Asian Culture

Abstract

There are millions of Asians that have immigrated to the United States. But we find many Asians over there that have a very difficult time adjusting to and adapting to the American culture. No matter for how long they have been staying there or how many generations of their families have been the United States, integrating the Asian culture into the American culture is not easy and almost not possible. This is the reason that Asian Americans have issues in adjusting to the American culture.

There are many Asians over there who feel frustrated and depressed and upset in trying to and getting used to living in the United States. Most of the time, these Asians have no job skills and don't know the English language which becomes a barrier for them to fine good jobs over there. This is most common among Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian immigrants who don't have very high levels of socio economic achievements and so, they are more at a risk of having a difficult time in adjusting to the American society.

Table of Contents

Introduction4

Discussion4

Asian American History4

Origins of Asian Americans8

Issues that Asians Face in Adjusting to the American Life9

Conclusion11

References13

Introduction

United States of America is a country that has many immigrants from various countries and different backgrounds. The people in America live in a diverse society, but still the culture over there is that of Anglo-Saxon culture which is the normal culture and which is expected to be adopted. People who come from Asia or the Asian immigrants are the ones who face most of the challenges when they arrive in the United States of America because of the various differences in culture that are found there. The Asian culture, in spite of the exact ethnic group of the Asian, is completely different from the Anglo-Saxon culture. This difference is very clear and leaves no chance for doubt. The dress and apparel, languages, the mental and physical characteristics of the two groups are so diverse and different that there is no doubt about the differences. And because of these various differences based on languages, culture, ethnicity, religion, etc, there are many Asians in the United states who are having many problems in adjusting to the culture of America.

Discussion

Asian American History

Gold Rush

Initially when the Asians started to arrive in the United States of America, they (usually the Chinese) were welcomed or at least tolerated. The California gold rush, in which gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848, gave way to more than forty thousand prospectors to California within the period of two years. Although only few of them were lucky enough to get rich, their presence had a huge hand in contributing positively to the economic growth. Agriculture, industry, commerce, almost all sectors began to grow quickly by trying to meet the needs of the settlers. Mining also became a proper business as big corporations began to set up in place of individual prospectors and complex organization of state governemet was formed.  (Fernandez, ...