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Panethncity. Asian American Studies 60b Midterm Essay Panethnicity and
heterogeneity are related in the ways that they both are describing ...
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Asian American Studies 60b Midterm Essay
Panethnicity and heterogeneity are related in the ways that they both are describing how the larger society views ethnic groups. Panethnicity is a term that describes how various ethnic groups are placed under one category, as if all the cultures were viewed as just one large culture. The term arose because of the democratic, linguistic, political, and cultural structural causes. Heterogeneity is a term that refers to the process in which identities are masked by a larger panethnic allegiance. It focuses more on the differences between each culture. Both terms can help one understand to some extent of how others view the Asian community, but it is apparent to me that heterogeneity can better describe the “Asian American”. Heterogeneity better describes the “Asian American” because there are so many ways that Asians can be described, instead of just one common word. Take for example, in Lisa Lowe’s article, “Heterogeniety, Hybridity, and Multiplicity: Marking Asian American Differences”, she states that “But from the perspectives from Asian Americans, we are perhaps even more different [than Europeans], more diverse, among ourselves...” (680). There are many different types of groups that Asians are a part of, and each culture has at least one aspect that is unique compared to the others in that same format of culture. Lowe also offers many different types of cultural examples as to why heterogeneity overpowers panethnicity when one is describing the “Asian American”. Yen Le Espiritu describes panethnicity in his essay, “Asian American Panethnicity”, and in his essay he discusses the politics surrounding Asian American panethnicity. He discusses the ideas about discrimination and histories of violence toward the Asian Americans so that they must pull together in a panethnic alliance to prevent more instances of violence and discrimination. To better clarify an understanding and the...
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