What Impact did Discrimination have on Filipino Immigrants? by Liam Michalisin (Student) https://padlet.com/1866757/6y6hrb27t2ge5bkf en-us 2023-03-10 18:57:49 UTC 2026-02-28 19:16:36 UTC hello@padlet.com What was the initial cause of the Discrimination? 1866757 https://padlet.com/1866757/6y6hrb27t2ge5bkf/wish/2516458052 Due to the need for economic growth in the US, Philippine colonization was viewed as necessary by the end of the 19th Century. As the great depression worsened, concerns grew over the needed cost to govern the Philippines. In addition, white Americans were concerned over Filipino immigrants competing with white Americans for jobs, potentially taking them. Since Filipinos were classified as US nationals, they were exempt from immigration quotas. ]]> 2023-03-14 17:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/1866757/6y6hrb27t2ge5bkf/wish/2516458052 How did the discrimination affect the Filipinos living in america? 1866757 https://padlet.com/1866757/6y6hrb27t2ge5bkf/wish/2516464793 Many Filipinos who immigrated to America experienced hate focused at Asians at the time. In Watsonville, California, conflict between male Filipinos and the white townspeople erupted when the Filipinos opened a club and hired white women as dance partners. White vigilante groups began harassing the Filipinos, 22-year-old Fermin Tonera was shot and killed by a white raiding party. ]]> 2023-03-14 17:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1866757/6y6hrb27t2ge5bkf/wish/2516464793 What did the American Government do in response to Filipino Immigration? 1866757 https://padlet.com/1866757/6y6hrb27t2ge5bkf/wish/2516466522 The Filipino Repatriation Act of 1935 was a "voluntary" program to return Filipino immigrants to the Philippines. The program was largely unsuccessful and transferred fewer than 2,200 Filipinos back to the Philippines, at a time when there were over 45,000 Filipinos reported in the 1930 census in the mainland United States. ]]> 2023-03-14 17:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/1866757/6y6hrb27t2ge5bkf/wish/2516466522 Filipino American Print work and its impact 1866757 https://padlet.com/1866757/6y6hrb27t2ge5bkf/wish/2516471002 January 1954 issue of Bamboo magazine, a magazine based in Seattle, Washington with articles about Filipino life in the United States. Val Laigo is credited for the art and illustrations. The magazine is a bi-monthly magazine that is devoted to the interests of Filipino American immigrants.]]> 2023-03-14 17:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/1866757/6y6hrb27t2ge5bkf/wish/2516471002 How filipino immigrants are treated in the modern day 1866757 https://padlet.com/1866757/6y6hrb27t2ge5bkf/wish/2516474234 Racism against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders stretches back to the start of our country, they have been seen as outsiders who do not fully belong in the U.S. and are seen as a threat to American livelihoods. 

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