The Non Citizen Asian Population Of Uganda

When Idi Amin’s policies are forcing Asians to leave Uganda, Mina’s father Jay asks his lifelong native Ugandan friend Okelo, “Where should I go? Where should I go? This is my home” (Nair). Okelo replies, “Not any more, Jay. Africa is for Africans—black Africans” (Nair). Although the pain of being forced to leave Uganda so that its indigenous people can regain control of the economy is massive for Jay, it is this remark by his closest friend that devastates him, because what it tells him is that he does not belong in Uganda. He is not wanted, not accepted—not even by his best friend.

The Hmong population in the United States was estimated in 2009 by the American Community Survey (ACS) at around 236,000. (Pfeifer, Chiu, and Yang, p.54, 2013)The largest settlements were found in the Midwest with approximately 107,000 people. The West was second largest at approximately 94,000, the South third at approximately 23,000, and the Northeast with the lowest population at approximately 2,000. The remaining settlers were scattered throughout the United States. (Pfeifer, Chiu, and Yang, p.54, 2013) According to the 2009 ACS 41.6 percent of Hmong Americans speak English less than very well, with 90.4 percent speaking a language other than English. (Pfeifer, Chiu, and Yang, p.56, 2013) A high percentage of the Hmong to this day prefer

Some may ask what exactly define an Asian American. The awareness of this controversies of the indefinite identity was during the emergence of the second generations of Asian Americans who were once known as “oriental” in the period between the 1900 to 1940s. They had shaped and constructed the idea of an Asian Americans by forging their own paths socially, politically, and economically through their experiences of being percepted as “oriental” regardless of their nativity and citizenship. In consequence, tensions among the first generations immigrant parents and second generation began to rise as changes began to transpire.

“general idi amin, who had over thrown an elected government, had a dream. In this dream, Allah told him that the Asians, exploiters who did not want to integrate with the Africans had to go” (no new land 25)

As mentioned above, the federal government liberalized immigration policies in 1965 and further allowed refugees from several Southeastern Asian countries to enter the United States in the latter half of the 20th century, which dramatically increased the size of the “Asian” racial group. In addition, the state established the census category of “Asians” as a racial group, which was adopted by other federal, state, and local agencies, firmly establishing “Asian Americans” as how we as a society understand and perceive in contemporary society. Furthermore, Asian Americans themselves became acutely aware of their “racialized Other” status in the eyes of native whites when anti-Asian violence against several ethnic Asians occurred throughout the 1980s (Okamoto 2014; Espritiu 1992). This propelled different Asian ethnic groups, who previously thought of themselves as inherently different from one another, to mobilize together against anti-Asian sentiments and

3 For community groups the issue as a whole is their acceptance from Americans. Communities from Asian backgrounds. Asian communities are judged as a singularity, blamed for the actions of their nationality, even if they are from the United States. During World War 2 as the article points out Japanese communities were judged by the actions of Japan even if they were just communities in the United states, disagreeing with the actions of the country. There is tension between what is the perception of where the loyalty of Asian

When coming through Angel Island which was one of their entry points, they could have been detained anywhere from days to months. This group of immigrants faced such decimation. Americans that traveled such as diplomats and missionaries, described them as a superstitious and devious race. The Asian’s faced discrimination before Pearl Harbor, and after it was unbearable. Toward the end of World War II, the situation started to change for the better for Asian immigration and rights. The Asian’s formed groups in their comminutes and lobbied their government for protection. Not until 1947 where they allowed to enter our schools. Prior to that they were segregated into schools for “Mongolian or Asian descent”. In 1952 the Immigration and Nationality

Imagine being snatched from your bed in the middle of the night and forced to commit horrific war crimes at only 7 years old. In Uganda, this sadly isn’t an unusual occurrence. Children and their families live in fear of being captured and made into child soldiers against their will. Led by Joseph Kony, the Lord’s Resistance Army has abducted over 30,000 children in Uganda and forced them to fight in war. These children are forced to become brutal killing machines, and lose touch with their livelihood, morals and ultimately their childhood. A student at MHS should care about the child soldiers in Uganda because children are the future of a country. If children grow up in inhumane conditions and trained to be violent from a young age, they will grow up into antagonistic adults that our generation will have to deal with later on in life.

By offering Hassan as a sacrifice, the author focuses on the fatal consequences of allowing societies of inclusion and exclusion to continue that will impact even positive people who are without flaws. In this manner, the author addresses the injustices of ethnical discrimination, characterized primarily by Assef and Hassan.

South Asians, predominantly Indians, have a long history in Kenya and East Africa as a whole. They first migrated to east Africa in the 1890s for the building of the Ugandan railway, and then began to concentrate themselves in trade and professional occupations, such as doctors and bankers, thus meaning they were, and somewhat still are, integral to the socio-economic condition of Kenya. Historically however, race relations between black Kenyans and Asians have been acrimonious. The reasons for this are subject to debate. In general, Kenyans felt that they were marginalised by the domination of trade by Indians, leading to a relationship of envy between the two ethnicities. Furthermore, there was a popular view that the Asians were

With this conceded class distinction came the fight for reigning ability, and amidst this power vacuum, Rwandans fell victim to conflicting groups and crime, the eventual building blocks that lead to the massacre of 800,000 civilians. The origins of this ethnic loathing and in turn ethnic genocide can be secured to European colonialism, where those who arrived to colonize and yield the wealth of western knowledge, instead carried racist beliefs. Through this haunting event in history, when foreign governments unfittingly place their ideologies in unknown territory, revealed is how uninvited nations can destabilize a state by stimulating ethnic warfare, causing it to collapse and crumble through conflict.

Colonialism during the Amin reign had a negative effect on the colonized because many did not benefit from his actions. Many of the colonized were suffering from

Is there a difference between genocide and war? The idea and concepts of conflict are often misunderstood. To many, any form of conflict is war. War can be defined as a direct violent encounter between two or more opposing parties with a view to gaining access to an object of their mutual interests. It is usually accompanied by the use of weapons such as guns, bows and arrows, machetes, sticks, biological weapons, and weapons of mass destruction. (Insert bibliography #1). Genocide has been described as a specific term, referring to violent crimes committed against particular groups, with the intent to destroy the existence of such groups (insert bibliography #1). Having said that, one common factor often exhibited by genocide perpetrators is to destroy a group perceived to be a threat to the ruling power. The purpose of this paper is to take a look at both the historic and political causes for the Rwanda Genocide, and to distinguish whether ethnicity was the cause or was it the aspect of the conflict.

One example of ethnic cleavage which can be traced directly to colonial foundations is that of the African/Asian(Indian) divide in Kenya and Uganda. Paul Vandenberg explains the racial privileges which the Asians enjoyed under British rule, leading to their concentration as a relatively successful ethnic group. As migrants flowed within the British empire, Asians who arrived in Kenya were given greater access to social, educational and capitalist opportunities by the colonials, as a result of higher 'racial' status(also Bennell 1982, p131). This expanding community naturally reinforced itself, in part due to the issues of trust and networking, in the absence of openly available commercial institutions(Vandenberg 2003, p450).

Idi Amin was a soldier first and foremost. He imposed a scheduled and militaristic way of life on his followers. His own military record paints the picture of his rise to power. During British colonization of Uganda Idi Amin began his endeavor into the military. It was in 1946 that Amin enlisted in the King’s African Rifle’s, KAR, the British army in colonized Africa. (Boddy-Evans)