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Film and the Shaping of Stereotypes

the Bruce Lee craze of the 1970s created a new stereotype of the Asian man: namely, the martial artist, which still permeates in H...

The Dominican Republic and Asian Status

be wise and benevolent at times, but at other times it became clear that he was "a tyrant bent upon retaining the Dominican Republ...

Asian Tigers and Theories of Dependency, Mercantilism, and Economic Liberalism

is the inherent relationship between dependency theory and mercantilism by the blatant progression of strong nations at the comple...

Christianity Models

the universal models there are ideas of the way that good will reveal the good news, before death or after death at either immedia...

Asian Footwear and Development of a New Product

What is not so obvious is that it is also a hot market for sport footwear. Adidas for example reported a 22% increase in Asia, in...

Comparing Two Regional World Civilizations

differences. In respect to the Islamic and Asian societies that sprang up, these occurred largely by 1000 B.C. (Roberts, 1993). ...

Martial Arts' Overview

such practice that date as far back as 1066-256 B.C. during the Zhou dynasty (Short History of Chinese Martial Arts, 2005). Wit...

IMF and Malaysia

government set up an asset-management company to deal with the worst cases (The Economist, 2003). That was in May, by August, the ...

Asian Economic Recovery

and recession moved into the nations of ASEAN, Singapore was set to exceed the per capita GDP of Great Britain. When economic exp...

Comparison of Minfong Ho's Rice Without Rain and The Clay Marble

no more than family consists solely on bloodlines. After Dara hopefully remarks, "I heard a cowbell" (Ho 3) that to her means som...

United Kingdom and How to Meet Asian Housing Needs

is genuine and stills exist and how, despite government polices which focus on nuclear families, there have been some projects whi...

An Examination of Asian Family and Culture

that makes it quite different from Western societies, is that the family is not considered part of an individual society. Families...

Portrayal of Asian Women as Whores in Miss Saigon

babies, which it did not do after World War II. However, even in this, the message is that America saves the day, while Vietnam r...

Economics and Trade Liberalization

Obviously, much of this process will depend on the extent to which trade barriers,...

Martial Arts and Screen Legend Bruce Lee

in Hollywood features he decided to pack up his wife Linda and two young children and move to Hong Kong, where his ambitions would...

Depiction of Asian Americans

(Benshoff and Griffin 132). A voiceover at the beginning of the film explains that because of this law, 1940s Chinatown was exclus...

Positive and Negative Aspects of Globalization

true that there are still numerous problems, injustices and inequalities that stem largely from the greed and self-interest of the...

Statistics of Decision Making

control is the means by which manufacturers achieve that end. Probability can add a measure of confidence to decision making that...

United Kingdom's Asian Community Housing Needs

was and is true in all areas of housing, from social housing and private rented areas to more affluent privately owned up market a...

Asians As They Are Depicted in The Legend of Miss Sasagawara by Hisaye Yamamoto and Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn

the mid-80s, and concentrates on the chaotic Seventies, in which martial law was firmly in place. Perhaps the books most memorabl...

Vietnam Investment

well to take a broad perspective not only on the countrys recent economic development but also the constraints which might affect ...

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

to the twenty-first century reader somewhat of an ordeal to read through the entire volume. The author for example talks about nin...

New York City and Asian American High School Students

Asians account for only 13 percent of the high school student population but they account for a disproportionately large percentag...

Eat Drink Man Woman, To Live, and Survival of the Asian Family

This begins to change with the comment, "I have an announcement to make." Whatever follows is guaranteed to prompt anger and trial...

Contemporary Melting Pot and America

the great melting pot that is the United States. They will no longer be seen as outsiders, but an integral part of the society of ...

From Ellis Island to JFK by Nancy Foner, Asians, and Hispanics

from South America and Mexico are not the same. They possess different traditions, religions, social practices and are in essence,...

Analysis of African American Civil Rights and Women's Equal Rights Struggles

ready to go in order to defend their inherent rights as human beings. That particular incident was not the first encounter Parks ...

Minority Police Officers - Are More of Them Needed?

diversity in the police department in a town with a combined minority rate close to 50 percent continues to plague city officials,...

Growth of Asia Versus Latin American and African Growth

or mismanaged economically, such as was the case in Eastern Europe when it suffered under communist regimes, this process is frust...

Asian Market and the Entrance of Mary Kay Cosmetics

had less to spend on cosmetics; potential customers in Japan had more than anyone. Chinas growth was uneven but dramatic, bringin...