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Discussion 6 - Group 1

Discussion 6 - Group 1

Q Discussion Post minimum requirements • 400-500 words of substantive content • Use two quotes from the readings or outside sources (citations needed) • Due: April 22 at 11:59 PM Peer Responses minimum requirements • Post at least two responses, totaling about 400 words • Due: April 24 at 11:59 PM You will need to post your answer to one of the prompts below before seeing the posts of your classmates. This is to ensure that you will not be swayed by the opinions or responses of others in the class. PLEASE NOTE: Respond to a peer's post that is different from the topic of your initial post. So for example, if your initial post answers Prompt #1, you should respond to a peer's post that answers a different prompt number (e.g. #2-#8). ________________________________________ Select one discussion prompt from the following: 1. What is Chicanismo? Is Chicanismo similar to the Black Power ideology? Why or why not? 2. Why do women-headed Latinx families face a triple economic burden? 3. In what ways does The Noel hypothesis offer a useful way to analyze the contact situation that developed between Chinese and Anglo Americans in the mid-19th century? 4. What were the “doll studies” conducted by social psychologists Kenneth and Mamie Clark in the 1930s and 1940s? How does this study relate to the experiences of Asian American women? 5. The barriers to upward mobility for European immigrants fell away more rapidly than the barriers for immigrants from Asia. Why? 6. How are Asian Americans portrayed in U.S. media today? Are there certain stereotypes? Are these stereotypes damaging? 7. What are concrete ways an individual such as yourself can be an ally for Asian Americans who face racism and targeted violence?

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Asian Americans have suffered a great deal of discrimination even though they are considered to be in a better position than the African Americans. But its not that simple. Asian Americans are facing stereotypes from the beginning of their arrival in America and media plays an important role in promoting these stereotypes. Both Asian American men and women face these stereotypical comments and are often portrayed as weak in media especially women. Asian women are mostly portrayed as exotic and sexually objectified most of the time. According to Shaila Dewan, “