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1、YU9The Socio-Cultural Conflict between New and Traditional Asian-AmericanI have been living in America for almost a year; the top socio-culture conflict relevant to me lies between new Chinese-American and traditional Chinese-American cultures. Many Chinese friends often complain that it is difficul
2、t to live in a traditional Chinese family because there are too many invisible rites and ethical standards to follow after. “Tiger Mother” illustrates well-known common examples of such conflicts in US, which display the typical life styles of traditional Chinese families. For thousands of years, th
3、e Chinese have lived in a comparative stable and unchanging life, so they also act and think in traditional ways. Though Chinese peoples life has changed a lot since the open reformation policy, many peoples values towards life stay the same in various aspects. Even though new Chinese-Americans and
4、traditional Chinese-Americans are geographically and physically living together, there are many cultural differences between them due to distinctive life styles and value philosophies. The new generations who are growing up in the US have diverse moral, ethics as well as attitudes in life. The dispa
5、rate social structures between the modern and the traditional create many culture gaps at home and in society. The essay is mainly focusing at comparing the different families and work aspects between new and old Chinese-Americans, and the fundamental philosophy behind the culture issues to offer pr
6、actical solutions to bridge the gaps in the future.First, new and traditional Chinese-Americans hold different attitudes towards work. The modern Chinese believe that work is one of sources of happiness. Prof Xu, Hao, director of social psychology and disability research Centre of Tsinghua Universit
7、y, did a research on what makes people happy, and he concluded that passion and enthusiasm in work are the main factors that make people happy. He found that if a young man is out of his favorable work, his possibility of suicide rates maybe 40 times as greater as those who are not. Most of the new
8、Chinese-Americans have a shine educational background; For example, most of them hold at least a Bachelor degree or MBA from top universities in the world, such as Harvard, Stanford, and Berkeley; however 80% of them would rather choose some interesting but lower salary jobs than the higher paid one
9、s which are boring work to them. In contrast, the traditional Chinese-American hold opposite views on work. Money is always the priority of selecting a job besides some other factors like whether the job is a decent one or whether the working conditions are satisfied. In a survey, 36.73% people work
10、 for raising the family, 23.64% aim at having a high quality lifestyle, and only 12.87% endeavor to realize their personal value, which shows that most of traditional Chinese Americans are still struggling for rich life rather than enjoying work. Because of the distinctive attitudes toward work from
11、 diverse perspectives, many problems also arise in Chinese-American families such as family violence, divorce, marriage depression and frequent fight. In the paragraph four I will indicate the philosophy foundation of two cultures.Secondly, the two parties view on the family values is slightly simil
12、ar to each other because both of them believe in all happy families. Tolstoy once wrote, happy families are happy in the similar way while unhappy families are unhappy each in their own way. That is to say, both new and traditional parties think happiness of a family is the most enormous real happin
13、ess. The traditional concept about families still takes deeper root in the new Chinese-Americans. In accordance with a survey, nine out of ten people believe that their families are the essential and enduring part of their life, which is a reliable means of resisting the pressure and harmful threats
14、 from the chaos of society, culture shocks and extreme career load. Besides, the new group has laid stress on the harmonizing atmosphere of a family. Even between the husband and the wife, parents and children, sisters and brothers, they will perform themselves as well-mannered as possible. It defie
15、s traditional groups understanding that we can hear the wife say “Thank you!” to her husband, or the older sister say “Sorry.” to her younger brother and the father say “Forgive me, please.” to his daughter, though they have lived together for a long time because the principle and value of family am
16、ong the traditional group may be considered the most dominant with power in the families. As for the Chinese, a harmonious extended family is considered to be a blessing. It is highly related to the feudal society and Confucianism, which is the fundamental root in Asian culture. According to an Internet survey, more than 60% people think families are the most reliable people in the world, and 78.8% people hold that blessedness family is the biggest happiness in their life. Most wo
