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Resistance and Empowerment
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Answer the following topics by referencing and using examples from the two text \\\"People of Color in the American West\\\" by Chan, 1994 and \\\"A different Mirror\\\" by Takaki Ronald, 2009. Identify 3 key terms as you write your essay and put it in a quotation. Do not just describe an event, analyze it critically, and then write about it. Give specific details and examples for each question. Provide the names of the individuals and their contributions to any specific event.
TOPIC: Discuss the impact of naturalization of Asian immigrants. Compare and contrast the methods used by Asian and Mexican American workers to resist injustice. Discuss the concerns and activism of Koreans in America during the "three periods" of nationalistic politics. Was anything accomplished? How did women and people of color benefit from their World War 2 experiences? What is "Operation Wetback?" Why was the "operation" implemented?
KEY TERMS THAT CAN BE USED: Nationalism, Counter Hegemony, Great Depression, Allies/ Sxis Powers/ War Powers Act
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Resistance and Empowerment
This paper identifies with ‘Nationalism’, ‘Counter Hegemony’ and ‘great depression’ key terms. Nationalism indicates a strong identity with a nation by an individual or a group. Nationalism is described in two perspectives noting on the primordilaist perspective and the modernist perspective. Counter Hegemony identifies with resistance, it indicates attempts to dismantle and critique hegemonic power. Opposition, confrontation characteristics counter hegemonic and legitimacy to the politics. Great depression indicates severe economic depression in the world in the World War II. Great depression lasted for a decade from the nineteen thirties to the nineteen forties.
Impact of Naturalization to the Asian immigrants
United States of America over the decades has been considered as a land of opportunities. Immigrants flock United States from diverse regions mainly attributed to political issues, hunger, religious issues, search for jobs and desire to acquire land (Chan 124). Immigrants assisted in shaping the America today. The history of immigrations for Asians relates to the naturalization policies and race-conscious immigration. Naturalization policies were practiced by the government of the United States. The concept of race was often ignored in the laws and policies governing the immigration of Asians in America. Asian immigrants faced exclusion, unequal laws and citizenship denial. This indicates that racial differences between the Asian immigrants and the white Americans driving the need of legislation.
Racial discrimination in Asian American took the shape of American legal system legislation which influenced the immigration policy and the naturalization laws (Chan 125). Naturalization is the processes involved in acquiring citizenship. The processes start with petition by the immigrant after a particular period of time. There are laws that govern the processes of naturalization. Immigration is regulated by United States Legislature and the Immigration Naturalization Service. Chinese immigrants who are Asians started in the period eighteen fifties and went unregulated for considerable decades. Asian immigrants faced harsh employment conditions, citizenship denial and discriminatory treatment. Asian immigrants were considered yellow peril and a danger to the American labour and social life.
The ban on naturalization was lifted in the World War II after the great depression, with the abolishment of racial oriented regulations. The white people protested against the Asians who could take less pay under unfavorable conditions. A good example is the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act which was racially motivated. Asian women engaged in prostitution and a law was formed to regulate the entry of the Asian women in America. Asians were restricted from participating in the United States society driving the feelings of marginalization. Equal citizenship has been enabled with scrapping of the discriminatory policies (Takaki 72).
Method used by Asian American and Mexican American Workers to Resist the Injustices
Racial and race inequality in the United States powerfully shaped the history of America. It started with religious liberty, then political liberty and finally economic liberty. American society was initially characterized with brutal domination, oppression and inequality. Slaves were denied freedom. Asian American and Mexican American workers resisted the injustices in diverse models. Asian Americans are the Americans with an Asian descent. Asians according to the United States Census Bureau definition, resonates to peoples in American with Far East, Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Asian American resonates with Asian Indian, Filipino, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese. Hart-Celler Act in the year nineteen sixty five eliminated restrictive national origins terms (Takaki 112).
Majority of Asian-American immigrants worked on sugar plantations a feature observed in the Mexican American immigrants (Takaki 113). Majority of the immigrants resisted injustice acts by avoiding confrontations. Chinese immigrants worked on the transcontinental railroad. The whites realized the surging number of whites and formed restrictive immigration laws enforced along the United States borders. Mexican Americans also migrated in droves and sensing alarms to the white Americans. The restriction was driven by Asian immigration restriction through Chinese exclusion act and Asian exclusion act
There has been a number of race based violence resonating with Watsonville riots, Rock Springs massacre attacks of the Japanese Americans and the attacks targeted at Korean American businesses. Asian Americans are targeted for hate violence and crimes over the years. Asian Americans resisted injustices by silencing; a model that was observed in the Mexican Americans immigrants (Chan 166), this made the white American perpetrate injustices to the immigrants considering that the law of the land was designed to favor the white Americans. Mexican Americans constitutes the Latinos and the Hispanics in United States.
Activism and the Concerns of Koreans in America during the ‘...
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Resistance and Empowerment
This paper identifies with ‘Nationalism’, ‘Counter Hegemony’ and ‘great depression’ key terms. Nationalism indicates a strong identity with a nation by an individual or a group. Nationalism is described in two perspectives noting on the primordilaist perspective and the modernist perspective. Counter Hegemony identifies with resistance, it indicates attempts to dismantle and critique hegemonic power. Opposition, confrontation characteristics counter hegemonic and legitimacy to the politics. Great depression indicates severe economic depression in the world in the World War II. Great depression lasted for a decade from the nineteen thirties to the nineteen forties.
Impact of Naturalization to the Asian immigrants
United States of America over the decades has been considered as a land of opportunities. Immigrants flock United States from diverse regions mainly attributed to political issues, hunger, religious issues, search for jobs and desire to acquire land (Chan 124). Immigrants assisted in shaping the America today. The history of immigrations for Asians relates to the naturalization policies and race-conscious immigration. Naturalization policies were practiced by the government of the United States. The concept of race was often ignored in the laws and policies governing the immigration of Asians in America. Asian immigrants faced exclusion, unequal laws and citizenship denial. This indicates that racial differences between the Asian immigrants and the white Americans driving the need of legislation.
Racial discrimination in Asian American took the shape of American legal system legislation which influenced the immigration policy and the naturalization laws (Chan 125). Naturalization is the processes involved in acquiring citizenship. The processes start with petition by the immigrant after a particular period of time. There are laws that govern the processes of naturalization. Immigration is regulated by United States Legislature and the Immigration Naturalization Service. Chinese immigrants who are Asians started in the period eighteen fifties and went unregulated for considerable decades. Asian immigrants faced harsh employment conditions, citizenship denial and discriminatory treatment. Asian immigrants were considered yellow peril and a danger to the American labour and social life.
The ban on naturalization was lifted in the World War II after the great depression, with the abolishment of racial oriented regulations. The white people protested against the Asians who could take less pay under unfavorable conditions. A good example is the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act which was racially motivated. Asian women engaged in prostitution and a law was formed to regulate the entry of the Asian women in America. Asians were restricted from participating in the United States society driving the feelings of marginalization. Equal citizenship has been enabled with scrapping of the discriminatory policies (Takaki 72).
Method used by Asian American and Mexican American Workers to Resist the Injustices
Racial and race inequality in the United States powerfully shaped the history of America. It started with religious liberty, then political liberty and finally economic liberty. American society was initially characterized with brutal domination, oppression and inequality. Slaves were denied freedom. Asian American and Mexican American workers resisted the injustices in diverse models. Asian Americans are the Americans with an Asian descent. Asians according to the United States Census Bureau definition, resonates to peoples in American with Far East, Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Asian American resonates with Asian Indian, Filipino, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese. Hart-Celler Act in the year nineteen sixty five eliminated restrictive national origins terms (Takaki 112).
Majority of Asian-American immigrants worked on sugar plantations a feature observed in the Mexican American immigrants (Takaki 113). Majority of the immigrants resisted injustice acts by avoiding confrontations. Chinese immigrants worked on the transcontinental railroad. The whites realized the surging number of whites and formed restrictive immigration laws enforced along the United States borders. Mexican Americans also migrated in droves and sensing alarms to the white Americans. The restriction was driven by Asian immigration restriction through Chinese exclusion act and Asian exclusion act
There has been a number of race based violence resonating with Watsonville riots, Rock Springs massacre attacks of the Japanese Americans and the attacks targeted at Korean American businesses. Asian Americans are targeted for hate violence and crimes over the years. Asian Americans resisted injustices by silencing; a model that was observed in the Mexican Americans immigrants (Chan 166), this made the white American perpetrate injustices to the immigrants considering that the law of the land was designed to favor the white Americans. Mexican Americans constitutes the Latinos and the Hispanics in United States.
Activism and the Concerns of Koreans in America during the ‘...
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