American people of Chinese descent

Asian American/Chinese Culture Theresa Chambers Webster University Abstract A Chinese American is an American who is of ethnic Chinese descent. Most Chinese Americans are descended from China's majority ethnic group, the Han. The rest are usually members of one of China's 56 minorities, such as the Hui. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and are also one group of Asian Americans. Asian American/ Chinese Culture Immigration Chinese immigration to the United

Why did Chinese immigrate to the United States? After civil war had settled down, many immigrants came to America to live from many countries such as Germany, Ireland, and England. There are as many as 12 million immigrants at this time. Regarding Chinese immigration, they immigrated to the United States from 1849 to 1882. Between this period, America had California Gold Rush, which is one of the reasons Chinese people immigrated. Because the Chinese Exclusion Act was taken into practice, no more

Even Joan, coming from Chinese descent is unaware of such violent acts towards her ancestors; yet, when Sam addresses American-African as “Negro” Lee instantly comes up with the right way of referring to them. “Even in the United States, some people so hate the American Negro for his differences that they keep him enslaved, . . .” “Negro?” Lee said. “Do you mean African-American?” (Buzbee 78-79). Lee’s quick observation was clear evidence that the

perception of Japanese Americans, most of the western parts, like California, got progressively worse. The prejudice against the Japanese steamed from the treatment of the Chinese in America and how they provided cheap labor for the United States, cheating “regular Americans” out of their jobs. Once the Japanese started to have a significant demographic in California, concern swept across “Americans” once again, fearing cheap labor and lack of jobs once more. As tensions grew, the American paranoia of a Japanese

in Vietnam, my parents are of Chinese descent and are eloquent in Cantonese and Mandarin. This fact allows them to identify as Chinese-Vietnamese. For me, however, the circumstances are different. Even though I come from a Vietnamese-speaking family, and the culture is so deeply infused into my everyday life, I do not feel as if I

Before the American Industrial Revolution was underway, Chinese laborers were of importance to the early economic development of the United States. Especially in the West, Chinese laborers helped to set the foundation for a prosperous America. In the mid-1800s, an influx of Chinese immigrants arrived to California and worked in the new mining industry. Years later, Chinese immigrants began to work outside of mines and in occupations such as construction of the transcontinental railroad and manufacturing

Throughout the world, people speak with all different types of accents and dialects although I may not look like it, but the most familiar accent to me is one of oriental descent. With the increase of oriental integration into American society, I’m not the only person who is also affected by this influence. As I continue to expand my knowledge into variations of dialects I discover that even with the myriad of different languages that is located in the eastern part of the world their pronunciation

are burdened by this issue more than others. Such as the African Americans who migrated to British North America, hoping that they would be granted freedom and equality.

enjoyable aspects of being ethnic (Gans 424-429). "Symbolic ethnicity" is practiced and enjoyed by white Americans. It is a way for descendants of white Europeans to learn about and be proud of their heritage. That is not the case for non-whites who are grouped together by the white majority making ethnic identity difficult . This type of ethnicity is rooted in immigrants of European descent. It could be the Feast of Saint Anthony or

the help of people from different countries, yet many U.S. citizens have questioned immigrants at various times in history. The first immigrants that came to the United States in the late 1800s included German and Irish people. Many Americans resented these new arrivals and these people