Asian American Psychological Experience

Asian American Psychological Experience Abstract

The theme of this is to discuss the areas , effect , impact influence and thinking of mix-raced individuals and their battle for self identity despite from all their different cultures and beliefs . It also aims to educate people and explore the ideas of being mix-raced

To give more explanation to the , an insight of Eric Liu 's book `The Accidental Asian : Notes of a Native Speaker ' and other studies are also stated in this documentation

Introduction

It is said that citizenship can be recognized from the

birthplace of a person or through its personal appearance but nowadays , it 's no longer enough . Even though there are some people who prefer to marry someone their own race , there are also some who marry people from different countries which results for having siblings growing up with different cultures like American-Chinese and more . Mix-race ' is a phrase for people who have two or more race in their blood . In this , we will go and understand the world of having multiple racial identities , see their different view , know their different problems in society , health and individuality

Identity

In an article of Pearl Fuyo Gaskins of the San Francisco Chronicle entitled In the Mix , she stated that she was once asked for her citizenship in a tone of What are you ? Chinese or Something ' The question of What are you ' triggered her tought . Most mixed-raced person had an encounter of this kind of question once people notice their physical appearance[1] . Having a friend who is also a Filipino-American , I also asked her that same question because of curiosity . Although a question like that is not is never meant to be offensive , it still brings out a racial matter about the true identity of an individual

Having the best of both worlds , some say . A combination of rich culture and different traditions in their veins makes a person learn more about being flexible to adopt in different situations . In some aspect as well their mixed blood caused social anxiety that brings them the fear of being negatively evaluated and sometimes neglected [2]

Mixed-race , mixed skin , mixed emotion , and mixed identity rolled in one person . As they mature , these people realize the good and bad side of their unique identity inherited from their parents . Racial discrimination is a big issue that remains unsolved in today 's world The lack of work on eradicating racial discrimination leads to constant confrontations between the pure races and the mixed-races . Despite from all issues , mix-raced people strive hard to find their way to identity resolution and belongingness

Group Relationships

Even though fair treatment is a campaign worldwide , it is still one of the big problems that we all face . Mixe-raced or pure , unfair treatments is an issue at home , office , schools and other places that truly brings an imprint of trauma to someone 's heart resulting to social division of people according to their race . The influence and impact of this issue causes people...