1. By: Chloe Lewis and William Holt
Asian American
By: Chloe Lewis and William Holt

2. Asian american history
Throughout their history, Asian Americans have confronted a long legacy of exclusion and inequity in relation to school policies and practices, during periods of changing demographics, economic recession, or war. In spite of historic, differences, distinct Asian nationalities have been grouped together and treated similarly in schools and in the larger society.
Beginning in the 1850s when young men were recruited as contract laborers from Southern China, Asian immigrants have played a vital role in the development of this country. Working as miners, railroad builders, farmers, factory workers, and fishermen

3. Health care beliefs of asian americans
Chinese Medicine
TCM is inextricably linked to Traditional Chinese Cosmology, as system of beliefs that can be summed up as follows: all of creation is born from the marriage of two polar principles, Yin and Yang. Examples are inner and outer or body and mind. These pairs of opposites are connected by a circular harmony. The yin and yang symbol is helpful in representing this concept. Harmony means health, good weather, and good fortune, while disharmony leads to disease, disaster, and bad luck. The strategy of Chinese medicine is to restore harmony. Each human is seen as a world in miniature, and every person has a unique terrain to be mapped, a resilient yet sensitive ecology to be maintained. Like a gardener uses irrigation and compost to grow robust plants, the doctor uses acupuncture, herbs and food to recover and sustain health.
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4. Asian american Language
Asian Americans face cultural and linguistic barriers that may discourage or prevent them from accessing health care services available to them. The way Asian Americans deal with illness and disease is also very different from the general population. In most cases, Asian Americans with limited English proficiency have difficulties in understanding the U.S. healthcare system and communicating with healthcare providers. Many Asian Americans believe that their doctors do not understand their culture and values. They are less likely to rate their care highly and be confident about their care compared to the overall population. Varying cultural values and beliefs of disease also put constraints on an individual from seeking proper care. Because of these traditional approaches to health care, Asian Americans may not perceive the value or identify the purpose or necessity in obtaining care. This behavior contributes to the diagnosis of diseases in the later stages leading to untreatable conditions.

5. Religion:
Asian immigrants arrive in the United States with many religions, including Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity. The kinds of interpretive frameworks provided by religion, as a central source of cultural components, become particularly important when people are coping with changing environments . Immigrants make sense out of their new environment by utilizing cultural components from traditional religion and subtly altering them to reflect the demands of the new environment. The diversity of Asian immigrant religions include Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Shamanism , Christianity (primarily Koreans and Filipinos), and forms of Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Sunni and Shiite Islam, and Syro-Malabar Catholicism

6. Asian american Customs and traditions
Asian people are known all over the world for their strong cultural values and intelligent minds. This continent has given birth to many famous scientists, celebrities and politicians. Although this continent does not boast of many developed countries, many developing countries within this continent are on the threshold of becoming developed. Asia as a continent was initially under the colonial rule for a very long time except for the countries of Japan or Russia. Many nations like India, China, Pakistan and Afghanistan have suffered the brunt of oppressive colonial rule by Europeans and Americans for a very long period of time.
Asia is well known for celebrations and festivals. It is a land where festivals of different cultures and religions are being celebrated. Among the major Hindu festivals are Diwali, Holi, Baisakhi, and Eid ul-Fitr, Dusshera, Onam and Christmas and are celebrated with great fervor all over India.

7. Asian american education
The tendency for many Asian American students to worry more about school and family expectations comes out in examinations of student feelings about anxiety.
While some students are motivated by their family’s immigration story, some students wither under these pressures — and often are reluctant to reveal what they’re feeling. Yee said some high-achieving students suffer from depression and low self-es“There’s a lot of motivation for parents who are immigrants to provide opportunities to their children,” Okazaki said. “They bring lots of hopes and dreams that are placed onto their kids.”
Yee sees this in some of her Asian American students.
“There is this really acute pressure to succeed because the family has sacrificed so much to come here,” Yee said.
teem. But there is a stigma attached to speaking up.
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8. Asian american clothing
Korea: Korean traditional dress is similar for men and women. Both wear baggy blouses called chigori. Bottoms are the baggy and wide chima skirt for women and the wide leg pants called paji for men. Durumagi are robes similar to kimonos and worn for special occasions. Gat-chogori are rabbit fur-lined silk jackets for cold weather. India: Indian attire can vary by state, but most common are the sari and the kurta pajama. Women wear the sari, colorfully patterned pieces of cloth draped around the upper body and worn over a long blouse and pants. Men wear the kurta pajama, a long -- to the knee or longer -- blouse with loose drawstring pants. Footwear is either sandals or slip-on shoes. Philippines: In the Philippines, traditional outfits consist of a blouse for men and women, and pants or a skirt depending on gender. Men also wear Reed hats known as sakalot.
China and Hong kong: Traditional outfits that can be seen in China and Hong Kong today include the qipao or cheongsam for women and the hanfu, which can be worn by either men or women. The qipao/cheongsam is the dress popularly associated with Chinese clothing. It can be either long or short and has the high clasped collar. The hanfu is a robe similar to a Japanese kimono. Slip-on cloth shoes are worn by men and women. Japan: Though Japan is a highly Westernized Asian nation, its people are still likely to be dressed in more traditional garb. Clothing worn by both men and women include the kimono robe, wide leg pants known as hakama, silk jackets called haori, overcoats or michiyuki and several types of sandals. Women will be seen with brighter-colored and patterned clothing than men.

9. 1. There were more than 17 million Americans of Asian descent in 2010
1. There were more than 17 million Americans of Asian descent in In 2010 the 17.3 million Americans of Asian descent comprised 5.6 percent of the total U.S. population.
2. The Asian population is growing rapidly. The Asian population grew by more than 45 percent from 2000 to 2010—a rate faster than any other major rac3. Nevada and Arizona have seen sharp increases in their Asian populations. Asians comprise the greatest share of the population in Hawaii and California ,but the Asian population has grown in size most rapidly in Nevada, and Arizona . Other key states that have experienced swift Asian population growth include Virginia
3.Close to three-fifths of foreign-born Asians are naturalized U.S. citizens, meaning they are eligible to vote.
4. Immigration policy affects Asian Americans too. An estimated 1 million undocumented immigrants in the United States come from Asia. Between and 2010 Asians made up more than a quarter of refugee arrivals to the United States
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