A push factor is defined as something that compels an individual to move their country. Whereas a pull factor is something that draws someone to enter one. For instance, the Gold Rush was a prominant pull factor for immigrants to move to the US. By the 19th century, a significant amount of Asian Americans especially Chinese moved to America. However, they faced racial discrimination which made it difficult for them to capitalize to the success. They were othered for eating food with chopsticks, their clothing, and their haircut called a que. This fear and hatred of foreigners is called xenophobia.

On June 19, 1982, Vincent Chin was hanging at a bar with a couple of friends in Detroit, He was a 27 year old Chinese American murdered by two white men who blamed him for the loss of their jobs in the automobile industry and kept calling him "jap." He was beat numerous times with a baseball bat and died of his injuries four days later. I find this racial act injust because for one Chin was not even Japanese. Just because he was Asian, he was instantly catagorized based on his appearance. The two men did not know Chin. There was no relation between them two and unfortunately, Chin had to suffer because of this. It is sad think had this have not happened, he would be 68 years old today and probably with a family of his own. 

Canwen Wu, an 18 year old speaker, spoke on TEDtalk on Asian stereotypes. She starts her speech on the typical stereotypes of being asian. For instance, she loves calculus, rice is her favorite meal, she is a terrible driver, and she plays the violin and piano. This is her attention getter and I found it pretty funny since being Asian American myself, I have heard all of those before. It is clear discrimination because they think just because she is good at math it has nothing to do with her hard work, it is strictly because of her genes. Or if someone has a crush on her it is not because they like who she is it is because they have " yellow fever." She spoke very eloquently on the subject and I like how she was bold to claim their identities should be accepted and share her story. She is highly aware for her age on this controversal topic, yet still stands to break down Asian stereotypes. 

I would like to add just because someone looks different than you does not mean you can not accept them for who they are and befriend them. No matter what race, religion, gender, or creed we are all human. We all crave connection and love and deserve to be treated equally. I do not understand why people try to separate each other based on skin color and disregard all of someone's culture and history. If anything they should be more curious to learn about them as a person. This will strengthen the bonds we have with one another as a human race and less people will be discriminated against so that each person is given a chance to shine to their fullest potential. 

I give myself an A. I spend a couple hours on this assigment writing down my concepts and researching the topics. Accumulatively it must have been much longer than that because I read these modules before I started my reflection. I added an extra note on my opinions on the matter. I hope that is accepted.