Asian Americans Flashcards
History: when did 300,00+ Chinese migrate to California?
1850-1880
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Banned Chinese from entering US soil
1943 Magnuson Act
Repealed Chinese Exclusion Act and Allowed 105 Chinese/year to enter US
1965 Immigration Act
Allowed large-scale immigration from China and abolished discrimination based on national origin
When did the US Supreme Court rule that foreign-born Japanese could not become citizens because not Caucasian?
1922
What happened in 1937-1945 during WWII
US forcibly relocated 112,000-120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans into internment camps
Population percentages
- Number of Asian Americans in the US has doubled in every census for past 60 years
- comprise approx 4% of US population
- will likely be near 9% by 2050
Descendants of 19th century immigrants
Chinese and Japanese
Post WWII immigrants
Filipinos, Asian Indians, and Koreans
Recent refugees from Southeast ASia
Cambodians, Laotians, Vietnamese
Categories of Asian Americans: Asian Americans
Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, and Koreans
Categories of Asian Americans: Southeast Asians
Cambodians, Hmong, Vietnamese, Laotians, Thai, Malaysians, and Singaporeans
Categories of Asian Americans: Asian Indian
Bengalese, Bharat, East Indian, Bangladeshi, Burmese, Indonesian, Pakistani
Categories of Asian Americans: Pacific Islanders
Hawaiians, Samoans, Guamanians, Tongan, Fijians, and Tahitians
“Model Minority” - examples of relative social success
lowest divorce rate, lowest unemployment rate, lowest teen pregnancy rate, highest household family income, higher percentage than whites with college, doctoral, medical, and law degrees
Areas of inequality
many are still in poverty and remain underrepresented in politics
Cultural values: collectivistic orientation
Value community and family above self, family work often preferred over individual counseling, and assess the support available from family, friends, and community
Cultural values: hierarchal relaationships
- emphasis on authority of parents over children and even older children over younger
- primary allegiance is to parents even after you are married
- don’t impose egalitarian values on the family
- family structure may influence communication patterns
cultural values: Parenting Styles
- Tend to be authoritarian and directive
- problems in children seen as a lack of discipline
- more physical and emotional practices are used as disciplinary measures
Cultural Values: emotional restraint
less open displays of emotion and love and affection shown through meeting physical needs, rather than emotional needs
Cultural Values: Holistic view of mind and body
In Asian culture, mind and body are one and physical difficulties may be caused by emotional difficulties
