Asian Flashcards
Intro and background: Origins
- East Asia: (Japan, Korea, china)
- Southeast Asia: (philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Burma, Vietnam, Malaysia)
- South Asia: (pakistan, India, Sri Lanka)
- Key Religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism
Pew Research Center 2017
-asians immigrants projected to become the largest foreign-born group in the US by 2055
Many Indians in the U.S. are Brahmin
- highest in caste system
- represent wealth people
- high priority on career in science, medicine
- many sikh indians in CA today (darker skinned indians may experience discrimination from lighter-skinned indians - colorism)
Former student Harpeet
- lighter- skinned indians in middle school would not let her associate with them
- bullied because she is darker and of a lower caste
Sonam R., 2016
- there is NO intermarriage between castes
- girls are encouraged to stay home
contrasting beliefs, values, and practices
TRADITIONAL Asian -fatalism -tradition, living with the past MAINSTREAM -personal control over environment,one's fate -change, future orientation
Traditional vs mainstream
TRADITIONAL Asian -group welfare -mutual interdependence -hierarchy, Rigid role status -conformity MAINSTREAM -self-actualization, privacy -independence, indiv. autonomy -equality, status determined by achievement -challenge authority
Traditional vs mainstream (2)
TRADITIONAL
-encourages continued dependence on family (older sibs HELP)
-parent authority; expects submission, unquestioning obedience
-parents ask ch, “what can you do to help me?”
MAINSTREAM
-early independence encouraged
-parent gives choices independent thinking encouraged
-parents as ch “what can I do to help you?”
For children, many asian families believe (in contrast to traditional U.S. families)
- self expression not important
- learn by observation, not exploration
- best – seen and not heard
Having children is important – fidela B., 2016, Laotian
- under a lot of pressure to get married (shes around 25)
- mom: “your eggs are dying”
customs, courtesies, values
- hospitality
- respect for elders, teachers, authority figures
- modesty, humility
communication styles
- formal rules of communication propriety based on relative status of interlocutors
- may be considered appropriate to ask personal questions
- indirectness often the norm: re:touchy subject
- some Asians may smile or laugh when embarrassed or angry
For example, key Filipino cultural values
- amor propio: respect– saving face so no one is ashamed
- Pakikisama: good feelings – getting along- preserving harmony
health care and disabilities
- visible vs. invisible disabilities
- disabilities –> fate, karma, sin committed by ancestors
- families may be ashamed to bring a child for help if his/her disability represents sins committed by parents/ancestors
As SLPs
-we may have trouble getting families to acknowledge disabilities and sign IEPs for special education services
Asian Education
- hugely valued
- asian children attend preschool at a higher rate than other groups