[4] the asian american stereotype.

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┊　         h e l l o :)

┊　         i'm back with a topic that hits close

✧.            to my heart.

disclaimer

this is based on my opinions and how i view

this stereotype. you may agree or disagree,

but please be respectful. if anything is seen

as offensive, i'm really sorry i wrote this with

honest intent. in no way am i saying this is

how everyone feels. again this is just how i

feel. thank you and enjoy!

   ᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛs.

   ᴵ       intro

   ᴵᴵ     the stereotype

    ᴵᴵᴵ   how it hurts

   ᴵᵛ     my struggle

     ᵛ       conclusion

❛ i n t r o ❜

         i'm an asian american high school

          student. unfortunately i have to deal

          with a very common stereotype that

         not everyone sees. unfortunately it's

          such a common stereotype that people

         confuse it to be a compliment. if you

          get where i'm coming from, you

          probably had to deal with this too.

         i'm talking about the "all asians are

          smart" stereotype.

❛ t h e s t e r e o t y p e ❜

        if you're not familiar with the stereotype

        it's basically the belief that all asians,

         especially east and south asian counties,

        are smart. you may think "oh that's not a

        bad thing", but you don't really know what

        this saying can do to a person mentally.

         (i go into this further later on) anyways

         it basically states that no matter how

        you are doing in class, if you are asian you

        are smart.

❛ h o w i t h u r t s ❜

        yes it hurts a lot of people mentally. many

         asians that i have met believe that they

         have to fit this standard of "smart".

         they push themselves in order to do the

        absolute best. while it may not seem bad

        it truly takes a toll on a person. for instance,

        if someone pressured under this stereotype

         gets a "B" they mentally punish themself

        for not doing better. it's more of a

         mental challenge, but the public should

        stop advertising that asians are "smart".

         while it is known that asian countries

         are at the fore front of education it is  

         ignorant to say ALL asians are smart.

         this saying is hurting so many people

        in ways that one can't even describe.

❛ m y s t r u g g l e ❜

        i'm not eastern or souther asian i'm southeast    

         asian,but i have dealt with this stereotype

         for such a long time. i actually used to act

         like i was dumb in elementary school

        because i didn't want to been seen as

         "another smart asian". honestly i didn't

         even understand how harmful the saying

        could be until i was in freshman year.

        my freshman year i pushed myself so much

        it honestly was kinda bad. i would

         study and study until i basically was

         burnt out. not only that year, but first

        semester of sophomore year i took AP

        World just because i wanted to be like

        "the smart asian i am". looking back at it, i

          was super idiotic. although i learned to

         not fall under the pressure of the

         "all asians are smart" stereotype. definitely

         i still struggle with this, but it's a lot better

        than before

❛ c o n c l u s i o n ❜

        i hope i shed some light to a really

        common stereotype. i've become very

         aware of asian discrimination the past

        few years. due to many beautiful amazing

        asian influencers i believe that people

        are starting to become more aware of

         the asian culture and how amazing it can be.

        anyways i hope you enjoyed :) if you

        would like to add something, definitively

        comment. i would like to hear others

         people's perspective, but please be

         respectful! :) (ps extra love to those who

         know who the person is in the photos)

        side note!

         i've just finish answering comments and i

        realized i've never got to speak about

         another aspect of this topic!

        asians aren't the only ones struggling with

         this stereotype! no matter what ethnicity

         you are, if you're in school you've most

         likely had to deal with expectations of

         people around you! i've just only talked

         about asian americans because i myself

         dealt with this specific stereotype.

         not only that but "being smart" is not a

         compliment (i might make a blog about

         this too). the effort that people put into their

        studies is what gets them good grades.

        yes some people may have to put more

         effort, but we should be complimenting

         their work and effort not their "smartness".

        even i still struggle with complimenting people

        based on their effort. it takes time, but

        hopefully we understand and make an effort

         not to compliment based on smartness!

         not only that, but you have a voice! speak

        up about your troubles and educate

         people around you. anyways thank you

        again for reading my blog! i wish you the

        best!

<3 much love