AsiansinthePromisedLand要點知識課件

AsiansinthePromisedLand要點知識課件MainideaThepassageisaboutthelivingconditionofAsiansinthePromisedLand—USA.Theywereinanisolatedandhelplessstate,singlesoutforresentment.ForthoseAsian-Americans,culturecrisisandidentitycrisisarealsoalarming.Butwhateverhappen,thebloodflowinginthevesselsofAsian-AmericansareforeverpartlysameastheirAsianancestor,whichtheyshouldneverforget.Mainpoints1.theLosAngelesriots洛杉磯騷亂Asian-Americansbecameconsciousofthedefenders'isolatedattitudedilemma:formanyofthem,Americaishome,buttheriotsrepresentedanassaultontheirfaith2.Allthevices:Asian-AmericansembodiedtheAmericanDreamofhardwork,thriftandsuccess,beseenasthe"modelminority",buttheyrebelagainstitasanotherinsidiousstereotype.3.Hardwork:Asian-Americansarebecoming"legalistic"Thepulloftwoculturescancreateanidentitycrisis.YoungpeoplesearchforauthenticAsianness.don'tfeelacceptedasanAsianfromthemotherland——theydon'tknowtheirculture,bythewhiteAmericancultureeither.4.Racialslurs:Hurdlesofskincolor.ThefactisthatAsian-AmericanslikeKoreansstrikeoutontheirownbecausetheyhavehitorafraidtheywillhita"glassceiling"(ainvisiblebarrierforpromotion).streetgangs5.Martyrs:Asian-AmericansandAfrican-Americansaresimilarinsomesufferingarea.ButAsian-Americanshaveaneasiertimeshruggingoffdiscrimination.6.Creditclubs:ManyAsiancommunitiessurvivedinUSAbucauseofwitsandfamilyconnections.Buttheylackofalargersenseofunity.ThethingthatunitesAsian-AmericansofdifferentethnicitiesisnotbeingAsian——it'sbeingAmerican.It'sthesensationofbeingdifferentinAmericanthatisthecommonground.AftertheL.Ariots,theybegantoseethemselvesintermsoftheirbonds,nottheirdifferences.Astimeandgenerationspass,groupstendtomeldmoreeasilyintooneanother,andintoAme