midterm -11/10 Flashcards
Approximately, when did the Flipino American movement gain momentum?
Early 1970s
What is the most popular mass-based expressive form of culture organized by Pilipino American students?
The Pilipino Cultural Night
In the movie the Debut, what kind of crisis did Ben face?
An Identity Crisis
What kind of stereotypes did Ben face when he went to his white classmates house party?
Chink, eating dog, called Chinese
A semitransparent long-sleeved shirt that is traditionally made of pina cloth and worn by Filipino men is called ______.
barong
What is the name of the traditional Philippine dance that originated from the Spanish Colonial Era and involves beating and tapping two bamboo poles?
Tinikling
This Philippine population resisted Spanish religious conversion and political domination.
Southern Philippines’ Muslim populations
In the “Kasaysayan ng Lahi” PCN at UCLA in 1983 that Gonzalves examined, the suite that emphasized a martial and highly romantic view of Southern Philippines culture and gendered code of protection was called __.
The “Muslim Suite”
What helped Flipino/as ease their transition into American life?
The presence of relatives and expectations of seeing fellow Filipinos in the new home.
In what ways did Filipino and Filipino-owned businesses in Daly City foster a “transnational”
Transfer of remittances, shipment of Balikbayan boxes or purchase of imported goods.
Where is the closest thing to a Pinoy commercial enclave in Daly City located?
St. Francis Square
What are some of the reasons that Filipino cuisine may have not made significant impressions on the mainstream American palate?
lack of marketing, prideful oily preparation, and lack of vegetable dishes
What is the movie that addresses a young mans’ Filipino American identity?
The Debut
What field of study do most Filipino parents want their children to go into?
The medical field i.e. nurse, doctor
What is the traditional gesture that Rose greets her grandfather with?
Mano-po
How did the mixed-heritage Filipinos of African Latino, and native American descent differ from those of Europeans descent?
Filipinos of European descent were deemed less valuable but were also enviable by others.
What items are typically seen in Filipino living rooms representing Filipino culture?
Giant wooden spoons, forks and paintings of The Last Supper
What form of racism did Spain introduce based on skin color?
Colorism
How was the culture of interracial marriages in Midwest different than the Northwestin the early 20th century?
Filipinos inthe Midwestmarried European descent while Filipinos in the northwest married American Indians and Mexicans
What other ethnicity did young Filipinos mimic?
African American
According to the movie”The Debut” what was a gesture to respect the Filipino Elders?
Placingback of hand onto the forehead “Blessing”
Name 2 Filipino americans whichhad a large impact on understanding the Filipino American experience that Jamero refers to?
Fred Cordova and Dorothy Cordova
What does PCN stand for?
Philippine Culture Night
What were one of the cultural dances features in “The Debut”?
Singkil
What was the language that evolved the Philippines to establish the Philippine Commonwealth , placing Manual Quezon as president?
Tagalog
How did the youth of Philippine Action educate the Filipino youth about their collective story?
by joining the so-called Philippine Independence Day Parade of 1992
Which two cultural beliefs influence Jamero’s behavior and approach to raise his children?
- Walay ulaw 2. Walang Batasan
What key aspect allowed Filipino Americans to transition to U.S. culture more easy than any other immigrant?
Linguistic Assimiliation
According to Magwili, what population int he Philippines presented “a different culture from the other groups” in the central and northern Philippines by their costumes,music and dances?
Southern Philippine Muslim population
According to Jamero what unrelated family extension did he have a lot of ?
Manongs (uncles)
Which dance suite emphasized a martical and highly romantic view of southern Philippine culture and a gendered code of protection
Muslim Suite
While “Pilipino” has come to be a term of self empowerment in the United States, “______” is a term of colonial and class liberation in an international context.
Filipino
What were two dances that were normative gendered codes in courtship dances that PCN organizers would find?
Carinosa and La Jota
What was one of the goals the Filipino student organizations attempting to achieve through PCN?
Cultural practices
What did Filipino parents often push their children to adopt?
to become less Filipino by adopting dominant culture’s reward system while in college
What is the first action a parent can take to help their children claim their Filipino heritage proudly?
Give your child a first or middle name that is connected with their Filipino heritage
What is the second action a parent can take to help their children claim their Filipino heritage proudly?
Talk positively about what you value about being Filipino
Which show featured live and recorded music to accompany the dancing and play?
Kasaysayan ng Lahi
Who’s accent pointed to his Tagalog-speaking roots during his performances?
Gary Batista
What did Gustavo call Ben in “The Debut”?
Coconut
What is Pilipno Cultural Night?
populat mass-based expressive form of culture organized by students
What does PCN consist of?
folkloric dance w/ theatrical narrative
What is singkil?
popular dance that emphasizes a martial & highly romantic view of southern Phil. culture
What are “productive problems” in the heart of PCN?
absence, silence and invisibility
Parents want their children to know more about the Philippines but rarely celebrate what?
Filipino special days /holidays
What was one of the first Filipino Youth organizations formed during the upsurge of the 1960s?
Search to Involve Pilipino Americans
Who did the youth create a common history with in order to galvanize the Filipino American community?
Manongs
When did the I-Hotel start to take on it’s Asian character?
When they housed Japanese naval officers
What did the longtime International Hotel activist, Al Robles refer to the new International hotel as what?
“Coming home to Manilatown after a fresh crop of rice”
In its hey day, “Filipino town” in San Francisco was also referred to as what?
Kearny Street
What is Bayanihan?
literally “moving a house”
What was the most populat past time for the manongs?
sabongs/cockfights
What is the most common punihsment for Filipino kids?
several whacks from Papa’s belt
Accordign to the Filipino custom, males apporaching their teens underwent___
circumcision
As a title of respect in the Filipino culture, older peaople are called
Manongs/ Manangs
What are some advantages Filipino Americans have?
civic membership
What is Chronic Misrecognition?
possessing an invisible social identity
Why do Filipinos mostly mingle and network in the same circle in the multiracial community?
it’s a security blankey
This sport was a national passion in the Philippines
boxing
What is sampaguita?
a sweet smeeling flower native to the Phippines
What city has many Filipino American resisiting the idea of being called Asian American?
Seattle
What is the most populat mass-based expressive form of culture organized by Filipino Americna studies?
PCN
Who was the undocumented Filipino American who wrote an essay to the NY times advocating for the Dream Act
Jose Vargas
Which Csuf professor preforned PCN with Gary Bautista?
Dom Magwili
Who is known as “The Man with a Thousand Voices?”
Gary Bautista
This Hawaii born Filipino American’s debut album spawned four singles that reached the Billboard Hot 100: Just the Way You Are, Grenade, Lazy Song, and Marry You
Bruno Mars
This Half Filipino/Spanish is regarded as the King of Latin Pop. His notable music includes Hero, Bailando, and Sex + Love
`Enrique Iglesias
You may know him for his athletic performance in Cage Matches. More recently, you may have heard him say, “I am Groot.”
DAve Bautista
A traditional Philippine dance that originated during Spanish colonial era. The name refers to local birds, which imitates their graceful movement and speed by maneuvering between large bamboo poles. (Wikipedia)
Tinikling
The region is the center of culture, economy, education, and government (especially known for mass media/ movie industry) of the Philippines. (Filipino English and Taglish: Language Switching from Multiple Perspectives)
Metro Manila
In 1994, only 44.93 % of Filipino Americans own this for entertainment
t.v set
What was the first Filipino-AMerican newspaper?
Kauai Filipino News
In 2000, what state has the largest Filipino population in the U.S?
CA
According to the U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services, more than six in ten Filipino immigrants are ___?
women
In 1990, Among Undocumented immigrants in the U.S., those from the Philippines are what rank?
6th
Who is the Famous Filipino American UFC fighter that goes by the name of “the Truth”?
Brandon Vera
What TV station is widely popular even in the United States?
TFC - Filipino Channel
Jamero stresses about his skin and the problems he faces because of this color.
Brown
In the movie, The Debut, what body part did Ben clip in order to make it taller?
His nose
In, The Debut, Ben recognizes his identity as Filipino-American only through his patient and abiding _____.
Family
After he is referred to as a _____, Ben disorients himself from his colonial mentality and returns to his family and heritage/culture.
Chink
Representation in film of Filipino youth dealing with triangulation, misrecognition and recovery is an example of __________.
Invisibility Narrative
Daly City is an ideal location for Filipino families, specifically because of _____ homes.
Multi-generational
In the 1990s, what two cities could you find the most Filipino families?
San diego and LA
What was the last Jamero child to get married?
Julie
Alibata and this language spoken by Jamero and his peers are 2 languages that we have heard of but many still do not know it ever existed or know exactly what it is.
G-language
It is customary for Filipino parents to do this and Jamero often expressed relief that his brother had __________ because it sounded too foreign to him and contradicted with his efforts to assimilate into the American mainstream
His father’s name
In the Debut, why was Gusto’s stance on Ben’s identity ironic?
Gusto mocked Ben’s colonial mentality, when he himself aligns himself more with urban black culture than Filipino traditions.
Filipino youth activists of the 1970s _______ the community organizations of their parents and their forms of “validation” of a Filipino identity
rejected
T/F - Asian American lesbians and gay men felt comfortable to “go home” because their parents and relatives always accepted and were open to their lifestyle.
False
Jamero believed that all people should _______ like his parents and the Manongs did.
work hard
context also contributes to their invisibility? The crux of the Filipino-American social condition is a nagging sense that despite their status as the second-largest Asian-American group, Filipino Americans are represented or recognized infrequently in multicultural, post-civil-rights U.S. culture: they are, in a word, _______.
invisible
What platform allowed Filipino American students to demonstrate a spectacle of wearing cultural identities like “ill-fitting suits”?
PCN salute
In Contemporary Mixed-Heritage Filipino Americans , stated that “ Across families, the family portrait defies neatly delineated boundaries; Filipinos belong to no race and belong to all. Skin tones range from the strongest______ to the creamy color of _______flesh
coffee and banana
What perplexes Americans about Filipino Americans?
English speakers, brown skin, from Asia
What was the first suggestion that the article Mixed Heritage Filipino Americans , to connect children to their Filipino heritage?
give them a Filipino name, either their first name or middle name
The absence of a Filipino-American racial discourse necessitates that their stories take a shape different from those who are acknowledged in the U.S. racial imagination.
true
Which wave brought the need for agricultural and unskilled labor to the US?
First Wave
What were wealthy male Filipino students sent to the US to be trained in American government?
Pensionados
Which wave brought war brides, World War 2 Veterans, and U.S. Navy men to the U.S.?
Second Wave
What were the two significant U.S. immigration acts after WWII that allowed for dramatic increases in Filipino migration to the U.S.?
McCarren-Walter Act of 1952, Immigration Act of 1965
What wave were Filipinos were brought in as professionals, nurses, doctors, and for family re-unification?
Third Wave
On April 8, 1942, what was activated in San Luis Obispo, CA?
The First Filipino Infantry
What act granted the Philippines it’s independence within 10 yrs and restricted Filipino immigration?
Tydings-McDuffie Act
In 1892, what was the event the occurred when the revolutionaries under Bonafico and Tandang Sora launched the revolution by tearing up the ID cards made by the Spanish?
Cry of Balintawak
In 1968, this ____ was the first college of ethnic studies, which included Philippine history, economic, and dance?
San Francisco State University
Which act denied WWII Filipino American Veterans their rightful benefits?
1946 Recission Act
What years was the Japanese Interregnum
1941-1945
This term is used to describe Filipinos recruited by Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association to work on sugar plantations?
Sakadas
This act exempted Filipino war brides entering the United States from immigration quotas following World War II.
Soldier Bridge Act of 1947
What year were World War II Filipino Military service men were first able to gain their U.S. citizenship?
1943
When did the U.s purchase the Philippines from Spain for 20 million dollars?
1898
What years were the First Wave?
1906-1935
What years were the Second Wave?
1935-1965
What year did political exiles from the Marcos era, intellectuals and professionals start arriving in the U.S?
1973
What date did Philippines declared independence form Spain?
June 12,1898
What date did the Philippinesgain independence from the U.S?
July 4,1946
Name the two methods by which the majority of the international marriages take place.
through military contact and mail order bride business
“What is the derivation of a
social identity through nonvisible characteristics, which ‘usually include
differences like religion, occupation, national origin, club or social group
memberships, illness, and sexual orientation’?”
Social invisibility
“Which non-profit agency was Jamero involved with in San Francisco that
provides substance-abuse services for Asian Americans?”
Asian American Recovery Services
“Which political group helped Jamero to be an activist, political appointee,
and candidate for political office?”
Young TUrks
“What parade did the youth for Philippine Action join in order to educate
Filipino youth of the collective story?”
Philippine Independence Day Parade of 1992
“Which Filipino radical organization that led the anti-eviction movement
from the International Hotel in 1977?”
Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP)
“Prior to WWII, what was the ethnicity of the parents of of the majority of
mixed-hertiage parents?”
Filipino father and American mother
“According to Jiobu’s (1998) analysis, the next most frequent ethnic group
that has some cultural similarities to Filipinos that Filipinos in California
tend to marry?”
Latino or Hispanic
“What was the act that amended the previous immigration law and opened
the door to increased immigration?”
The immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
What was the landmark case in 1933 where filipinos were classifed as Malays and quickly added to the list of persons prohibited from intermarriage with whites?
Rland v. LA county
“With the development of U.S. military bases in the Philippines, what job did
Filipinos have on these bases?”
Navy stewards
“What agreement in 1946 allowed the U.S. to continue enlisting Filipinos who
would be come eligible to be U.S. citizens?”
The Military Bases Agreement
Who enlisted in the U.S. Navy with Peter Jamero during WWII
Bob Mcdonald
“According to Aguilar-San Juan, what is the problem that arises whenever
some dimension of experience is left out despite a concerted effort to
include everyone?”
Problem of Authenticity
“What is the aspect of Filipino American identity includes returning to oral
traditions and folklore and returning to the use of Filipino languages?”
Indigenization
Why were many Bridge Generation Filipino Americans affected by the Korean War?
Many were enlisted or drafted into the armed forces.
“What is the disease that gay Filipino-American men used as a marker for
““before”” and ““after”” periods in their lives?”
AIDS
WHat are the two historical processes that further the understanding of Filipinos’ susceptibility to a racilization process?
“The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s as well as the post-1965
immigration wave of Filipinos”
According to Pisares, what is the two fold offense of the white girl calling Ben a chink in The Debut?
It is a hateful word-act aimed at a minority, and an instance of misrecognition
“What are two words, used by Filipino gay men,that can be used interchangeably and can mean artfulness, artifice, in authenticity,
untruth, and playful manipulation of social situations?”
Kiyeme and Etsing
