivation to learn Chinese, nor
can they understand Chinese culture.
Works Cited
VERBRUGGEN, ROBERT. “Harvard’s Discrimination
Problem.” National Review, vol. 70, no. 19, Oct. 2018, pp. 34–
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ANEMONA, HARTOCOLLIS, ”Harvard Rated Asian-American
Applicants Lower on Personality Traits, Suit Says”
June 19, 2018 https://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20180619/harvard-
asian-enrollment-applicants/
S.T. Wong “Chinese outrage over American rapper YG’s “Meet
the Flockers” Global Times Published, September 27,2016.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1008646.shtml.Accessed
November 29,2018
Chelsea, Ritschel “Dolce & Gabbana accused of racism in new
campaign”,The 'offensive' campaign has prompted calls to
boycott the brand,Tuesday 20 November 2018
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/dolce-and-
gabbana-campaign-racism-china-dg-loves-china-fashion-
designer-a8643761.html Accessed 27 November,2018