SOC 3371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Immigration And Nationality Act Of 1965, Bilateral Descent, Premarital Sex

• School: University of Houston
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3371
• Professor: Luis Salinas

Document Summary

Consisted of immigrants from china and japan and their descendants. Family systems were different from those in the united states: parents had authority over family members, kinship was patrilineal, children were expected to care for the elderly and live with them, placed greater emphasis on family loyalty. Majority of chinese immigrant laborers were men: few new families were formed. Laws prohibited chinese immigrants from marrying white americans or becoming citizens: chinese exclusion act: restricted immigration until after the second world war. Japanese migration to hawaii in 1880s balanced the ratio of women to men: more families were formed. Figured out ways of building family-like ties in the united states. Japanese immigrants were sent to internment camps during the second world war. 1965 immigration act ended the restrictions that had blocked most asian immigration and substituted an annual quota: asian population expanded rapidly, 18. 3 million people of asian origin in the united states in 2016 according to the.