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Financial Crisis East Asia
1,323 words... d up. "This financial crisis will probably lead to loss of confidence by investors in Thailand's economy and a slow down and then a slump would ensue", she predicted. Unemployment. Unemployment is already a problem, concentrated for the moment in urban areas, and affecting both skilled and unskilled workers in Asia. It is expected that in Thailand an estimated 900, 000 workers will have lost their jobs by the end of 1999; in Indonesia, it is estimated that unemployment may have increased by ...
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Racial And Ethnic Asian Americans
988 wordsThe question of how people of different races and ethnicities interact in America has gripped this nation from its infancy. American society has long been a "cultural melting pot, " integrating people from all racial and ethnic backgrounds. Although the nation's history has been checkered on the process of successfully integrating people from all racial and ethnic backgrounds, Americans can feel proud of the many positive actions that have been taken to bring fairness and equality to all people....
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Why The Joy Luck Club Sucks
1,106 words... e portrayed in a better light than the Chinese men in the movie. I don't think there was a fourth husband. In the one unbelievable relationship with the lone Chinese husband, one daughter splits all expenses 50 - 50 with her future husband even though he earns 7 times her salary! She even ends up marrying the tight bastard. Now tell me, is that reality? Did she really believe he loved her? Did she really love him? Would any modern Chinese woman be that stupid? I don't think so. Let's see wha...
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Asian Americans As Model Minorities
623 wordsFor 20 years, Asian Americans have been portrayed by the press and the media as a successful minority. Asian Americans are believed to benefit from astounding achievements in education, rising occupational statuses, increasing income, and are problem-fee in mental health and crime. The idea of Asian Americans as a model minority has become the central theme in media portrayal of Asian Americans since the middle 1960 s. The term model minority is given to a minority group that exhibits middle cla...
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Values And Norms Domestic Violence
1,930 wordsKorean Domestic Violence A 48 -year old Korean woman, mother of two sons, has been living in Los Angeles for seven years now. On the evening of July 15, 1997, her husband comes home late at night from his financially shaky liquor store in East LA. He is tired and frustrated from the deception of an American dream once promised to him eight years ago. A small negative remark by the Korean woman causes the husband to unleash several strikes to her face with his open hand. She sustains several brui...
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Days A Week Place To Live
1,752 wordsBeing the biggest continent in the world, Asia contains about 60 % of the worlds population and growing each year. Though China, and India are two of the most populated countries in the world, having about 30 % of the worlds population, there are about two-fifths of the countries that have less than five million habitant's. Though forty-two different countries make up this great continent, much of the similarities are family values. Customs and traditions might be different, however, western ide...
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Hong Kong Asian Americans
1,743 words... is the case, Asian Americans still occupy only a tiny portion of the welfare rolls. They make up just 2 % of the 13. 6 million who receive the governments Aid to Families with Dependent Children. However, they do somewhat live up to the idea because: immigrants from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Philippines, and South Korea make up 11 % of all physicians and 7 % of all scientists and engineers in the U. S. , though they account for less than 3 % of the population. They help raise the median ...
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Joy Luck Club Internment Camps
1,917 wordsWith the recent attacks on the United States by terrorists, many Americans have been experiencing feelings of fear, sadness and tremendous anger. With Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban being held responsible, many of Middle-Eastern descent have been experiencing great prejudice and discrimination and are being stereotyped as terrorists. These types of feelings are very prevalent in American society today. Similarly, though not widely as discussed, Japanese-Americans have felt these feelings direct...
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Tele Novellas Asian Novellas Actors
458 wordsAsian novellas are what's in these days. They are shown on almost every local TV Channel, sold on DVD and VCD in stores to sidewalks. What do these Asian-novellas have that make them very popular to us Filipinos? Why do Filipinos love Asian Drama? As a watcher of Asian novellas myself, I have seen that it is easy for us Filipinos to relate and appreciate these Asian novellas because these are shows played by actors who are our co-Asians. Watching Asian actors give us a sense of being at home. Fi...
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Currency Crisis East Asia
681 wordsAsian Currency Crisis Nowadays political and economical changes have global significance though they have been started as regional ones. It is due to the globalization of our lifes process with the development of technical progress. Some events may cause serious damage to the world if certain measures will not be taken. It goes without saying that market dictates its terms to the state, banks and policy. But the processes in one country or region are closely connected with changes in others. In ...
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Women In America Status Of Women
1,897 wordsA Comparison of the Status of Women within Two Ethnic Groups It is not a secret that throughout the history women suffered an underprivileged social status. This particularly applies to Muslim society, where even up to this day women are often thought of as having no soul. With the change of American immigration policy in sixties, the people of predominantly non-White origins started to pour into this country, thus contributing to the creation of multicultural society that we immensely enjoy now...
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Sense Of Community Groups Of People
2,327 wordsBenefits of modern technology become available sooner or later to the majority of population. The electronic products of all kinds, as well as the technological advancement in medicine, are initially available only to the richest individuals in society, but with time, the latest innovations spread to the rest of the population fairly quickly (Kitahara 91). For instance, some items like automobiles or televisions are now available to practically everyone both poor and rich. This is what we call, ...
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Knight Ridder Tribune U S Steel
2,954 wordsForeign Dumping Of Steel INTRODUCTION Foreign steel producers plague the U. S. steel industry with unfair competitive practices. This practice is referred to as dumping. Dumping of foreign steel has been a problem throughout the history of the U. S. steel industry. In the 1990 s dumping has become more of a problem, due to the breakdown of the Russian economy and its transition from Capitalism to a free-market economy. According to Microsoft Encarta 98 (1998), Free-Market Economy, is an economic...
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Law Enforcement Officials Social And Political
2,257 wordsLets say youre by yourself on the subway in New York City. You get on and its not that crowded, theres a bunch of open seats. As you look around, you notice that the car is filled with mainly high school aged kids, mostly boys. On one side there is a spot next to a bunch of African Americans, on the other side its a posse of Asians. Okay, so where are you going to sit? Next to the Asians I bet. What if it was Latinos instead of Blacks, chances are you would still say youd go towards the Asians a...
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Socio Economic Status Alcohol Related Problems
4,421 wordsIntroduction The focus of this paper is alcoholism. The aspects that will be examined in the following pages are the biology of alcoholism, and the genetic basis determining that alcoholism is a hereditary disease. Clarification of the phases of alcoholism as well as possible explanations of the nature of the disease will be offered. Examination of studies concerning biological markers associated with alcoholism and advanced animal testing will allow further understanding of alcoholism and relat...
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Joy Luck Club Short Story Quot
1,757 wordsIt is true that all people are created different, and thus no two cultures will ever be the same. Throughout Asian American literature there seems to be a struggle between the Asian culture and American culture. More specifically, there is a struggle between Asian women and their Asian American daughters, and what it means to be feminine, and how a woman should act. The main struggle is between how the American woman should act and how the Asian woman should act. However, the behavior of the Asi...
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Academic Achievements Fifth Grade
1,221 wordsAsian students perform better academically than U. S. students throughout the entire school year. In order to prove that Asian students do perform better, Harold W. Stevenson and his colleagues proposed a series of large cross-national studies, beginning 1980. Stevenson discussed his studies in the article Learning from Asian Schools. The studies compared Chinese, Japanese, and American children who sampled from first grade and fifth grade classrooms in elementary schools in Minneapolis, Chicago...
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Asian Americans American Literature
1,021 wordsA Lifetime of Journeys Journey is an important theme found in Asian American works. Although journey, by travel from one place to another is a common form of journey, the journey through life in search of success is also an important theme. In Asian American Literature, an anthology by Shawn Wong, who has been recognized for his works of published poetry, fiction, essays, and reviews there are many references to journeys. Why does journey play such an important part of the lives of Asian America...
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Institutional Racism Conflict Theorists
1,599 wordsEssay 1, pt. 1 Race relations are an ever prominent issue in American society. Controversies focusing around race are a commonly seen smeared across the front page of the newspaper or headlining on the evening news. The opposition is usually between a minority group and The Man, a colloquialism used by many Blacks to refer to the overwhelming power stemming from white racist tendencies. This racial tension can sometimes can cause the oppressed to band together against the oppressor. Many times, ...
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Asian Women Financial Crisis
1,079 wordsRise in the Context of Globalization We have stepped into the age of globalization. Like anything new, globalization is double-sided. On the one hand, globalization is brewing new changes so fast in so many fields that many challenges and opportunities are presented to us. On the other hand, instead of spreading wealth around, globalization and its current macro-economic policies have brought Asian countries a strong negative impact, such as the financial crisis and unemployment. The Asian woman...
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