Integration of Asian Americans
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Integration of Asian Americans
The article states that Asian Americans consist of a minority percentage and the term “model minority” was coined to represent their statistics and distinguish them from the average Americans. A wide range of Asian Americans exists. They include Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Indian. Some Asian Americans identify themselves with their country of origin. They accord themselves identities such as Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Japanese and Korean. Americans of Chinese and Filipino lineage are the largest groups among the Asian Americans. Indians, Koreans, Vietnamese and Japanese closely follow them.
From the article, it is important to note that some Asian Americans have a deep-rooted history more than the average Americans do and the number has grown in seven-fold since 1970. Initially, Asian Americans comprised of Japanese, Chinese and Filipinos. Over the years, most Asian Americans have invested heavily in the U.S economy in terms of skilled labor and politically. Most Asian Americans have intermarriage and sired and therefore the issue of integration is not really a top priority for the majority.
Asian American is a society that incorporates both the U.S origins and the immigrants from Asia. Some public officials have stereotyped all Asian Americans as white. While some Asian Americans have been uncomfortable with the stereotyping, arguing that being labeled ‘white’ is equal to trading their ethnicity, a majority of them are fast adapting to the assumption. “White” has less to do with biology, rather, is a title accorded to the affluent and the privileged. Therefore, a majority of non-whites aspire to becoming ‘white’ as a symbol status. Many have argued that the stereotyping is one way of integrating the Asian Americans in the society in the spirit of according equality to all.