Asian children care for their parents? Thats an outdated stereotype There is a lack of provision for elderly Asian people because of this belief, with the reality for many being chronic loneliness. Stereotypes are dangerous, whether benign or malignant. Simon Hughes was most likely hoping to start a national conversation about how best to take care of an ageing population when he suggested that people in Britain had lost a sense of obligation to care for loved ones. They needed to learn from the Asian and African communities who understood the importance of sacrifices and a responsibility to look after your family to the end, he said. Hughes suggestion that the rest of Britain can learn from other communities is not exactly original – Jeremy Hunt made the very same point last October – and in fairness to him it is rooted in some truth. Asian families have tended to look after their own; the notion of putting my parents into an old peoples home would have been, and remains, unthinkable, and when I was growing up my late father would cite the fact that some white Britons did end up in care homes as yet another example of Asian superiority. theguardian/commentisfree/2014/apr/22/asian-children-care-for-parents-outdated-stereotype-simon-hughes
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:47:59 +0000
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