Balancing

americanisan

TwoWorlds

Definition

Map of Asia

[Model Minority Myth]

Model Minority Myth1. Asian Americans have superior academic achievement

Model Minority MythII. Asian American students are born smart, especially in mathematics and science

Model Minority MythIII. Asian American students are trouble-free kids

Model Minority MythIV. All Asian families and cultures highly value education

Model Minority MythV. Asians/Asian Americans do not suffer racial discrimination like other people of color

[Model Minority Myth]Critique

Leah Lee[case study]

1: Ethnic Awareness2: White Identification

3: Awakening to Social Political Consciousness4: Redirection to an Asian American Consciousness

5: Incorporation

Leah Lee[Kim AAID]

1: Acceptance of the Identity Society Assigns2: Identification with Both Racial Groups

3: Identification with a Single Racial Group4: Identification as a New Racial Group

Leah Lee[Root]

1: Ethnic Awareness2: White Identification

3: Identification with Both Racial Groups

Leah Lee[Kim+Root]

[Face Activity]

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Aly Rahim[case study]

Aly Rahim[Helms]

1: Conformity (Pre-encounter)2: Dissonance (Encounter)

3: Immersion4: Emersion

5. Internalization6. Integrative Awareness

Aly Rahim[Kim AAID]1: Ethnic Awareness

2: White Identification3: Awakening to Social Political Consciousness

4: Redirection to an Asian American Consciousness5: Incorporation

ASIA QUIZ

Q#1Asia is the largest continent by landmass and human population with the total area being larger than the land area of the moon...

...True or False

Q#1Asia is the largest continent, covering ~1/3 of the world’s total land area. It’s people account for ~3/5 of the world’s population.

...True

Q#2Asia is home to the highest point on Earth, but not the lowest point on the Earth’s surface...

...True or False

Q#2Asia has both the lowest and highest points: Mount Everest (+29,028 ft) and the shore of the Dead Sea (-1296 ft)

...False

Q#3Below are the national flags of:South Korea (left) and North Korea (right)...

...True or False

Q#3South Korea

...FalsePhilippines North Korea

Q#4Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949...

...True or False

Q#4On October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao proclaimed the People’s Republic of China

...True

Q#5The following pictures represent the described ethnic groups’ traditional clothing, respectively...

...True or False

Korean Tibetan Japanese

Q#5...False

KoreanJapanese

Q#6Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is also called the “Lion-City”...

...True or False

Q#6The English language name “Singapore,” comes from “Malay Singapura,” which means “Lion-City”

...True

Q#7Angkor, one of the most important UNESCO World Heritage Sites, is located in Bangladesh...

...True or False

Q#7Angkor is located in Cambodia

...False

Q#8Pho (left) is Vietnamese, and Yukgaejang (right) is Korean...

...True or False

Q#8Yummy!

...True

Q#9Except Pikachu, the other two cartoon characters are Japanese...

...True or False

Hello Kitty Doraemon Pikachu

Q#9All of them are Japanese cartoons

...False

Q#10The highlighted countries correspond to the descriptions...

...True or False

Kazakhstan Pakistan India

Q#10...False

KazakhstanPakistan

Johnny Lee[case study]

Johnny Lee[Cross]

1: Pre-encounter2: Encounter

3: Immersion-Emersion4: Internalization

5: Internalization-Commitment

Johnny Lee[Cass]

1: Identity Confusion2: Identity Comparison

3: Identity Tolerance4: Identity Acceptance

5. Identity Pride6. Identity Synthesis

[Poster Activity]

[Questions?]