Critical Analysis of a Specific Community 

I interviewed Georgia Pai, aged 20, born August 27th 2002.  She a full time student , and her major is philosophy. Georgia owns a small business which is selling clothing. She is half Chinese and White. Her father immigrated here in the 70s and her mother was raised in Florida. Georgia  is passionate about the Asian American community and loves her community. I will focus on the Asian American community which has typical cultural values in America. The Asian American community for Georgia is physical since she was born in this community and has learned the values of the community for a long time. The interview between Georgia and I has exclusively addressed concerns like marginalization, and the stereotypes of the Asian American community towards the beliefs of the other communities; indicating that it covers a larger part of this society. 

Georgia believes her community is marginalized because of the emergent hate crimes associated with the Asian American community. The community is regarded as a model minority and generally hated by the dominant white community.  Surprisingly, the media in the country portrays the Asian American community as unpopular, a perception that reduces the community’s values, beliefs, and norms.  It is so unlucky that the community’s marginalization has caused increased unemployment rates and subjected it to racism. Predominantly, there has been an unfair allocation of employment of opportunities and Asian Americans demeaned due to their race of the people. For instance, it took a long for my family to fine-tune to life because of the immense discrimination and the challenge of language because English was not our first language. My father struggled to learn English because that is the opportunity, he had to acquire employment opportunities in the region. 

The perception of the community as naïve, unpopular, and as a model minority has critically changed how Asian Americans live. The community has lived to fight and change the negative perception of the dominant white community. For instance, Asian Americans think of creating events and practices that inform the community’s cultural values. This ambition is expected to earn the community recognition from the other communities and reduce the prejudice from the neighboring communities. Such is expected to improve the image of the community and enhance their comfort within the societies.  

The three questions for Georgia included ‘what are your stereotypes about the non-white communities? What do you think about your marginalization? Why do you think your community is worthy of the credit attributed to it by the global communities? These questions played a key role in enumerating the essential factors to understanding the social setting of the whites. The community’s stereotype is that Asian Americans are a model minority. Although this is not a negative perception, it reduces the opportunities the community can have within the society. Asian Americans are overly hated, discriminated against, and disregarded for suitable opportunities for jobs. This makes the community look segregated, forcing the community members to rethink their endeavors to fit into the larger society.  The Asian American community is worthy of the credit for fighting to restore the dignity of the community in such a challenging society. Although according to the interviewee that was not yet realized, there is optimism among the members. 

The Asian American community for my interviewee is different from my African community because it is subjected to verbal hatred and discrimination. For our case, it involves physical harm, especially the increased police brutality against African-Americans.  My stereotype of this community is that it is comprised of rich families, for I did not know they were discriminated against. However, I have learned that society is considered a model minority, meaning it has limited opportunities for success. Since Asian American community is subject to racism and inferior perception, I would advise the community to engage in cultural enhancement, like for us African Americans, to fight for their improved perception. For instance, they should identify their unique cultural values and portray them in vast societies for recognition.