Questions 

Sample answers

1. What are some stereotypes about Asian people that you know?

• As far as I know, the most common stereotype about Asian people is that we are good at Math.

• Many Western people think that Asian people, such as the Vietnamese, use chopsticks to eat almost everything.

2. Do you have any prejudices?

• Honestly speaking, I do have a lot of prejudices about some provinces in my country. But it's not nice to say it now.

• I used to have many. But ever since I was a victim of them, I’ve changed myself and become an open-minded person.

3. Have you ever been discriminated against?

• Yes I have. It was 3 years ago when I first came to the USA. I was discriminated against by some classmates for being the only Asian in class. Those people were a pain in the neck.

• Luckily, I have never in my life experienced that before. And I hope it won't happen to me.

4. How do you handle that situation?

• Besides the ones who discriminated against me, there were lots of friends who treated me very well. They helped me get through the hard time.

• When I was a victim of discrimination in the company, I went to my manager and talked to him. 

5. Is gender discrimination in the workplace a problem in your country?

• I think even though we’re living in a modern word, gender discrimination in the workplaces is still an issue in Vietnam. 

• Personally, I think regardless of the development of society, there still remain some people who experience gender discriminators at workplaces.

6. Why does discrimination exist?

• I think discrimination comes from the cross-cultural conflicts. When you don't know much about one culture, it is quite difficult for you to accept it.

• I think discrimination exist because of the differences in how we see the world. 

7. What should be done to stop discrimination? 

• In my opinion, we can stop discrimination by educating people to respect others' differences. 

• I personally think that we should report any action of discrimination to put an end to this problem.