Asian American

Reflection of Foreign Mirror After reading this Asian American class novel, many Asian Americans seem to have similar experiences. One remarkable similarity is how external culture directly or indirectly affects foreign society. In many cases, the strong and attractive influence of American lifestyle leads to self-hatred over their own society and culture. This was seen in "Obasan" by Joy Kogawa. This was seen in "Dogeaters" by Jessica Hagedorn.

However, we forgot the history of Asian Americans. Many of us are first generation or second generation, but Asian Americans have been here since the 19th century. Asian Americans face a long history of oppression and racial discrimination. Since I have not said that, whenever it is convenient for discussion, we can say that "we are also being oppressed". I will tell this to make Asian Americans no longer indifferent and stop stopping the existence of ethnic minorities for a long time. When I say repression and racial discrimination, I do not mean I will be called just a clan or snoring. I am talking about the massacres of China in Los Angeles in 1871, the riots against American farm workers in the Philippines in 1930, all anti-Asian immigration law, anti-Asia immigration speech, colonial conquest, and the Asia Pacific region . The war in the archipelago brought immigrants to Asia to America - Vietnam, Korea, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Japan, China and so on.

Why are Asian Americans, Americans? At this point, enough generations of Asian immigrants entered the land of America and Asian Americans became technically Asian Americans. In other words, they are mainly led by elements of the American world view. What's going on here? The first generation of immigrants in Asia was involved in the Chinatown system, they ate familiar food, talked their mother tongue and had socialized with ethnic specific projects, but their second generation children It is being trained by an American institution. The return of wealth is accompanied by loss of their original cultural view of the world. Along with the loss of the cultural worldview, the overall thick cultural barrier in the family. This is a price that most Asian immigrants must pay.

The problem starts with Asian American culture and the cruel internal competitiveness that exists there. Many first generation Asian-American families adopted a strong immigration spirit through direct comparison and competition to promote their American dream, not through intensive cooperation. On the one hand it enhances the focus on our personal achievement - getting into a career with a high level of education. On the other hand, it leaves us little space for creativity, innovation and quest. We dedicate most of our life to our own achievements and competition. We can not make new ones with our own courage and persistence - and strengthen our community.