Asian American Identity

As a silence of beauty, as a silence of self: Asian American identity "America" ​​encompasses various cultures and races. But American society often believes that there is only one true, certainly white, "American" face, voice, and action. Associate professor of sociology Minako Maykovich pointed out that "criteria of physical characteristics are usually determined by the dominant group of society", so "ethnic differences are the biggest obstacle to the assimilation process" (68) .

If you do not consider the more specific aspects of the Asian American identity, people will rarely collect information from the term "Asian American". Race is an important aspect of Asian American identity and by observing race you can find important information about the meaning of that category. Various ethnic groups in Asia and the Americas do not absolutely agree with everyone. As Linda TrinhVõ said, "Asian American or Asian American Americans' labels are being debated and will be controversial as to which groups actually belong to this racially categorized category It is a headline "(Võ 26). Some Asian Americans think South Asians, Filipinos and Pacific Islanders should not be regarded as Asian Americans, but some people look down on the "boat people" in Vietnam (Võ 27). As the indicator of the change in the number of ethnic groups in Asia 40 years ago, the only ethnic groups among Asian Americans were Chinese and Japanese, probably Filipino.

Ubba pointed out that it can distinguish three aspects of Asian American ethnic identity. These aspects are 1) national consciousness, 2) adoption of national identity, 3) application of ethnic identity. Some Asian Americans strongly agree with many aspects of Asian Americans, but some admit that they belong to Asian Americans. In addition, they may deny that they have something in common with their ethnic members. Some people agree with their ethnic group, know the history of that ethnic group, and still think that ethnic groups are irrelevant today, but others agree with that ethnic group I do not understand history.