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Nick Jump
Ms. Pringle
1310 1:00
17 October 2005


Stereotypes play a significant role in the lives of many individuals. Stereotypes can be hurtful and they can be helpful. Eric Liu combats Asian stereotypes and his own thoughts of inferiority with a conscious strategy of assimilation that leads to further the spread of Asian American stereotypes and the loss of his own individuality.
When someone finds him or herself in an unfamiliar place, they tries to adapt to the surroundings by blending in. Liu believes that the way to "make it" in America is to "achieve whiteness" (148). Liu believes to be successful one must "[bleach] out the marks of a darker, dirtier past" and assimilate (148). When Eric Liu assimilated he was considered by whites to be an "honorary white." He was called an honorary white because by all standards besides his skin; he was considered white and with that consideration came privileges that may not have been extended to him otherwise. Liu was......

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