CLUSTER 20A Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Americanization, Scale-Invariant Feature Transform, War Relocation Authority
Document Summary
Major problems in asian american history: americanization and the second generation. A series of stories collected not really a thesis. Ranged from lack of employment, racism, exclusion, loss of culture. We could not buy homes in certain areas. Asian americans were segregate similar to black ppl during reconstruction. Only allowed to live in certain sides of town where all colored ppl live. Treaty as dirty and less than by white people. Immigration act of 1924 introduced national origin quotas for the entire eastern hemisphere. Immigrants already in the country faced even greater racial hostility. Discussion of us immigration policies from the civil rights movement to the present. Describes the shifts in restrictions as a result of events in recent history. Describes the shifts in restrictions as a result of events in recent history as well as consequences of shifts. Greater number of undocumented immigrants but mostly unchanged in terms of the types of people entering the us.
