ASAMST 20A Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Racism, Asian Americans, Final Fantasy Xiii
12 Oct 2018
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ASAMST 20A
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Fall 2018
Fraig Asia Aerica History September 1
I. Three General Periods
1. 1848-1882: Immigration
• Open immigration
• Asian male bachelors
• Pushed by poverty and opportunity
2. 1882-1965: Exclusion
• Eliminated entry of Chinese laborers
• There were immigration waves of other Asian groups
• WW2: setback for Japanese; limited opportunities for others.
3. 1965-Present: Post Exclusion
• More numbers and diversity
• 1965 Immigration Act
• Family reunification: male bachelors could be reunited with their families.
• Professional migration: social-economic makeup changes to educated, skilled
workers (doctors, engineers) compared to the laborers pre-1965.
• Refugee migration
II. Prole: MIH & it’s Effets
• MIH Missig i Histor: Asias are erased fro histor; raifiatios ilude that
contributions are not included.
• Marginalization: Asians are viewed as outsiders.
• Racial stereotyping emerge and recur
• Public apathy is created
III. Hubert H. Bancroft
• History of California: refers to Asians as aliens in America because of the color of their
skin, their different features, their incomprehensive language, and their strange
customs and religion.
• Guest workers
IV. The Last Rail
• Chinese were not included in the pictures in the finishing of the railroads.
• Omits existence of Chinese that built the railroads.
• The hidde hat is used to oer the Asia’s fae as if he does ot eist.
V. Prey to Racial Stereotypes
• Categorization process
• Economic, political, or social competition
• Idea systems are created
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• Hierarchy is established because of the emergence and repetition of stereotypes
VI. Perspectives of Asian American History
1. White Supremacist
• Idea system that believed colored races were inferior and abnormal, which
created a racial hierarchy.
• White’s hold the doiat ideolog; hite skin is the norm (practiced initially by
the Founding Fathers)
• Fear of race dilution; concern for race purity
• Led to discriminatory legislations: all facets of life is affected.
• Downplays contributions by Asians in history
• Remains dangerous today
2. Assimilationist
• Idea system that believed all individuals can be incorporated to American beliefs,
leadig to the sheddig of oe’s ultural heritage.
• Melting pot of immigrants
• Mai arrier is ethoetriit, eaig the refusal to itegrate to Aeria
culture.
• Ethnocentrism: sticking too much to themselves (language, religion); believed to
be a survival mechanism.
• Highlights the European-Asian difference
• White Europeans were equally sojourners (migrate to another country but
ited to retur to their hoe lad, ut do’t reogize the siilarities.
3. Contributory
• “alad ol: raes ould e separated ad are ot hoogeous.
• Celebratory and creates a multi0cultural mosaic
• Goal: to reduce racial hostility and ethnic understanding
• Does’t look at istitutioal poer
4. Institutionalized Racism
• Racial ideologies drive institutional policy which creates racist laws
• Dejure racism was legal
• Affects every facet of society: school, public spaces, courts, etc.
5. Agency & Resistance
• Agency: awareness of circumstances and alternatives in relevance to racism.
• Resistance: becoming an actor and organizing others to take on social change
and to challenge unjust institutions.
6. Transnational Diaspora
• Transnational: social and economic relations in 2 nations.
• Diaspora: scattering of peoples from original location.
• Creates a hybrid identity from different cultures
VII. Enforcement of Laws
1. 1790 Naturalization Law
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Document Summary
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