Discrimination Against Asian Immigrants

1800s, waves of Asian immigrants from other countries arrived at the United States of America. These countries include China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, and India. They believed that coming to the United States would enable them to achieve the “America Dream”, but various laws and discrimination prevented them from achieving the dream. In response to these laws and discrimination, Asian immigrant groups asserted a sense of agency to protect themselves from oncoming discrimination and prejudice. Agency

millions of immigrants from all over the world aspire to the democracy and freedom of the atmosphere for the United States have come here, immigrants make a profound influence for the formation and development of the American nation, and the birth and prosperity of the United States. To a large extent, it can be said that if there is no immigrant, it will not have the birth of the United States of America. The modern history of America is also a history of immigrants, the England immigrants as the main

2009). In Canada, visible minorities and immigrants who experience discrimination and unfair treatment are more likely to experience emotional/mental problems that manifest as feelings of sadness, depression, and loneliness (De Maio & Kemp, 2010). Moreover, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and low self-esteem are a few mental health conditions that have been linked to racialized immigrants in Canada (Nestel, 2012). For example, Afghan immigrant youth in Canada can experience low self-esteem

DOC 100 Ziyun Zou Oct. 24, 2015 Black Lives Matter Analysis “Black Lives Matter”, the movement against judicial injustice and police brutality that particularly against African Americans, has drawn great public attention. As indicated in the recent years, “over half of the people who being killed by police brutality were African Americans or Latino” (Nazgol Ghandnoosh). Therefore, African Americans launched the movement fighting for their human rights and real legal justice regardless of race

of Citizenship to Asian American Racism: Name: Institution Affiliation: Date: Statement of the Problem Immigration restrictions and exclusion of citizenship to the US is a major practice into the United States of American. For a long time now, these restrictions and exclusions have been seen as a tool to uphold and protect the American culture and ensure security to the American citizens (Johnson, 1998). However, these legislations have many racial and discrimination effects to the citizens

citizens (Johnson, 1998). However, these legislations have many racial and discrimination effects to the citizens of some countries like the African and Asian countries. These effects seem to be insignificant to the US economy but in the long run, may taint the image of the United States as being a discriminative and racist nation. The effects and contribution of these laws to Asian American racism and discrimination therefore, must be well understood to enable the US government to amend or

started having religious problems with the Church of England. Than a wave of immigrants Europeans came to America pursuing freedom of religion. The Industrial Revolution in 1800s, the Irish flocked to North America because in their country, Ireland had their crops ruined. Also, between 1860 to 1880 Asians immigrated to the United Stated. Then, in 1900s, the immigration of Asians raised in New York and Chicago. Foreign Asians were seen by Americans as immoral and dangerous, because they were taken Americans

century, myriads of immigrants flocked to the U.S. seeking better job opportunities,or searching for religious freedom. U.S. citizens were fearful, envious, and willing to exclude immigrants who came to the US as they were viewed as an economic threat to the society. They believed that these immigrants were racially, morally and intellectually inferior to them and as such did not see or treat as their equals. These dysfunctions lead to severe and harsh treatment of immigrants. Historically, the three

During the 1870’s to 1930’s, large numbers of Chinese immigrants came to the United States in search of a successful life for themselves and generations to come. Although some immigrants found it possible to Americanize, the extent to which the vast majority of Chinese immigrants in California preserved the cultural traditions of their homeland was much greater than that of assimilation. This outcome was due to the fact that they were logically more inclined to place themselves within ethnic enclaves

From this class, I have learned how South Asian Americans have been racialized and how they have been treated differently compared to other marginalized people in the U.S. By studying the narratives of South Asians and other minority groups, I gained the knowledge about racism, colonialism, capitalism and imperialism and the government’s politics strategies. Through the learning histories, I developed my empathy with the struggles of immigrant, racial and minority community and understood how to