AAS Perspectives Quiz 2

5 significant stereotypical media portrayals of Asian Americans

1. perpetual foreigner

2. mysterious

3. exotic

4. arm candy for white males

5. invisible

stereotypes

cognitions about people based on their categorization into an identifiable group

prejudice

a bias against or in favor of a group of people based on that group’s categorization

discrimination

behavior toward people based on their categorization

racism

the institutionalized mistreatment of people based on their classification in a racial/ethnic group on the downside of power

American Heritage Dictionary definition of exotic

1. from another part of the world; not indigenous; foreigner

2. having the charm of the unfamiliar; strikingly and intriguingly unusual or beautiful

suicide is the __ leading cause of death in the U.S.

10th

the first leading cause of death among Asian American young adults aged 15-24

suicide

According to Noor-Oshiro’s article in The Conversation, how many national studies are targeting Asian American mental health?

one

What percent of all Americans are projected to be of immigrant origin according to Noor-Oshiro?

36%

Why would reversing racism not undo disparities in health outcomes such as suicide?

White supremacy runs so deep in America, and assimilation is “traumagenic”

What does it mean for assimilation to be “traumagenic”?

The traumatic exposures of racist & xenophobic violence and discrimination have power to disrupt one’s psych & physio functioning & can alter genetic code for generations to come (epigenetics; intergenerational trauma)