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More Asians and Asian American actors and actresses continue to appear in Hollywood films. However, many Hollywood films still portray Asians and Asian Americans in a negative manner as unassimilable and unacculturated minorities regardless of their generational status or fluency with the English language. This study examines the types of relationships that the two main Asian characters (Korean and Indian) in the film, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (Leiner, 2004), have with the other characters in the film and how these relationships reveal and highlight their inability to become assimilated into the dominant white American culture. The study also attempts to show how their inability to become assimilated affects their self-identity, attitude towards other co-ethnics, relationship with non-Asians, and romantic interests. The study maintains that though the stereotypes of Asians and Asian Americans are changing, the stereotypes still reflect Asians and Asian Americans as perpetual foreigners living in the United States.

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I. Introduction
 II. Theories of Assimilation
 III. Asian American Assimilation and Stereotypes
  1. The "Model Minority" Stereotype
  2. Self-ldentity and Internalized Racism
  3. Friends and Homophily
  4. Names
  5. Romantic Interests
  6. ReIationships with Whites and Other Minorities
 IV. Conclusion
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 Abstract

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문화연구 동화 고정관념 할리우드 재미 교포 아시아계 미국인 cultural studies assimilation stereotypes Hollywood Korean Americans Asian Americans

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• Kim, Kitai [ Hannam University ]

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