SOCIOL 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Yuji Ichioka, Model Minority, Antisemitism
18 Nov 2016
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Ichioka during the ethnic consciousness movements of the late 1960s: to adopt this identity was to reject the western-imposed label of. Oriental. : today, asian american is an umbrella category that includes both u. s. citizens and immigrants whose ancestors came from asia, east of iran, similarly, white is an arbitrary label having more to do with privilege than biology. Varieties of asian americans: privately, few americans of asian ancestry would spontaneously identify themselves as asian, and fewer still as asian american, they instead link their identities to specific countries of origin, such as china, West: california is home to 35 percent of all asian americans, differences in national origins, timing of immigration, affluence and settlement patterns profoundly inhibit the formation of a pan-ethnic identity. Immigrants who are predominantly middle-class professionals, such as the. Taiwanese and indians, or predominantly small business owners, such as the.
