...Asian Indian Culture and Tradition NURS236: Transcultural Nursing March 29, 2016 According to the U.S. census, there are over 1.6 million people of Asian Indian origin in the United States. Asian Indians began immigrating to the U.S. as early as the turn of the 20th century. Most found work in agriculture working on farms. Between 1980 and 1990, the population of Asian Indians in the U.S. increased by 125%. Due to family reunification laws, the number of Asian Indian elders who followed their offspring to this country has also risen (India, 2015). There are now two major groups of Asian Indians, those who came to U.S. in the late 1960’s and early 70’s, and the group who came much later. According to the 1990 Census data, there were approximately 23,000 Asian Indian elders over the age of 65; 83% are foreign born and 51% do not speak English very well. Only 12%, however are classified as linguistically isolated (without an adult who speaks English in the household) – the smallest of any Asian ethnic group (India, 2015). Older Asian Indian immigrants are often financially dependent on their children. They face the challenges of a culturally different society, such as a language barrier, culture mismatch, new lifestyle factors, and role reversal. In traditional Indian society, extended family members usually live together as a single-family unit. Often, the husband's parents will join the family after they have retired or when help is needed. The grandparents' role in raising...
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...Running Head: Impact of Language on Asian American Health Impact of English Language Proficiency (ELP) on Health and Health Care Among Elderly Asian Americans Amoldeep Kaur Written Assignment #2 Epidemiology/Public Health 240 Winter 2013 The elderly population is the fastest growing population in the United States, and the number of immigrants that fall within this group has nearly doubled (Ninez, Hsys, & Cunnigham (2005). Foreign-born elderly account for 11% of the elderly population and this is expected to quadruple in size and reach 16 million by 2050 (Terrazas & Batalova, 2009). Currently most foreign born elders belong to Europe, but this is predicted to change in the upcoming years. Asians are among one of the fastest growing elderly population in the United States (Belozersky, 2005). Majority of Asian Americans are foreign born and report speaking a language other than English (Searight, 2009). Multiple languages and dialects spoken by the subgroups within the Asian American population bring more linguistic diversity and disparities to the United States. Furthermore, fastest growing minority in the United States has been stereotyped and inherited the label “model minority”. This label neglects the problems faced by the poorer and less successful member of this group, including the elderly, “they are hobbled by less blatant but more pervasive barrier of language and culture” (Dugger, 1992). Elderly immigrants find it more difficult to thrive...
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...Methods Critique Essay I chose two articles on the topic of intimate partner violence among Asian-Indian Americans. I found this topic interesting because I am currently reading the book Suburban Sahibs written by S. Mitra Kalita. This book is about three Asian Indian immigrant families and their passage from India to America. The intimate partner violence that is mentioned subtly in one of the chapters got my attention, because I am considering a career in Criminal Justice. I know that one of the current strategies to deal with domestic violence is to conduct timely surveys. I want to learn more about how domestic violence surveys are conducted. The first article, which is written by Mieko Yoshihama, Juliane Blazevski, and Deborah Bybee is a study that examines the relationships among Asian Indian partners and the potential risk of them facing familial violence. The study used the three components of enculturationon to examine behaviors, values, community participation, gender role attitudes, and attitudes among married respondents. The study surveyed selected Gujarati men and women aged 18-64 in Detroit, Michigan. The researchers analyzed responses from those who were married and cohabiting at the time of the interview, there were a total of 186 men and 187 women. Participants were examined through computer assisted interviews. The conductors of the study used ethnic surname base list, and with the help from a survey sampling company received census, telephone,...
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...people in the US identifying themselves as Asian Indians or Indian Americans in the 2000 Census, Indian immigrants are not highly as a group in America because they usually speak English...and values acquired in India prior to immigrating to the US. Despite their numbers, however, Indian immigrants are not highly visible as a group because they usually speak English and do not tend to concentrate in distinct neighborhoods. Moreover, because many are highly educated there may be a perception that their assimilation into American culture is an automatic by-product of that education. However, not all Indians in the US are highly educated or successful professionals. Even among those who do fit that profile, many maintain customs, traditions, and values acquired in India prior to immigrating to the US. In addition, it is common for Indians who have settled in the US to bring aging parents to live with them who may not have previously lived abroad and do not always speak fluent English. Majority of the Indians from the Northern part of India are practicing Hindu religion. Hindus try to teach their children about Bhagavath gita and Ramayana (religious Book). They practice all Hindu festivals and visit temple on special occasions. Indians who migrated from the southern part of India are mostly Christians. They try to attend church every Sunday and try to lead their children in same religious path. Many elders believe in the traditional Indian system of medicine called Ayurvedic Medicine...
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...the subcontinent who face difficulties in adjusting and integrating and as a result feel homesick and isolated in a new world so different from their homeland. The short story “Mrs. Sen’s” is about a thirty-year old Indian woman who migrated to the United States with her husband. Her husband is a professor of mathematics at the university and is gone all day leaving Mrs. Sen behind by herself. She feels lonely and isolated when her husband is away and she therefore baby sits an eleven year old boy named Elliot. She thinks of the times she had back home “sitting in an enormous circle on the roof of her building, laughing and gossiping and slicing fifty kilos of vegetables through the night” (115). She attempts to find the life she had in India but finds it hard to do so in this society which is new to her. Her only connection to the society is the little boy, Elliot. The short story “Third and final continent” is also about a young woman just like Mrs. Sen, who migrates to the United states after getting married but unlike Mrs. Sen, she adjusts well to the life in the United States. At the start of the story, Lahiri describes Mrs. Sen’s apartment as being decorated in a typical Indian style. Her apartment is what one can say a living example of an archetypal Indian house with “plush pear-colored carpet” (112), unwrapped lamp shades (Lahiri 112) and the “TV and telephone covered by pieces of yellow fabric with scalloped edges” (112) are only a few examples of how her house was...
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...Native American Indians Tina Green-Burress HIS/145 November 10, 2014 Danny Scott Native American Indians There is no doubt that our history books have left out a great deal of information about American people and their lives, many black authors have tried to tell the true story of African Americans. But we must not forget American is a melting pot and Native American Indians played an important part in American history. The 1960s brought on changes for Native Indians in America and where they have come from and where they are now cannot be overlooked in American history. From the Beginning "Somewhere, these young men started the American Indian Movement. And they came to our reservation and they turned that light on inside. And it's getting bigger, now we can see things" an Oglala (ElderRedhawk (2002). The elder spoke of three men from the Minneapolis-St. Paul in 1968. The men were Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt, and George Miller, and they were responsible for founding AIM (American Indian Movement). The men were an activist American Indian group concerned with the civil rights of American Indians. These three Ojibwa ex-cons were tired of the poverty and despair their fellow brothers and sisters were going through. Though Indians have always been thought of as a peaceful people, you can only get pushed so much until something is done. In the 1960s and 1970s American Indians became more aggressive with the civil rights movement taking place...
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...In the Book Wounded Knee 1973: Still Bleeding, Stew Magnuson writes about the 44th annual Dakota conference that happens in 2012. Stew Magnuson informs the reader of the situation that happened in the Dakota conference and the situation that happened at Wounded Knee. Wounded Knee 1973: Still Bleeding by Stew Magnuson talks about the situation that happened at the 44th annual Dakota conference in 2012. Problems occurred when members of AIM and former members of the FBI attended a conference about the situation that occurred in Wounded Knee in 1973. The American Indian Movement or AIM was an organization created to help Indians gain their civil rights and to be treated fairly. The FBI and American Indian Movement choose to attend a conference which would talk about the situation that occurred at the occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973. At the conference, a young man who had just graduated from College gave a speech about race and perception about what happened at the Wounded Knee occupation in 1973 and gave his thought about it. The FBI and AIM, both who played the two major roles in this...
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...Leonard Peltier Case Leonard Peltier is an American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who was convicted and sentenced in 1977 to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment for the murder of two FBI agents who were killed during a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975. On June 26 1975, FBI agents Jack R. Coler and Ronald A. Williams were searching for a young Pine Ridge man wanted for assault and robbery. They were following a red pickup they believed the man was driving, when they had come under high powered rifle fire. At 4:31 p.m., authorities recovered the bodies of Williams and Coler at their vehicle, and at 6 p.m. laid down a cloud of tear gas and stormed the Jumping Bull houses, finding one of the shooters bodies. The FBI reported Williams had received a defensive wound from a bullet which passed through his right hand into his head, killing him instantly. Coler, incapacitated from earlier bullet wounds, had been shot twice in the head execution style. In total 125 bullet holes were found in the agents' vehicles, many from a .223 rifle. The FBI investigation concluded the agents were executed at close range by the same .223 caliber rifle. Peltier fled to Hinton, Alberta, where he was hiding out at a friend's cabin. Peltier was then arrested and extradited from Canada on February 6, 1976. He tried to fight the extradition to the United States, and while in this process the other two AIM members were tried and found not guilty...
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...The Holocaust is perhaps the most well known genocide to this day; but we must not forget that the Native Americans also experienced their tragedy and sadness. Both the Jews and the Native Americans were not wanted....
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...it might be one of the only ways to bring change into this world. Some examples of rebellion are the Holocaust, the Turner rebellion, and colonialism. The reason the Holocaust is an example of rebellion is because the Nazis gained power, which they used against...
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...the Native Americans have been the victims of racism since the day Christopher Columbus landed on North America. It is important for all people to understand that the Native American Indian was well established in North America for thousands of years. The nomadic ancestors, scientists believe, that modern day Native Americans migrated over a “land bridge” from Asia into what is now Alaska (Native American History, 2014). It is believed that when Christopher Columbus arrived, there were about 50 million Indians already living in North America and 10 million living in the area now known as the United States. This information is important because it shows that the Native American Indian was well established ling before Europeans arrived and that technically this was their land and homes. “From the west coast to what we now know as New England, tribes built their own societies and sustained themselves through agriculture, trade and hunting,” (Native American History, Native American History Facts, 2014). The Native American history has been somewhat “clouded”, as much of the history was written by the viewpoints of whites or Europeans. With the Native American Indian being illiterate, much of their history was passed on through stories or verbally rather than written documents. As a result, much of their true history was lost, altered, or misunderstood. “They transmitted memories of the past orally—but famines, wars, and diseases extinguished not only people, but Indian histories...
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...The Tragedies of the Trail of Tears and the Holocaust The U.S government stole millions of dollars and millions of acres of land from the native americans. Likewise, the Nazi Regime stole the same from helpless Jewish people who were forced to live in ghettos. Unfortunately, this was just the beginning. When the white settlers first came to America they encountered the Native Americans they thought they were savages, and that they were dumb and could easily steal from them. The white settlers moved the Native Americans to oklahoma and in this process they stole from them and killed their livestock. They also killed them and stole their homes while they made the Native Americans walk all the from their homes to Oklahoma. This is very similar...
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...events that molded into a sense of nationalism and tolerance of other societies. As history changes overtime our views of ourselves and others also change, creating our societies “narratives of origin” (Moscovici, 1988). A fundamental representation of our nation’s origin and aspirations are influenced by the changing circumstances, which guides modern society’s response to new challenges. Change in civilizations is sparked from societal wrongs that cause a civil up-roar. Court cases provide the best historical evidence of how the past can redefine present culture. Since the civil war, African Americans role within the nation has changed drastically from a slave to the President of the United States. Monumental cases like Dred Scott v. Sanford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, along with mass protests across the United States; all influenced the civil rights of African Americans. Another case that shaped our civilization was from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Due to negligence of the factory owners, Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, one hundred and forty-five people died in a factory fire because of inaccessibility to fire escapes. This devastation sparked outrage among civilians, and the government of the United States was forced to respond. In October, 1911, in the aftermath of the fire, New York State passed the Sullivan-Hoey Fire Prevention Law, requiring that factory owners install sprinkler systems….New York also set up the Factory Investigating Commission…...
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...According to Guenter Lewy, the author of “Were American Indians the Victims of Genocide?”, American Indians greatly suffered due to European settlers, but the American Indian deaths were mostly caused by uncontrollable circumstances that the Europeans could not control. The American Indians' population decreased due to highly contagious diseases, internal warfare between Native American tribes and the European’s hostility, violence, and cruelty towards the Native Americans. According to Article II of the Genocide Convention, genocide is a crime or series of crimes “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group” (Lewy 61-62). Throughout the article, Lewy gives many examples, based on...
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...considered a Renaissance man, who applied new ideas in navigation in his quest for discovery. However, despite his intelligence and courage, Fusco states, “1”. Even if Columbus and his men did not personally slaughter the Indians or spread disease, he started the trend which allowed other Europeans from Spain and elsewhere to victimize the Indians and deny them social justice. It is interesting that Fusco is more of reporter than an analyst or historians, but she bases her article on interviews with historians such as William G. Connell at Seton Hall University and several Native American leaders. The article tries to justify the mass extermination of American Indians by stating that even if Columbus was a racist imperialist, he was a product of his time. Yet, that reason is faulty; it could be used to justify the institutions of slavery of blacks because, despite their obvious greed, the slaveholders wanted to civilize the black Africans. The same justification could be used for the in Inquisition, the Holocaust, and in recent times, the terrorism of the Talban and ISIS. It is true that Columbus himself did not implement slavery because he did not stay in America long enough. In fact, he never even tried to understand Indian customs, but just rejected them as being savage....
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