Hello world! This week I finished up my internship and it was amazing! I knew that I wouldn't miss it at all because that is where I will be spending the next four years of my life. I'm so grateful to have found my home through this internship. So this week has been about doing the social analysis and formulating possible solutions for my research questions. Stereotypes permeate every aspect of our lives and especially in casting Asian Americans. But the stereotype that is causing the most harm is the "model minority" stereotype. Many Asians do come to America to find a better life and many of those people are highly educated and push their children to also be highly educated. But many Asians who come to America live near or below the poverty line. They do not fit into the "model minority" stereotype even thought they want their children to be successful. Even the people who do fit into the "model minority" mold do not want to characterized as one dimensional, academically driven robots who care about nothing else. I love the arts and so do many other Asians but we are not afforded that opportunity because of this stereotype and because we were never exposed to it.
Congratulations on finishing your internship! It's great that you figured out where you want to spend the next four years of your life.
ReplyDeleteI'm so proud of you Vaibu! You seem to have come a long way from the start of your internship!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Vaibu! I'm sure you're very proud of everything you've accomplished there!
ReplyDeleteHey Vaibu! First of all, congratulations!! I have found your entire senior project very interesting and you have made very interesting and serious points. I have also realized even if Asians were casted, the stereotypes are carried with them. (nerdy, anti-social, etc.) Do you think people are starting to recognize this and change how they depict races in the media?
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