I have an honest, earnest face. It's the Asian-American Woman thing---we're reliable, loyal, smart but nonthreatening. This is why we get to do so much newscasting in America. It's a convenient precedent. The average American is trained to believe what I tell him. (Ozeki 157)
Thoughts:
So often we assume that racial stereotypes are always negative characterstics about a group of individuals, but this quote tells another tale. Here Jane is explaining the benefits of having Japanese heritage, for others view Asian-American women as "reliable, loyal, smart, but nonthreatening".
As an Asian American woman myself, I have to admit that this stereotype is quite true. I guess the media so often portrays Asian women as quiet and submissive, with only one goal: to please our husbands. In the Chinese culture, I was taught that men were more valued than women and that in every way women are more inferior to men. (I know what you are thinking, but that is a totally different topic that I have too much to say.) As a result, many Asian women grow up to be their husband's helper, by becoming reliable, loyal, smart, and nonthreatening. Plus, you usually never see an Asian American woman robbing a bank on TV with her Asian visor on. (OK, bad joke written on the wrong blog).
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