The smart Asian stereotype is a prime example of a positive, racial stereotype. The assumption that “all Asian Americans are smart” seems like an uplifting compliment, but in reality creates a disturbing, distorted perception of the Asian American community that does more harm than good. Tiffany from Bunk’d is one of the most exaggerated, most spot-on embodiments of this stereotype. How do I know this? Well, all of the jokes written in the show for her are about her obsession with academics, or her fear of her tiger mom that generates her drive to be book-smart, the fact that she’s only academically intelligent but lacks socially/emotionally intelligence, and lastly— I was the one who played her on TV. As an 11 year old actress just starting to make my way into the film industry in 2016, I was pretty clueless to the repercussions that taking on the role would have to the entire Asian American community. Looking b...
Scholarly source: https://link-springer-com.libproxy2.usc.edu/book/10.1007/978-3-319-54509-7 Narrative anecdote: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/10/03/mother-sues-hospital-for-discrimination-after-staff-kept-calling-her-transgender-son-a-girl/ News Source: https://www.npr.org/2021/05/10/995418963/u-s-will-protect-gay-and-transgender-people-against-discrimination-in-health-car Quotation from an expert: https://asistdl-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.libproxy1.usc.edu/doi/full/10.1002/pra2.468 A statistic: https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/josi.12235 I believe all of these articles will be helpful in my essay— not only do they demonstrate how people of the LGBTQ+ community have been discriminated in the past through examples and statistics, some even offer solutions as to how we can work towards eliminating this discrimination in the future.
One of my sources for this essay is a link from NBC news. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/l-groups-commemorate-1871-massacre-killed-10-citys-chinese-community-rcna3617 I believe this article is a reliable source because NBC is an official news outlet that is nationally recognized. The article also cites important and knowledgeable figures on the topic, such as Karen Umemoto, the director of the Asian American studies center at UCLA, and a college professor who is also producer of a podcast on the subject. I would definetly recommend this article to my classmates because it not only gives a good summary of the events that occured/brief history of what happened, it also cites quotes from notable figures. Works Cited: “L.A. Groups Commemorate 1871 Massacre That Killed 10% of City's Chinese Community.” NBCNews.com , NBCUniversal News Group, 23 Oct. 2021, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/l-groups-commemorat...
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