2008 Woodie Awards
Asian-Americans face discrimination
By: Christy Johnson
Issue date: 4/4/07 Section: Campus
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Minorities in the United States, and even at BGSU, have faced ridicule, resentment and cruelty which can not be justified.
The Asian American population in America is no exception, which was brought to light at the event, "Beyond Crouched Tigers and Hidden Dragons, Asian Americans in Academic Culture" held in room 201A in the Union.
At the event, presenters Errol Lam, library faculty and past professor of Asian American studies, and Perry Dal-nim Miller, graduate assistant in American culture studies, explained the ways that American ideologies have categorized Asian Americans as quiet, hypomasculine or hyperfemine and passive others.
When people try to understand stereotypes and why they hold onto those stereotypes, they must first look back at the oppressive nature that people in power placed upon those which they conquered.
The way that Asian Americans are perceived in American culture has been constructed by the media, government propaganda and unjustified fear.
Female Asians may be seen as hyperfemine, which means a person would be passive, and advertantly sexual. While male Asians may be seen as hypomasculine, which means a person would be feminine in nature and not as masculine as other males in society, Dal-nim Miller said.
On a recent episode of the view, Rosie O'Donnell made a racial slur regarding Asian people.
She was disrespectful in her tone as well as her word choice, said Dal-nim Miller. O'Donnell later gave an apology on the air, in which she claimed that while she was sorry, people should not be surprised if something like this came out of her mouth in the future.
If O'Donnell knew those slurs were offensive, and yet continued to say that she might in the future say something offensive, her apology is an empty one, said Dal-nim Miller.
"When we watched the part on Rosie O'Donnell, the way she used 'ching-chong,' that made me think of my own stereotypes and why I have them," said junior Mickey Sparrow.
The Asian American population in America is no exception, which was brought to light at the event, "Beyond Crouched Tigers and Hidden Dragons, Asian Americans in Academic Culture" held in room 201A in the Union.
At the event, presenters Errol Lam, library faculty and past professor of Asian American studies, and Perry Dal-nim Miller, graduate assistant in American culture studies, explained the ways that American ideologies have categorized Asian Americans as quiet, hypomasculine or hyperfemine and passive others.
When people try to understand stereotypes and why they hold onto those stereotypes, they must first look back at the oppressive nature that people in power placed upon those which they conquered.
The way that Asian Americans are perceived in American culture has been constructed by the media, government propaganda and unjustified fear.
Female Asians may be seen as hyperfemine, which means a person would be passive, and advertantly sexual. While male Asians may be seen as hypomasculine, which means a person would be feminine in nature and not as masculine as other males in society, Dal-nim Miller said.
On a recent episode of the view, Rosie O'Donnell made a racial slur regarding Asian people.
She was disrespectful in her tone as well as her word choice, said Dal-nim Miller. O'Donnell later gave an apology on the air, in which she claimed that while she was sorry, people should not be surprised if something like this came out of her mouth in the future.
If O'Donnell knew those slurs were offensive, and yet continued to say that she might in the future say something offensive, her apology is an empty one, said Dal-nim Miller.
"When we watched the part on Rosie O'Donnell, the way she used 'ching-chong,' that made me think of my own stereotypes and why I have them," said junior Mickey Sparrow.
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errol
posted 4/04/07 @ 7:17 AM EST
big up BG News and to christy johnson for the coverage and report on the 'beyond crouched tigers
and hidden dragons: asian americans in academic culture'
Michael Tang
posted 4/11/07 @ 3:41 AM EST
Yes, UNIFY! But first, let's see how a Chinese-American father reacts to his daughter bringing home a Filipino-American boyfriend. Or a Korean-American mother learning that her son wants to marry a Japanese-American man. (Continued…)
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