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Political Identities & The Media

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Recent DNA discoveries help undermine the myth that race is biological. However, societies and governments continue to politicize and categorize groups based on race. American society, culture, and government promise life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all Americans, but far too often the ôAmerican Dreamö is inaccessible to many based on institutionally reinforced limitations stemming from race. Within the Asian American community, political identities were collectively formulated for Asian Americans who in their own countries maintained a distinct identity. As Fung explains, ôHere, they were all branded with the mark orientalö (162).

Such stereotypes and categorizations have a significant impact on minorities living in a mainstream culture that is dominant in terms of politics, economics, education, and institutions like law enforcement and the media. When crises like WWII occur, such stereotypes are used to oppress minorities who are deemed a ôthreatö to national interest or social stability. However, such stereotypes are often perpetuated in the media in times of crisis or non-crisis. In childrenÆs books, educational curricula, and the media, negative stereotypes often form images of minority cultures in the minds of mainstream culture that impact both. In Who Am I? we see the stereotypes of Asian Americans as the arch-villain like Fu Manchu or the specialist or scientific-minded Asian like Charlie Chan. Such stereotype

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