SOC 019 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Median Income, Social Capital, Korean War

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 019
• Professor: Matsumoto

Document Summary

1882: chinese exclusion act (ban on chinese immigrated, repealed in 1943). 1924: immigration act (national origin act) stopped immigration from. 1965: hart-celler act abolished national origin quota systems: preferential categories based on family reunification and professional skills. A unique mode of economic adaptation: the koreans: Large scale korean immigration began after the end of the korean war; peaked in the 1980s. One of the highest self-employment rates of all ethnic/racial groups. Importance of human, economic, and social capital. Involuntary immigration (after the end of the vietnam war) Refugees (largest group in the united states) Compared to other asian groups they have a lower ses and higher poverty and unemployment rates. Adjustment problems government policy of scattering the refuges throughout the u. s i(cid:374) order to (cid:272)ause assi(cid:373)ilatio(cid:374) (cid:271)ut it did(cid:374)"t really work. Contemporary asian immigration: diverse in terms of national origin, immigration status, and place of settlements. Socioeconomic disparities across and within the groups. Highest median family income of all groups.