Filipino American

pros and cons that Japanese Immigrants in the United States deal with, the background of why they migrated to America in the first place, and what they do culturally both in and out of Japan. I will also be finding the similarities between Chinese, Filipino, and Japanese immigrants. Japanese immigrants migrated to the United States in search of peace and prosperity. Back in Japan these immigrants had an unstable homeland yet, in America they had a chance to work hard to provide a better life…

Summary Chinese-Americans found themselves in the middle of racism even though they weren 't considered the enemy. The enemy being the Japanese. Many Chinese-Americans, found work hard to come by. Many Chinese-Americans even contemplated returning to their home country after being schooled so they would not have to face the racial discrimination. However, Chinese-Americans found the opportunity to find work and fight against the enemy. While the Chinese-American men and women went off to fight…

Asian Pacific Americans are primarily identified with Japanese, Chinese, and Filipino Americans but Asian Pacific Americans are much more than that. In my opinion, I believe Asian Pacific Americans are people who emigrated from Asian Pacific Islands to America who’s either looking for a job, freedom or be with their family member who already has American citizenship. These Asian Pacific Americans are either the 1st generation or more of Asian Pacific Americans who 's been in America for a period…

due to the fact that they are different from everyone else. For Asian-American kids in populations where there are not many other Asians around them, they can tend to feel misplaced in society. In the novels The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka, the main characters struggle with this feeling of shame directed towards their family, culture, and themselves. Being a part of the Asian-American community, it is easy to face discrimination in everyday life. This…

The migration of Asians to America dates back to the 1600s, and the first Asian immigrants were mostly Chinese. Their first stop in the western hemisphere was not North American, but Central America (Mexico), and they arrived on ships of the Manila Galleon. The Manila Galleons were Spanish trading ships that made round-trip sailing voyages once or twice per year across the Pacific Ocean from the port of Acapulco, to Manila in the Philippines, which were both part of New Spain. But, the first…

2015 Language in the Asian American Community Language is important to everyone. The English Language is used in everyday interaction with people. However, language could impose social and linguistic issues to those whose native language is not English in the United States. Asian Americans are one of those groups who faces these kinds of issues. In the chapter, “Asian American Voices: Language in the Asian American Community,” from Language in the USA, authors, Thom Huebner and Linda Uyechi…

Philippines back to Spain was not an option because it was cowardly and dishonorable. Henry Cabot Lodge also displayed nationalism in his article written in 1865. He wrote about how Washington “saw, with prophetic vision...the true course for the American people...stretching from the Blue Ridge to the Pacific Ocean”(Doc B). Lodge also stated that from the Rio Grande to the Arctic Ocean there should only be one country, the United States. This feeling of national pride lead to many people voicing…

the most recognized Chicano activist in the U.S.. He was the co-founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW), a labor union for agricultural workers, and promoted nonviolence. In 1965 to 1970, he helped lead the Delano Grape Strike, a strike started my Filipino workers to protest the poor pay and working conditions of farm jobs in Delano, California. Cesar Chavez became the face of the Chicano/a Civil Rights Movement. Another leader of the Chicano/a Civil Rights Movement was Dolores Huerta, the most…

The following paper will describe the impact of new immigrant populations in the urban environment of California between 1880-1941. The groups of new immigrants include the Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Sicilians, and much more. These groups typically lived in cities such as San Jose, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Monterey/Seaside. Their impact was through mass migrations, which to this day has drastically altered the urban environment of California. The argument to be made is that these…

that created a discourse in Hawaii. The Philippines was illegally ceded to the United States from the Treaty of Paris, along with Cuba and Puerto Rico. The Filipino-American War resulted as the United States attempted to establish control over the islands. The war lasted for more than 10 years, resulting in the death of more than 600,000 Filipinos. Our readings described it as the "first Vietnam", where US troops first used strategic tactics to "pacify" the natives. In class, we viewed the…