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Chan, International Context of Migration

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Chan, International Context of Migration

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Names: Yi Shi, Vincent Ye, Crista Inouye, Ashley Huh, Tharunkumar Sivakumar

Who is the reading about?
This reading is about the Asian immigrants (China, Japan, Korea, Filipinos), and how they came to America.

What is the reading’s main argument?
The main reason why Asians immigrants came to America was because of the the influence of Americans who benefitted off of them.

Where is the reading taking place? Why is the reading’s geographic focus important to the argument?
This reading is not taking place in a certain location since it is more factual, but it describes the migration causes of multiple ethnic groups.

When is the reading taking place? Why do you think the reading’s dates/time important for the reading?
This reading is taking place in the 1800s-1900s.

Why is this reading important to Asian American Studies?

It is important because we get to learn a bit of background and reason behind the migration of Asians and how they were influenced and sometimes pressured to become American.

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Abby, Cici, Shuting, James, Karen, Haoran, Yen
Who is the reading about?

What is the reading’s main argument?
There is a clear neglection of Asian American recognition and the existing documents for Asian Americans are shown in a biased perspective.

Where is the reading taking place? Why is the reading’s geographic focus important to the argument?
The reading encompasses all Asians around America rather than focusing on a single group. There is no specific place and rather an overview of Asian American history up to that point.

When is the reading taking place? Why do you think the reading’s dates/time important for the reading?
The reading takes place in the mid 1970s. It was written around the same time Asian American activism. The article was also written a bit after the movement where Asians shed the notion of being 'yellow' and instead become 'Asian American', so there's a fresh perspective on Asian American activism.

Why is this reading important to Asian American Studies?
It was one of the first overviews of Asian American perception of that time.

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Ronald Takaki, The Centrality of Race & Racism

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Ronald Takaki, The Centrality of Race & Racism

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Names:
Sofia Hara, Zac Ngai, Chenghao Wu, Yongjie Chen, Nancy Phu

Who is the reading about?
This reading is about Asian American families and their struggle to assimilate into American society.

What is the reading’s main argument?
Asian Americans have continuously been rejected from their inclusion in American society due to their race. It has even been ingrained in American laws (e.g. the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882) to isolate and reject Asians into American society.

Where is the reading taking place? Why is the reading’s geographic focus important to the argument?
The reading is focused on Asian Americans in the United States. The geographic focus is important due to the fact that Asian Americans are seen as inherently "un-American", leaving them isolated within their own country.

When is the reading taking place? Why do you think the reading’s dates/time important for the reading?
The article was written in 1993. At this point, Asian American studies has been established in some educational institutions, but has not been widely shared.

Why is this reading important to Asian American Studies?
This reading explores different ways in which Asian Americans are treated poorly/unfairly due to their race.

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Carlos Bulosan, America is in the Heart, 3 - 87

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Carlos Bulosan, America is in the Heart, 3 - 87

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Names:
Eileen Mitri, Lindsay Do, Becca Truong, Yongkang Liu, Akshay Avala, Devina Velasquez
Who is the reading about?
Carlos Bulosan, a Filipino migrant worker, him and his family's experience working on a farm. The reading also focuses on how he copes with life on the farm and the unfairness he faces.
What is the reading’s main argument?
The reading mainly focuses on the struggles him and family face as immigrants. There is also an emphasis on his struggles one having to growing up quickly.
Where is the reading taking place? Why is the reading’s geographic focus important to the argument?
The reading currently takes place in the Philippines. It gives context to his life in the Philippines, allowing for later comparison of his life in the US.
When is the reading taking place? Why do you think the reading’s dates/time important for the reading?
The reading takes place between the 1930s-1941, around the time of World War II . This time is significant because it was a time of mass migration for Filipinos. At the time the Philippines was a U.S. territory, making it easier for Filipinos to move to the U.S.
Why is this reading important to Asian American Studies?
It is a first hand account of struggles that Filipino immigrants have faced.

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Helen Zia, From Nothing, a Consciousness

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Helen Zia, From Nothing, a Consciousness

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Names: Carys Kuo, Andrew Ta, Lori Yee, William Pham, Kelsey Meyer, Aditi Nagpal

Who is the reading about? The reading is about the author, Helen Zia.

What is the reading’s main argument? Helen Zia’s argument described the invisibility felt by her, as an Asian American woman, and the struggle she felt when asked to choose between being American and in being Chinese.

Where is the reading taking place? Why is the reading’s geographic focus important to the argument? The reading takes place in New Jersey, US, where she grew up. The reading’s geographic focus is important to the argument because she was essentially a “perpetual foreigner” in New Jersey, despite growing up there, due to her appearance and culture.

When is the reading taking place? Why do you think the reading’s dates/time important for the reading? The reading takes place between the 1950s and 1960s. The reading’s dates/time is important for the reading because prior to the Asian American social movement, Helen Zia recalls not being on either side of Black-White paradigm until the term Asian American was coined.

Why is this reading important to Asian American Studies? This reading is important because it was a firsthand account to growing up in America with the conflict felt by Asian Americans, who felt invisibility in a society that had not yet defined the multicultural landscape of the country.

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The Need for a United Asian American Front

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The Need for a United Asian American Front

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Names: Isabel Siapno, Bin Cheng, Lauren Shintani, Sally Wu, Peter Zhang, Jesus Villegas

Who is the reading about?
This article is about Asian American immigrants who are advocates for Asian American education.

What is the reading’s main argument?
There should be intensive political education for Asian American groups otherwise factionalism could occur.

Where is the reading taking place? Why is the reading’s geographic focus important to the argument?
The reading takes place in the Bay Area, more specifically San Francisco.

When is the reading taking place? Why do you think the reading’s dates/time important for the reading?
The reading is taking place in 1970. During this time the Chinese American community wanted to adopt the movement happening in China.

Why is this reading important to Asian American Studies?
This reading is important because it served as a call to action from young Asian Americans to gain traction for a major movement for Asian Americans in history.

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Roger Daniels, Neglect & Distortion of Asian Americans by American Historians

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Roger Daniels, Neglect & Distortion of Asian Americans by American Historians

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Names: Kevin Yao, Latisha, Jemmielee Mia, Aidan, Kalyan, Hiral, Terry

Who is the reading about?
Chinese immigrants (East & West), Japanese women

What is the reading’s main argument?
The reading highlights the struggles of Asian Americans as they immigrate to America.

Where is the reading taking place? Why is the reading’s geographic focus important to the argument?
Angel Island is seen to other immigrants as a symbol of their predecessors and experiences

When is the reading taking place? Why do you think the reading’s dates/time important for the reading?
The reading takes place around 1910 to 1940. The dates of the reading covers the Angel Island Immigration Station.

Why is this reading important to Asian American Studies?
Talks about how Asian Americans  did not played a central role in making the American Society, but they DID. It also shows how Asian Americans are outcast from the society because they were placed in an island. Some scholars who studied Asian American Studies did not affect the studies by much.

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Names: Katherine Chhay, Ziti Sha, Nayeel Imtiaz, Jiayuan Liu, Russell Umboh, Alize de Leon

Who is the reading about?
The reading is about Asian Americans and minorities in SFSU.

What is the reading’s main argument?
They wanted better representation through the establishment of ethnic studies programs.

Where is the reading taking place? Why is the reading’s geographic focus important to the argument?
It is taking place in SFSU which has a large Chinese population though they are not properly represented in education systems.

When is the reading taking place? Why do you think the reading’s dates/time important for the reading?
This took place in 1968 which was around the time of the Civil Rights Movement. At the same time, there was an enormous amount of immigration in the U.S.

Why is this reading important to Asian American Studies?
It depicts the origins of how Asian Americans and minorities worked towards greater representation in the U.S. education system.

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Yen Le Espiritu, Panethnicity and Asian American Activism

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Yen Le Espiritu, Panethnicity and Asian American Activism

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Name: Katherine Nasol

Who is the reading about?
- Espiritu focuses on the histories and activism of Asian college students and the social movements that shaped the Asian American political movement including the anti-war movement, New Left movement, and the Women's movement.

What is the reading’s main argument?

- Espiritu traces the history of "Asian American" as a term,  identity, and political movement, including its limits as a pan-Asian identity

Where is the reading taking place? Why is the reading’s geographic focus important to the argument?
- Although she touches upon areas across the United States, Espiritu mainly focuses on the student and community activism occurring in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, mainly because college campuses were the sites of key social movements such as the push for Ethnic Studies

When is the reading taking place? Why do you think the reading’s dates/time important for the reading?

- The reading is focused from the late 1960's to the 1980's due to this time period as being a part of many political, economic, and social upheavals -- opposition of the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, the Black Power movement -- and the height of various social movements

Why is this reading important to Asian American History?

-- This reading is key to understanding the origins of the term "Asian American" as a pan-ethnic identity, a coalitional term uniting various Asian sub-groups, and as a political movement that was anti-imperialism and in solidarity with other Third World peoples.