An Analysis Of Asian Superiority By Ronald Takaki And Growing Up Asian In America

‘The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority’ by Ronald Takaki and ‘Growing up Asian in America’ by Kesaya E. Noda are both essays that depict the state of Asian immigrants in America. The authors are both Asian Americans themselves and their words bear fruit from a lifetime of personal experiences of being a viewed upon as an alien in their own land.
Ronald Takaki was Japanese- American whose forefathers had immigrated to Hawaii to work in the sugar plantations. Having grown up in Hawaii among other Asian Americans and Hawaii Islanders, Robert never felt out of place. Why would he? He always blended in. It wasn’t until Robert moved to Ohio to attend college that he realized the truth behind how he looked. He was one of only two Asian

Both were exposed to various stereotypes and write on how the stereotypes are time again permeated across societies. Asian Americans are viewed as the ‘Model Minority’. Asian Americans have high rates of admission into institutions of higher education, low rates of drop outs and also higher grades across all groups. Asian Americans also have higher average annual incomes than other groups. Asian Americans also figure lower in crime rates. Their also hold very low poverty rates. All these figures have led to Asian Americans being touted as the Model

He had talked with me many times about Chinese culture and was interested and fascinated in my upbringing. When he returned, he told me how surprised he was to see all the things we had talked about first hand. He was surprised to see the level of economic growth, from things as simple as the size and number of the skyscrapers being built in the large cities he visited like Beijing or Shanghai, to the scale of the Chinese train stations and transportation systems being built. He told me that despite all the conversations, he was still shocked when he saw this with his own eyes. He told me that he gained a new appreciation for the struggles of the Chinese people, the scale of the challenges which exist in this country, and the sheer scope of the potential of my country. He told me that one of the most surprising things he learned was when he was speaking with a Chinese co-worker in Beijing, and learned from him that the revolution in China in 1949 which ushered in the era of communism by Chairman Mao is referred to by Chinese people as the Liberation of China. It was shocking for a westerner like him to hear about Communism being referred to in a positive light. All his life, he grew up with the assumption that democracy was the best, and Communism was