CLUSTER 20B Study Guide - Final Guide: Filipino Americans, Cockfight, Racialization
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Flora belle jan longs for unconventionality and freedom, 1924 a. ) Flora belle jan discusses her breaking of conventional chinese lifestyle/customs/etc. Jan displays agency in how she writes honestly about chinese life/customs despite the criticism of her family, peers, etc. (see above) Connie tirona recalls growing up filipino american a. ) Her parents immigrated to norcal and worked hard to enjoy a simple life within the filipino community, watching cockfights and eating food ii. ) Her family still faced discrimination and racism, i. e. not allowed to enter certain stores, made fun of at school, etc, but found shelter within their own little community b. ) Assimilation (week 10 tuesday, ortiz: assimilation and racialization) i. ) Her family and community keep their cultural traditions alive, but face ii. ) discrimination because they are seen as other. Kids won"t sit next to her during lunch because she brings filipino food, refusal to abide by white american values.
