W5 Asian Americans

DO NOT EXCEED WORD COUNT

CITATIONS AND REFERENCES AT LEAST 4 REFERENCES INCLUDING  

Racial and Ethnic Diveristy in the USA

Author: Richard T. Schaefer

ISBN: 9781323070260

USE THE TWO CHAPTERS ATTACHED ALONG WITH OTHER SOURCES

Write a 800- to 1,050-word analysis on Asian-Americans. On many indicators of success, such as income and education, Asian-Americans, will a distinct minority, surpass Whites in America. Why is this?

Include the following:

• Cultural value of Asians toward education
• History of discrimination in the U.S.
• Similarities and differences between Asian values and the dominant American values
• Family
• Extended family behaviors
• Cultural values toward authority, both personal and institutional
• Respect of adults

Make sure to use the readings in your answer-it is a requirement.

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Week 5: SOC/262: Contemporary American Society: R5

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Asians and the Changing Nature of Diversity in America

• Aja, A., Bustillo, D., Darity Jr., W., & Hamilton, D. (2014). From a tangle of pathology to a race-fair America.Dissent, 61(3), 39-43.
• Bobo, L. D. (2011). Somewhere between Jim Crow & post-racialism: Reflections on the racial divide in America today. Daedalus, 140(2), 11-36.
• Georgescu, M. (2010). Psychoanalytic aspectsof ethnic identity. Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice, 2(2), 313-318.
• Hartlep, N. D. (2014). Asian (American) model minorities. Studies on Asia, 4(1), 1-6.
• Lee, J., & Bean, F. D. (2012). A postracial society or a diversity paradox? Du Bois Review, 9(2), 419-437.
• Treas, J., & Carreon, D. (2010). Diversity and our common future: Race, ethnicity, and the older American.Generations, 34(3), 38-44.

Publications

• The End of Diversity As We Know It : Why Diversity Efforts Fail and How Leveraging Difference Can Succeed

Multimedia

• Bill Moyers, (1988). Mixed-Race Identity (02:10) [Video file]. Films on Demand.
• Mary Ann Watson, (2013). Asian-Americans (02:15) [Video file]. Films on Demand.
• PBS, (2003). Future of Census (02:32) [Video file]. Films on Demand.