Perceptions of Aisian American Students: Stereotypes and Effects

Perceptions of Aisian American Students: Stereotypes and Effects

How Asian American students in America perceived by fellow American students, and what are the effects of these false racial discriminations? Qin Zhang has created a study on how the media has portrayed Asian American students. To represent what this study has shown, "Asian American students are most likely perceived as academic overachievers and nerds lacking appropriate social and communication skills" (Zhang parag. 2). Due to what is concentrated on the study, most Americans are less likely to start off a friendship with an Asian student on a first encounter. This definitely should not be the case, because no one should be judging someone else, especially on an initial encounter, when someone has not even gotten an opportunity to meet another person yet. The effects of discrimination to this particular group, or any racial group, can lead to psychological, emotional and even social costs. In additional, it can prevent them from other things like joining clubs, receiving certain career opportunities, and much more.  Why should someone suffer based off of someone else’s lack of sense to see truth behind someone else, or due to someone’s inability to create their own perspective based on their own thoughts, rather than following the media? Serious cases of depression, anxiety, and even many feelings of loneliness may occur to those Asian American students who are deeply affected by stereotypes against them. Next time someone sees a person who they don’t perceive as similar, the should go talk to then and start a friendship, rather than listening to what the media has to say about that person.

Cites Used for This Blog:
https://www.natcom.org/CommCurrentsArticle.aspx?id=963