Asian Americans: Growth and Diversity

1. Chapter 12 Asian Americans: Growth and Diversity

2. �The Model-Minority� Model Minority�group that, despite past prejudice and discrimination, succeeds economically, socially, and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontation with whites Blaming the Victim---Portraying the problems of racial and ethnic minorities as their fault rather than recognizing society�s responsibility. For example�.If Asians have succeeded than why haven�t blacks or latinos

3. Why Asians do relatively well Asian incomes are similar to whites AS A GROUP�but this is a bit misleading, because Asian Americans have higher average educational attainment levels and yet have not surpassed whites in Income

4. The Yellow Peril Besides being a great name for a professional wrestler�..it is�.. A term denoting a generalized prejudice toward Asian people and their customs Originated at the beginning of Asian Immigration to the U.S.

5. Types of Prejudice Inappropriate use of cliches: ?? Mistaken Identity---identified by the wrong nationality�Asian Americans are often treated as if they are foreigners Overgeneralization---Asians are all good at math and play the violin Ethnic Slurs�Mocking Asian Names�etc Inflammatory Reporting---One-sided reporting of World War II or negative focus on Asian Individuals

6. Prejudice Continued Asian Bashing---blame for economic problems�especially currently with regards to China Media Invisiblity�media often ignores Asians or neglects to seek out their views on Asian or general issues Model Minority---This positive portrayal can also have a negative effect

7. Panethnicity What does this mean? Come on now? This is the third time we�ve discussed? Are you serious? None of you remember? Oh, that�s awful. Boo! Boo!!

8. Asian Indians Second Largest Asian American Group (after Chinese Americans Desi (Day-see)�colloquial name for people who trace their ancestry to south Asia�India and Pakistan

9. Filipino Americans 4 periods of Immigration 1. 1920�s mostly male and employed in agricultural labor 2. same time period, immigrated to Hawaii to serve as contract workers on the sugar plantations 3. Post WWII arrivals included many war veterans and wives of U.S. soldiers 4. newest immigrants arrived under the 1965 skilled immigration act. Many are professionals. 40% of Filipino Americans have arrived after 1990

10. Southeast Asian Americans Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Laotians. Many arrived after the Vietnam War to escape their war-torn homelands. Given our lack of success in Vietnam, many Americans resented this group of immigrants Viet Kieu�Vietnamese living abroad, such as in the U.S. Gook Syndrome�phrase describing Americans� tendency to regard all Asians as alike and undesirable

11. Korean Americans 3 waves of Immigration 1. 7000 immigrants came to the U.S. between 1903 and 1910�most came to Hawaii 2. During and after the Korean War�war orphans and wives of servicemen 3.after the 1965 immigration act. Many are highly educated and skilled

12. Korean Americans Ilchomose�the 1.5 generation of Korean Americans�those who immigrated into the U.S. as children Kye (Kay)�Rotating credit system used by Korean Americans to subsidize the start-up costs of business. Do The Right Thing---the arguments between the Korean Store Owner and the African American residents of Bed-Stuy who were upset that other immigrants owned the majority of businesses in their neighborhood

13. Hawaiians Haoles (Ha-oh-lehs)�Native Hawaiians� term for caucasians (similar to the term �gringo� While the whites colonists did not impose slavery on the native population, their arrival brought with it much war and disease What Disease and why? Sovereignty Movement�modern efforts to restore land and self-rule to the native people of Hawaii