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    This document explores the representation of Asian parents in social media. It discusses how Asian parents are often stereotyped as strict with high expectations and poor English skills. This image is seen in films and YouTube videos. The paper analyzes how videos like "When Asian is a difficulty mode" helped spread the stereotype of demanding Asian parents who expect their children to only pursue high-status careers. However, the paper also notes that these representations overlook nuances, as parenting styles vary between Asian cultures and Asian-American families.

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    This document explores the representation of Asian parents in social media. It discusses how Asian parents are often stereotyped as strict with high expectations and poor English skills. This image is seen in films and YouTube videos. The paper analyzes how videos like "When Asian is a difficulty mode" helped spread the stereotype of demanding Asian parents who expect their children to only pursue high-status careers. However, the paper also notes that these representations overlook nuances, as parenting styles vary between Asian cultures and Asian-American families.

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    This document explores the representation of Asian parents in social media. It discusses how Asian parents are often stereotyped as strict with high expectations and poor English skills. This image is seen in films and YouTube videos. The paper analyzes how videos like "When Asian is a difficulty mode" helped spread the stereotype of demanding Asian parents who expect their children to only pursue high-status careers. However, the paper also notes that these representations overlook nuances, as parenting styles vary between Asian cultures and Asian-American families.

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    Title: Explore the representation of Asian parents in social media

    Asian parents have always been stereotyped by the social media that they are

    strict,with high expectations and having bad English. And this image is often seen in

    films, Youtube and for those Asian who study overseas, people would comes up with

    an image of ‘The student is living in a strict family and have a weird

    accent’.However it is yet to explore why people would have this image for Asian

    parents in the beginning.Therefore as mentioned, witnessed in Youtube,films, this

    paper is going to explore the representation of Asian parents in social media.

    To start, the process of how this image is being represented will be discussed.First,

    the culture difference is causing this to happen, some of the Asian, or Chinese

    tradition that seem normal to them, the foreigners would think this is strange, for

    example,De-Sheng, C. (2013) mentioned that Chopsticks should be used in a few

    specific ways. In Chinese culture, beating bowls while eating is usually regarded as a

    practice of beggars. Putting chopsticks upright in a bowl is a custom used only in

    sacrifices, so it's better not to do it. From the above it is shown that even in dining

    Chinese has its own strict culture.And to further explain how this strict, and high

    expectations image formed, the Youtube video by Steven He, ‘When Asian is a

    difficulty mode’(Steven He,2021). This video is about how would a game difficulty

    be if the difficulty is for Asian.In the video the player is getting killed even if he is

    just being touched by a normal leaf. This has shown the difficulty is extreme and it

    represented that being in an Asian mode is so difficult.In the video there are a son and

    a dad and the dad and they are trying to beat this game. The game boss is the player’s

    aunt and she killed the player by simply saying,‘You still trying to be an actor?’ And

    the game over screen showing that the player dies from unemployment. As being seen
    in Figure1.1, the Asian working in film in 2022 is still low and to act in the leading

    role is almost impossible, so this content reflected the reality of Asian not getting the

    chance to work in the film industry and those who trying to be an actor would be

    considered silly, the parents and the relatives would be expecting them to work as a

    lawyer or a doctor.Therefore the content above is trying to represent the expectations

    of Asian parents. As the video got over 50million views on Youtube and it has

    become a meme in the social media, people would use the word ‘Failure’ to describe

    the Asian who are not good at their studies. This has created the image of Asian

    parents.

    The above has shown how the image of Asian parents is represented. However in this

    mainstream representation there are forgotten details. The below is going to talk about

    it. First, it is not necessarily that it has to be Asian parents that they have high

    expectations. It is not a must. Parents from other countries can have a high

    expectations too. And as a matter of fact, some Asian nations like China , Hong

    Kong , Taiwan are not even that tough like the social media expected. As being

    mentioned by Raghavan, P. (2015),Success in a career was not given much weight by

    parents in most developed countries. Successful careers are not considered too

    important by parents in Asian nations such as China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, with

    15%, 17%, and 19% respectively supporting it as an ultimate goal. Therefore from the

    above it is being shown that this impression of Asian parents is just being inserted in

    people’s head, rather than being the reality.Then going back the language of the

    videos mentioned in the previous part,the Asian aunt said, ‘ Steven, when you get so

    fat?’ This is obviously wrong in a sentence structure but Steven He did this on

    purpose. He intentionally made a mistake to show that the character is an Asian.To


    show a character being an Asian doesn’t mean making English mistakes. This is the

    silenced part in the representation.

    To conclude, the above part has shown the representation of Asian parents and it has

    been discussed that the ways this image of strict,with high expectations and having

    bad English is being represented and in the next part it is also had been discussed that

    the forgotten issues in these representations. In my opinion, they are better ways to

    tell the story.Based on the forgotten part, I think it is better to distinct clearly those

    from Asia and those Asian who born and raised overseas.Asian or Asian-American

    can have a fluent English speaking skills. Like in the famous movie Shang-

    Chi,Michelle(2021) mentioned that Katy, Shang-Chi's best friend, played by

    Awkwafina, is called "the American girl" in the film and doesn't speak Mandarin

    owing to her U.S. birth.Asian Americans in the U.S. are increasingly alienated by the

    perpetual-foreigner myth, which perpetuates the idea that they are forever considered

    foreigners. As a result, Shang-Chi's distinction between Chinese versus Chinese

    American characters is socially significant in ensuring accurate representation. To

    conclude, the above part has shown the representation of Asian parents and it has

    been discussed that the ways this image of strict,with high expectations and having

    bad English is being represented and there are also forgotten issues in these

    representations.
    Appendix

    Figure1.1

    The percentage of people of color working in film in 2022


    Note. This is the report of Hollywood of the people of color working in the
    industries,from“UCLA Hollywood diversity report,” by Ana-Christina et al,2023

    Reference List

    De-Sheng, C. (2013). Chopsticks as a cultural symbol in China. IOSR Journal of Research &

    Method in Education, 1(4), 01–02. https://doi.org/10.9790/7388-0140102


    Hollywood Diversity Report 2023 | Social Sciences. (n.d.). Social Sciences.

    https://socialsciences.ucla.edu/hollywood-diversity-report-2023/

    Michelle,Y (2021, September 10). Shang-Chi’ Rings in a New Level of

    Representation.Shondaland. https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a37531296/shang-

    chi-rings-in-a-new-level-of-representation/

    Raghavan, P. (2015, July 18). Indian parents have very high expectations about their

    children’s education and careers. Times of India Blog.

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/minorityview/indian-parents-have-very-

    high-expectations-about-their-childrens-education-and-careers/

    Steven He. (2021, September 21). When “Asian” is a difficulty mode [Video]. YouTube.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miD_TWmdGIY

    Raghavan, P. (2015, July 18). Indian parents have very high expectations about their

    children’s education and careers. Times of India Blog.

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/minorityview/indian-parents-have-very-

    high-expectations-about-their-childrens-education-and-careers/

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