... are known for having the safest streets, the best educational systems, and the most stable families in the world (Reid 227). The East Asian countries manage to maintain minimal rates of violent crime, property crime, and drug use. They keep the distribution of wealth and opportunity equal. ... in the classrooms. Reid says that while his children attended Japanese public schools, "they were taught to be little Confucians," (Reid 129). All Asian public schools devote tremendous effort, time and energy into the teaching of moral lessons. Specifically they learned community virtues, proper so...

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... made a mistake, I didn't hesitate to speak to the teacher after class. Throughout junior high school, I had to "negotiate between traditional values and the customs of American teenagers (Grijalva 48)." I made many White friends and in a way, acted like them. I engaged in their activities and also asked my parents to buy me ... in my high school were divided. That is, people of different races generally associated themselves only with others of their own race. Cliques of Asian teenagers formed. White teenagers also made their own groups. Not only did Asians and Whites form groups exclusi...

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... those children will learn to deal with frustration in a different manner. In my personal opinion, I believe that nurture is stronger than nature. If an American child is born and raised in Africa with a home life focused on African values and culture than they will have values commonly seen in African cultures ... rather than those seen in American cultures. I also believe that if a child is born and raised in America but have a home life consistent in the values of a different culture ... they will then have whichever values those were. If an Asian Indian child is born in America and r...

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... . I had twenty surveys to hand out. I surveyed thirteen males and seven females all-varying in race. I surveyed five different races: African American, Latino, Caucasian, Asian American, Middle Eastern, and Indian. I surveyed twenty five percent African Americans, twenty five percent Caucasians, fifteen percent Asian Americans, twenty percent Latinos and fifteen percent were of other races. None of the people I asked refused to take the survey ... ...

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... veterans, women, and the children of alumni of many universities. Because affirmative action gives preferences to certain races, then there is nothing more to work hard for. People: White, Black, Asian, Spanish, and many other races, have all worked very hard to get to where they are. Just because one is male, or just because one is white doesn't mean one ... they are qualified to get into colleges. According to Stephen Thernstrom from Yale University, the average black student's SAT scores were 300 points below the average of those white and Asian students who were accepted into colleg...

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... favor political independence over affiliation with any party. While inter-generational differences complicate relations between young and old people of all races, in recent years the conflicting attitudes of African-American youth and elders have often interacted with explosive results. Older blacks often complain of younger blacks' outlook on social values, clothing, hair, music, lifestyle, family, race and ... Vatican II Catholics and 45 percent of post-Vatican II Catholics." Although birth cohort is not the only factor separating American Catholics, it appears to be a stronger facto...

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... up, those are family's that are comprised of two parents of the same sex, and single parent family's both are becoming more prevalent in American culture. Family values, family values can and do vary from one family to the next. Some of the basic family values are, education, individualism ... , religion, and freedom. Education is highly valued in American culture; children are told when they are very young that education is the key to future success in life. Without education one could not ... religion they may not have the same values. Freedom is another value that Americans pride the...

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... visible trait or characteristic. A person may speak with an accent, dress in a certain manner, or have a certain skin tone. An example would be an Asian's eyes or the African Americans skin color. Without these characteristics the rest of society could not differentiate between themselves and the minority. Having these "markers" to look ... for helps the dominant group to carry out the unequal treatment given to the minority. For example, we can usually tell a person from African American decent from a person of Caucasian decent. During World War 2 Jewish people had to wear a yellow star...

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... road, the night market already started. Vendors yelled in their own dialects of Mandarin and people gathered at different booth to buy the food they wanted. As the article "Asian American youth culture is coming of age in 'the 626'" describes, "Plumes of smoke from roasting lamb skewers curl into the night air. Crowds jostle past fermented tofu stands ... ...

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... of the movie Walt saves Sue from a group of guys that were trying to take advantage of her. As he's taking her home he makes the statement "I thought you Asian girls were supposed to be smart." This is a stereotype that applies to most all Asians. In our society we make judgments based on a few people of a particular race and ... apply it to every person in that category. The Hmong people in the neighborhood hold onto their traditions but they have assimilated into the American culture. They wear the same clothes as the majority but yet are still treated differently as minorities of soc...

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... out all the different circumstances.   Another very important value of mine would be my ethnicity. Ethnicity is very important for it describes me. Due to the fact that I am born Asian American, I was brought up to what I am today. It is very stereotypical where people think that Asians are smart people and because of this belief, there is always the pressure of ... ...

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... to know what is meant by social location. One's social location is a sum total of statuses that the person presently is (lecture 9/17). For example, I am a fairly well educated freshman, Asian-American, young man. Though this is not a complete representation of my social location, it will suffice as an example by which the reader can identify. A large part of a person's social location ... ...

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... different experiences, which is determined largely by the differences of cultures. Different child rearing practices affect that culture's people. The reading pointed out that Asian cultures place more emphasis on school and hard work than does North American culture. It also said that this might help explain why Japanese and Taiwanese children get higher scores on mathematic achievement tests. Throughout high school ... ...

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