Toulmin Argument Claim: For Minorities Essay

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Specific Supports: Chang uses a few statistics as specific support such as by stating that "half of all Asian-Americans intermarry," and that Asian-Americans have the highest median income of all ethnic groups in the United States including Caucasians (p. 3). Supports are both factual and opinionated.

Warrants: Warrants include the following. First, race exists. Chang claims that American culture is race-conscious even if race does not exist scientifically. Second, ethnicity and/or race are integral to identity formation. Most Americans are conscious of their race or ethnic identity and use that to create in-group relationships and to define themselves. The extent to which Americans are race-conscious may be far greater than in other societies because of the unique immigrant experience in America. Third, American society assumes a dichotomy between assimilation and ethnocentrism. Finally, many Americans may assume that Asians are a "model minority."

Rebuttal: Citing Liu, Chang shows that many scholars believe that race does not exist and that race is entirely contrived.

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It may indeed be important to transcend race and ethnicity. Ethnic identity is malleable and may change over time. A person can both embrace Asian heritage while transcending the Asian-American nametag. Also, success in the United States depends on a number of factors. Immigration laws once favored only professional Asians, whereas new waves of immigrants from Asia contend with poverty and discrimination.

Qualifiers: Chang points out that Asian America is heterogeneous, and that the tag "Asian-American" may too easily gloss over the differences between different Asian cultures. Assimilation is not necessarily the answer to an identity crisis for those with Asian heritage, however. To assimilate too often means denying one's ethnicity. In fact, it is important to embrace ethnic heritage without becoming ethnocentric.

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