04.10.08
Posted in Weekly Poll at 9:58 am by william_lee_intern
Immigrants in the United States are now active members of the American society and equal to native-born Americans after many years of hard work and struggle.This year, though, many immigrants who thought they would be able to vote in the November presidential election may not be eligible because of delays in processing their applications for citizenship.
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02.27.08
Posted in Weekly Poll at 4:07 pm by william_lee
Long back one of the world’s poorest nation Vietnam is now the fastest growing economy in Asia, with annual growth of 7 percent in 2007, 2008 Index of Economic Freedom ranks Vietnam 25th out of 30 countries in the region—and 135th still there are major concerns like poverty, traffic congestions and pollution still there are restrictions on Internet usage and private newspapers are censored over there compared to common people government people are more rich still the growth is happening simultaneously overall u can have a look below the growth chart
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12.26.07
Posted in Weekly Poll at 5:02 pm by william_lee
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12.19.07
Posted in Weekly Poll at 4:51 pm by william_lee
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08.08.07
Posted in Weekly Poll at 11:22 am by admin
Being a Chinese national is completely different from being an U.S. citizen of Asian descent. Many Asian Americans are not even of Chinese descent. Regardless, U.S. citizens with ancestry from various Asian countries are often lumped together and/or are assumed to be Chinese. Therefore, do headlines such as this:
Avoiding Chinese Food Products Nearly Impossible
strengthen the “perpetual foreigner” stereotype of Asian Americans?
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06.12.07
Posted in Weekly Poll at 4:13 am by admin
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06.05.07
Posted in Weekly Poll at 5:12 am by william_lee
Here are some well known New York City restaurants that you may have visited:
| Restaurant Name |
New York City Department of Health* Violation Points (The higher the number, the more the restaurant is in violation of health codes) |
| Tavern On the Green |
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| Rainbow Room |
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| Starbucks, Astor Place |
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| Dean & Deluca |
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| New Food King Restaurant |
13 |
Why would CW11 produce a false report about a woman who claimed to have been served rat meat?
- A) The New Food King Restaurant has very few health code violations, so it was necessary to find something wrong just out of spite.
- B) There are already existing stereotypes about how Asian people “will eat anything.” A story that trumps up these stereotypes creates sensationalism and comedy which CW11 wants to use to boost their ratings. The fact that the New Food King is among the cleanest restaurants in NYC is inconsequential. The fact that the claim was false is also inconsequential.
- C) Many mainstream media personalities, TV shows, and movies have openly ridiculed various aspects of Asian culture. These open statements which insult Asian Americans have been vastly underreported by mainstream news sources and are rarely scrutinized or even addressed by influential Asian Americans with the capacity to make a difference. CW11 therefore thought that they could get away with this. They also thought that we would “just go away.”
- D) Anyone who claims they found a rat in their food should be given primetime coverage on CW11. It doesn’t matter if the claim has been proven to be true, or if the claim is totally false. Simply coming up with an accusation is good enough to justify a report that is phrased as if it has already been proven, as in this particular case with The New Food King.
- E) Some other reason. (Type it in the text box)
(*New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygene)
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05.31.07
Posted in Weekly Poll at 2:02 am by admin
On Tuesday, May 29 2007, NPR reported a story entitled:
Chinatown Resists Gentrification
From the article:
Shing Wah Yeung is a developer who’s worked on several residential projects in Chinatown. …Yeung brought 61 condos onto the market two years ago, selling at 400-thousand to 1.6 million dollars. More than 90 percent of the buyers, he says, were Chinese-American. So even when new apartments come online, the racial demographics of Chinatown don’t change.- The lofts are selling for 1.6 million up to 5 million dollars for the penthouses.
- Gary Tai points to a six-story building, owned by the Chew Lun Family Association. There’s a large Chinese restaurant on the ground floor, and several small businesses above. Tai walks down Mott Street and points out several other buildings owned by the associations. They have 50 in all - about a quarter of the buildings in Chinatown’s historic core.
- I think there is going to be more of a higher-end retail because you have a lot of tourists, there’s a lot of traffic on Canal Street.
To some, this sounds like the story of young Asian American professionals who are actively investing in real estate in their community, Chinatown. However, to further drill in the headline “Chinatown Resists Gentrification,” the article uses phrases such as:
- “…one place that appears to be resisting the forces of gentrification.”
- “…Chinatown’s been resistant to gentrification.”
- “…these nonprofit groups own real estate, and they’re not likely to give it up.”
- “It doesn’t appear to have opened up, yet it occupies prime New York real estate.”
Why did NPR use this headline and this type of phrasing for this article?
- A) White Americans are beginning to move into Chinatown now, and that is the reason for the positive changes we see. The Asian Americans who have lived in Chinatown for more than 100 years have not improved the Chinatown as much as white Americans have. Therefore, Asian Americans living in Chinatown are considered a negative influence (resisting), whereas white Americans living in chinatown are considered a positive influence (gentrification).
- B) Main stream media likes perpetuating the idea that Asian Americans are perpetual foreigners who are unassimilable into mainstream culture. By repeating phrasing such as “resisting the forces of gentrification,” “resistant to gentrification,” and “not likely to give it up,” it ensures that this idea remains in the public’s psyche so that Asian Americans will continue to be looked upon as outsiders. Highlighting the fact that 90% of new condo purchases in Chinatown were made by Chinese Americans or the fact that positive changes are brought about by Asian Americans living in Chinatown today would cast Asian Americans in a positive light, which is something that mainstream media doesn’t want to do.
- C) Asian Americans raised in this country are repeatedly fed images, news, text, ads, TV shows, and movies which teach them to be ashamed of themselves or the accomplishments of the Asian American community at large. By attributing positive changes in the community to a (mostly non-participating) white American main stream as well as down-playing the positive changes in Chinatown brought about by Asian Americans, the mainstream media ensures that we remain ashamed of ourselves. In doing this, mainstream media accomplishes two objectives: praising the accomplishments of white Americans while simultaneously obscuring and de-centralizing Asian Americans.
- D) An influx of white Americans in any ethnic neighborhood (a process also called “gentrification”) is always a good thing. In the cases of neighborhoods which were predominantly African American or Latino American, an influx of white Americans has always been the definitive cause of positive economic change in that community. Therefore, the phrasing used by this article is completely appropriate in the case of New York City’s Chinatown. Chinatown needs white Americans to raise its economic profile.
- Some other reason. Click here to type a different answer
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05.24.07
Posted in Weekly Poll at 4:52 am by admin
In August 2006, Paul A. Heavy and his friend Kevin Brown were driving in the pre-dawn hours when they spotted a car driven by Reynold Liang with three Asian friends as passengers. Cursing and spewing racial insults, they slammed their car into Liang’s. When Liang, 19, pulled over to check his car for damage, Heavey and Brown began pummeling him and passenger John Lu, 19. Liang was beaten with a metal automobile steering wheel lock. The court’s sentence for Paul A. Heavy’s crime was merely a slap on the wrist: a mandatory apology, 75 hours of community service, and five years of probation.
On Tuesday, 5/22/07, WNBC reported on the court decision using this headline:
“Student Offers Apology for Queens Hate Crime On Asians”
Newsday reported on the court decision using this headline:
“Student apologizes for racial attack”
The Times Ledger used this headline:
Little Neck man apologizes for Doug hate attack”
Why does mainstream media choose to report this incident in this way?
05.17.07
Posted in Weekly Poll at 4:15 am by admin
On Wednesday, 5/16/07, this article regarding the high-suicide rate of Asian American women made the front page of CNN.com. Why did CNN choose to make this a front page story?
- A) This is Asian Heritage Month
- B) CNN cares for the health and safety of Asian American women, particularly during Asian Heritage Month.
- C) CNN often advocates for Asian American women on a wide variety of issues.
- D) Mainstream media often portrays women in one of two extremes: highly sexualized, or highly delicate and fragile
- E) Some Other Reason (type your answer here)
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