Author : Kayla Caceres
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (953 download)
Book Synopsis What Kind of Asian Am I? by : Kayla Caceres
Download or read book What Kind of Asian Am I? written by Kayla Caceres and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dominant discourses are culturally created stories that are used to dictate a person's social behavior. These discourses tend have the ability to oppress and marginalize people that do not fit the "norm." Asian Americans encounter such marginalization due to their different values than the dominant culture. To perpetuate this marginalization, Asian Americans experience daily microaggressions that devalue their communication styles, ways of relating, behaviors, and interest. While the dominant culture views Asian American traits as weak, Asian American cultures view them as respectful. Consequently, the microaggressions they experience causes them to negatively perceive themselves in relation to people in the dominant culture. As some Asian Americans feel devalued in the dominant society, negative self-identities are developed. The purpose of this project is to raise clinicians' awareness of the effects of the American discourse on Asian Americans' identity development in young adulthood. The project will review how ethnic identity development can lead to increased self-esteem and positive self-perceptions. The project will further illustrate the use of Narrative Therapy. Through Narrative Therapy, Asian Americans can become aware of how the dominant discourse impacts their self-perception and identity development. With this awareness, they can actively choose the discourses that align with their own personal values and develop a positive identity based off their preferred realities. Readers will learn (1) the dominant culture's values and their effect on Asian Americans identify development, (2) the dominant culture's response to Asian American culture through stereotypes, meta-stereotypes and microaggressions, (3) ways of helping Asian Americans develop positive identity through ethnic identity development, and (4) effectiveness of Narrative Therapy techniques such as mapping the influence, problem deconstruction, re-membering conversations, and letter writing.