Week 8_Kathryn Garcia_A02

Reading:

“I would always rather be abnormal than holistic”

Visual Addition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jYBWBlEd0U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FDSdg09df8

Reference:

VICE. (2012, May 09). Retrieved February 20, 2019, from 

        

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FDSdg09df8

VICE. (2016, May 02). Retrieved February 20, 2019, from 

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jYBWBlEd0U

Blog Entry:

            In this week’s lecture, we talked about the concept of mental health within the Asian culture and race, and how those values and pressures have had an effect on Asian Americans. After reading, Shanna Haydock’s essay I agree with some of the statements she has made. She discusses how our parents or those before us have different experiences and challenges and how, at the time, had to suck it up and deal with those problems. She explains that when newer generations have similar problems, it can be seen as week, because past generations were able to deal with it, so why can’t we? I totally agree that this kind of mindset is ingrained within the Asian culture, where we have to just deal with problem and suck it up. I believe that this kind of mindset causes even more mental health issues. I have provided that 2 YouTube videos that discusses the mental health within Korean and Japanese cultures. Japanese and Koreans are seen “highly” or very forward thinking among the Asian cultures, however, behind all of that is a lot of issues. These same issues is how Asian Americans face within the model minority stereotype. We have grown up where talking about feelings is weak and that the problem you face are your problems. If we were able to grow up in an environment where it is ok to talk about our feelings or to be vulnerable, mental health in Asian Americans could definitely improve.