—University
Asians face rigid stereotypes, speaker says
By Polly Campbell
Emerald Reporter
Asian American women of
ten are portrayed by the media
as bookworms, foreigners or ex
otic lovers, said blame Kim.
Assistant Dean of the Unfversi
ty of California at Berkeley
Kim. speaking Thursday af
ternoon in the- FA 11' Fir Room,
said the media takes all t\ pes of
people front all rates and forces
them into a predetermined
mold
"Part of the rac tai ideology
says all Asians are alike." Kirn
said
Although Asian Americans
have been born and raised in
the United States, him said
they are still seen bv the media
and much of society as foreign
ers.
"Thinking of Asian Ameri
cans as foreigners makes them
no! bona fide members of soi ie
ty.' Kim said "Being seen as
eternal outsiders can have .1 di
sastrous effei t
Kim gave examples of imnu
gration and marriage laws that
were in effei I until l‘M>H in
some st.ites that prevented
Asian immigration and also
prevented Asians from marry
hi ain<> Kim
mg whiles Those laws did not
apply to any other race
"At times it seems that racial
crimes 100 years ago could re
main unclianged now in the
K()s." Kim said
Asian Amerii ans also experi
cnee being a "model minor
ity." him said.
She said they are slereotvpi
rally thought to he intelligent
students attending universities
like Harvard, studying science,
graduating and getting a good
job leading to the top of the
i orporate ladder
This modi' of thinking works
to s.iv something about rare re
lations in America. kirn said It
(.mates conflu t lietwecn races
hy making one race seem better
or more important than anoth
er. Tins could i reate resent
ment on the part of mainstream
Americans loo. she added
Hut. kirn said, for every two
out of 10 Asian American siu
dents who attends Harvard, the
other eight don’t The "model
minorilv" does not include
those people
On movie and television
si reens, Asian American worn
en are generally cast in one-di
mensional roles, kirn said
They play weak charm ters of
ten dependent on white men.
or they play exotic seducers of
while men
Asian American men are also
represented as shallow in mov
ies and on television, she said
"Asian American men are
portrayed as nerds bei ailse they
are thought to he smart without
physical appeal or morals."
kim said about the media ster
ootvpes
"Rac ial stereotyping in men
ies and television not only in
fluencies society hut it also
yvorks against the self image of
IACUC reviews animal use report
The Institutional Animal
dare and I'sc Committee went
through tlm process ol editing
an annual report Thursday re
garding compliance with feder
al guidelines regulating the use
i>l animals for researt li
Tin- committee was asked to
review the document hv John
Moselev. 1'niversitv vita? presi
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Correction
m me lYiiiy 10 tmeraiu. .111
article entitled "Code
amendments prodm e oppo
sition." inaccurately report
ed that a proposed amend
ment to the University’s stu
dent conduct code would re
quire faculty members to as
sign a failing grade to any
student found guilty of aca
demic dishonesty
The actual proposal read
that the faeultv member in
volved "shall impose an ap
propriate academic sanction
up to and including an N or
an
Also. Marlene ^reseller's
i omments regarding the pro
posed amendment were tak
en out of context. I ler com
menus concerned me i mvn
site ()ffi< i' of Student Advo
cacv's pro post'd am oiul
imsnt
This proposed rule read
"The adjustment shall give
no t redit lor the student's
work which has been the
subjet t of at ademit tits
honesty. A grade will he as
sessed bused on the sum to
tal of the student's work in
( lulling the zero credit or
failing grade assessed to that
portion of the work which
was found to be .it adeinit al
ly dishonest.’
The Kmerald regrets any
t onfusion or ini mu enieni e
that may have resulted from
these errors
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Was nil leased from live to III
Asians." Kim said
"Kidinn Kim is .in example of
an Asian American woman
who is atilc In appreciate her
Asian ti.u round ami also lir
successful in tiiu western cul
lure," sjik) (‘hris Chan. director
of the Asian Pacific American
Student l Inion.
Not all Asian Americans do
martial arts or stud\ si iom e.
Chan said
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