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The documentary Ivy Dreams (2006) by Yu-Teh Huang follows 4 Asian Americans as they apply for college. It showcases the stress and pressure of the college application process. These teens are simultaneously coming into their own as young adults while also trying to live up to the expectations of immigrant parents. Asian parents often place all their hopes and dreams on the Ivy League education is a guarantee of success and happiness for their children. But the film shows that parents who impose obligation, control, and discipline onto their children in pursuit of these dreams can become blind. They fail to see the ways it strains the parent-child relationship and the development of the child’s selfhood. #documentary #asianamerican #collegeadmissions #collegeapplications #immigrant

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Sources: Museum of Chinese in America Barton, Christopher P., and Kyle Somerville. “Play Things: Children’s Racialized Mechanical Banks and Toys, 1880-1930.” International Journal of Historical Archaeology 16, no. 1 (2012): 47–85. #history #asianamerican #museum #racist #chinesehistory

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Source: Chen T, Wu Y, Zhang Y, et al. “Archaeobotanical study of ancient food and cereal remains at the Astana Cemeteries, Xinjiang, China.” PLoS One 7, no. 1 (2012). #history #archaeology #dumplings #chinesehistory #foodhistory