Essay Filipino Americas

When the Philippines became a territory of the U.S. after the Spanish-American War, Philippine could freely enter the country. Recruited by the thousands as cheap labor to work the Hawaiian sugar plantation and “the fisheries of the Northwest and Alaska” (Takai, 314). They quickly began to migrate to the U.S mainland. They were agricultural workers and domestic service workers, which is what the economy needed at that time. In contrast, in class, we learned that the first Chinese immigration to North America began with the California Gold Rush and the first railroad project. Following the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Japanese immigrants were increasingly as their success in the farming industry. Therefore, they way they came to America makes Filipino quite distinct from the Chinese and

The environments in which these to movements of immigration have created labels for these immigrants. In Central and South America, the violence that is shown and the violence that is brought near the borders of the United States creates a root of censorship. Hispanics are therefore considered rapists, murders, and thieves among the United States’ society. The positive influences of the Hispanic culture are not taken in account. The ability to create vast social structures and be the hammer of the United States is not presented. Nevertheless, Asians are based upon their development of the latest medicine, technology, and innovations. These immigrants are considered to be a positive influence in the United States, in which it hoped to be a valuable asset. Asians are recognized as regular immigrants and regular people while Hispanics are considered to be illegal and with a lower value. Hispanics are also being blamed for the decrease of job employment in which is simply not the real purpose. “Asians are expected to outnumber Hispanics, making up 38 percent of all immigrants” (Escobar para.3). The increase of Asian population in the United States means that there is a higher probability of Asians stealing jobs from American rather than the slow decreasing Hispanic migration. There is a limit of Asian immigration that is being presented in the media, which is by far not

Today, we have twenty Asian American populations living in the United States. The demographic data will show the varied population sizes (Census Bureau, 2010). My paper will be focusing on the Korean population. 1. Chinese- 4,010,114 (includes 215,441 Taiwanese), 2. Filipino-3,416,840, 3. Indian 3,183,063, 4. Vietnamese-1.737,433, 5. Korean 1,706,822, 6. Japanese-1.304,286, 7. Pakistani-409,163, 8. Cambodian-276,667, 9. Hmong 260,073, 10. Thai-237,583, 11. Laotian- 232,130, 12. Bangladeshi-147,300, 13. Burmese-100,200, Indonesian-95,270, 15. Nepalese-59,490, 16. Sri Lankan-45,381, 17. Malaysian-26,179, 18. Bhutanese-19,439, 19. Mongolian-18,344, 20. Okinawan-11,326 (Pew Research Center, 2015)

America is considered a melting pot of different ethnic groups. By today's standard, "American culture" is the result of a variety of races integrating their own cultural beliefs into American society. Throughout the years, the United States has seen a massive increase of people migrating from Asian countries; "they make up 3.6 percent of the U.S. population, a 199 percent increase from 1980 when they constituted only 1.5 percent of the population" (Ng). Like other immigrants, Asians come here in order to seek a better life and experience civil liberties. According to statistics, "Filipino Americans today make up the second largest Asian Pacific American (APA) group in the country" (Aquino). Filipinos alongside other Asians have

Asian Americans represent a large and rapidly growing segment of the U.S. population. A recent U.S. Census estimate puts their combined numbers at over 11 million people and predicts a better than tripling in population by 2050. They are exceedingly diverse, coming from nearly fifty countries and ethnic groups, each with distinct cultures, traditions, and histories, and they speak over 100 languages and dialects. Asian American diversity

There are various implications of the information on population and demographics as well as social-economic statistics of Asians Americans. The article on population statistics and demographics attempts to explain the existing population of Asian Americans and the repercussion that this has on the populace of the United States. Firstly, the population of Asians Americans is on the rise since 1900 and will rise with time. The commentary hints that there will be no popular ethnic group in the United States by 2050 (Le, 2005). The impact of this new revelation will run across the nation. The majority are in most of the instances known to carry the day on matters economics, politics, and social arrangements. The implication is that if there will

In her article, “Americans Have a Different Attitude”, the author Yen Le Espiritu presents the issue of immigrant groups, such as the Filipinos as viewing the United States as in immoral and untraditional state that has lost sense of it’s moral values. The author begins narrating the responses she got from interviews she conducted within the Filipino community, located in San Diego, California. Many of these Filipino homes live their lives through the scope of “the Filipino Way”, which unlike Americans, means that they value their families, hard work, commitment, marriage and purity through sexual desires. Yen Le explains her findings and continue explaining how there were commonly found notions of social ideals and harsh judgement against the American individual lifestyle

When my step mother and I first walked into the VFW we were automatically surrounded by Filipino-American people. The party that I am attending is called an International/ Fil-Am Club party and was the Saturday before father’s day. According to Melcar they have these parties monthly for different occasions. I was excited to come not only to spend time with my stepmother and my father, but I was also excited to learn more about her culture. When we walked in I saw many small groups sitting at long tables laughing and talking with each other in a different language that I could not understand. It was around six o’clock and I was extremely hungry. The whole gymnasium smelt amazing and I made a V-line for the food area shortly after we found our seats. The tables were full of food that I have never seen before and some that I was kind of familiar with. They were very colorful, vibrant, and interesting food. Some I had seen Melcar make before, like the spring rolls for example. I have watched her take all the ingredients from scratch and mush them together with her bare hands very tightly. They form into tight perfect little rolls and she fries them in bubbling hot oil. I filled my plate full, because I was familiar with them and knew what was in them. Mel came up behind me and I started asking her about the other food. She did her best to explain to me what they were and many of them I had never heard of before. We laughed as I poked the octopus with a

They were known as a common wealth nation that was loosely part of the U.S. Empire. In fact, the immigration process for Filipino citizens was much simpler since they were considered U.S

It was the beginning of the Spanish-American war so times were tough since the Philippines was ruled by Spain. Towards the middle of the war, the Philippines went into American control; it was like this for 47 years. While the Philippines was in American control, it made the trip to America a whole lot easier for Filipinos wanting to emigrate from the Philippines to America. The first large wave of Filipino immigrants was not during the Spanish-American war as a matter of

William Taft, appointed the Governor of the Philippines, and proposed America treat the Philippines like an imperial relationship. Taft viewed the Filipino people as a “race infancy”, “little brown brother”, and they acted like children in all matters. Taft developed a “policy of attraction” to win over the hearts and minds of the Filipino citizens. Taft believed to win the hearts and minds of the Filipino population he needed to prove America’s interest was only to act in the Filipino best interests and help them move away from the rule of Spain. Taft divided his attraction policy into three spheres which he declared would bring both America and the Philippine governments together. The social sphere, the first formula for success was to; build schools, send teachers, have racially mixed social events and purchase Spanish friar lands to give back to the people. The political sphere was

It is no doubt that the United states has taken its position as a world power after the Spanish-American war. However, the war was devastating for the soldiers who went to war, especially the ones who participated in acquiring the Philippines from the Spanish, which ended up transferring a disease to the soldiers, who ended up dying in camps,

Filipinos are the second largest Asian group in the United States. In the past data has been hard to obtain about Filipino Americans, primarily because of inconsistences in coding race and ethnicity in research projects. Demographics of Filipino Americans did not start being properly recorded until the early twentieth century, when the Filipino Islands became part of the United States territory. Even with the limited data, they have gathered enough information on the Filipino culture. Filipino American beliefs differ drastically from that of Americans, such as their culture, health rituals and religious practices that may make healthcare more difficult (Dela Cruz, 2010).

Filipinos are the second largest Asian group in the United States. In the past data has been hard to obtain about Filipino Americans, primarily because of inconsistences in coding race and ethnicity in research projects. Demographics of Filipino Americans did not start being properly recorded until the early twentieth century, when the Filipino Islands became part of the United States territory. Even with the limited data, they have gathered enough information on the Filipino culture. Filipino American beliefs differ drastically from that of Americans, such as their culture, health rituals and religious practices that may make healthcare more difficult (Dela Cruz, 2010).

It has three major island groups which are the Luzon, the largest island and where the capital is located; Visayan, and Mindanao. Eleven islands make up 94 percent of the Philippine landmass, and two of these--Luzon and Mindanao--measure 105,000 and 95,000 square kilometers, respectively. They, together with the cluster of the Visayan Islands that separate them, represent the three principal regions of the archipelago (many scattered islands in a large body of water) that are identified by the three stars on the Philippine flag.