This source provides insight to the after effects of the Cold War and marginalization of the youth in Saigon. This is important to my research topic because i not only want to further research the events during the war but the systemic traditions that have resulted still today.

APA reference: Nopper, T. K. (2006). The 1992 Los Angeles Riots and the Asian American Abandonment Narrative as Political Fiction. CR (East Lansing, Mich.), 6(2), 73–110. https://doi.org/10.1353/ncr.2007.0008

Link: https://csu-la.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CALS_ULA/tnjv5q/cdi_proquest_journals_232008613

Evaluation: I have selected this peer-reviewed text as it pertains much to what I want to accomplish. It explores the abandonment theory that many Korean Americans felt they experienced during the 92 riots. It also explores the connection many Asian Americans have to their "whiteness vs their blackness", feeling they don't align with either group.

APA Reference:

Kim, C. J. (2004). Imagining race and nation in multiculturalist America. Ethnic & Racial Studies, 27(6), 987–1005. https://doi.org/10.1080/0141987042000268567

Link: https://research.ebsco.com/c/ghr6hp/search/details/zqebnhlcef?db=a9h&limiters=FT%3AY&q=race+relations+AND+%28asian+or+asian-american+or+asian+american%29+AND+minorities&searchMode=boolean

Evaluation: I think this peer-reviewed article will be useful because it talks about race relations between African Americans, Latino Americans, and Asian Americans, and how political leaders in the US discourage talking about tensions between them.

The author is a American political scientist at the University of California, Irvine.

APA Citation: Saavedra, M. (2021, May). Kenji or Kenneth? Pearl Harbor and Japanese-American assimilation. Science Direct. https://www-sciencedirect-com.csula.idm.oclc.org/science/article/pii/S0167268121001086

Link https://www-sciencedirect-com.csula.idm.oclc.org/science/article/pii/S0167268121001086

Evaluation: The aritcle brings in ideals about world war 2 and speaks about assimliation of the Japanese Americans. This works really well with what im going to write since it also mentuons things about Internment camps and Pearl Harbor

Citation: Bodemer, Margaret B. “Using Personal Narratives to Reposition and Reimagine ‘the Chinese American Experience’ in American Elistory and Culture.” Chinese America: History & Perspectives, Jan. 2018, pp. 75–80.

Link: EBSCO-FullText-09_30_2025.pdf

Evaluation: The reason I decided to go with this paper is that it goes into detail about the stereotypes that Asian Americans (but the main focus is on Chinese Americans) face, all while suggesting ways to fight them. I believe that it's important to understand and have a background on stereotypes that affect not asians, more specifically, for my topic, Chinese Americans. This allows a deeper understanding of what they're facing, and it can also inform a person that they still face these stereotypes to this day.

APA Reference: Daniels, R. (1997). No lamps were lit for them: Angel Island and the historiography of Asian American immigration. Journal of American Ethnic History, 17(1), 3.

Citation: https://research.ebsco.com/c/ghr6hp/viewer/html/qw3yyzhevn

Evaluation: This article incorporates both primary and secondary sources to provide a historical context. There are comparisons between the conditions faced by Chinese immigrants and those faced by European immigrants. There are also stories from those who participated in immigration resistance tactics.

Citation (APA):
Kistner, M., & Raychaudhuri, T. (2025). Immigration and political incorporation: Asian American representation in state legislatures. State Politics & Policy Quarterly. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/spq.2025.3

Link to Source:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/state-politics-and-policy-quarterly/article/immigration-and-political-incorporation-asian-american-representation-in-state-legislatures/F1248322E215B9C592F62CD3CBD8EEBA?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Evaluation:
This article examines how Asian American immigrants gain representation in state legislatures and highlights barriers such as language, education, citizenship status, and the time it takes for immigrant communities to build civic resources. It is useful because it directly explains the structural challenges immigrants face in achieving political power and representation in the U.S.

MLA 9th edition citation: Ashbee, Edward, and Steven Hurst. “The Trump Administration and China: Policy Continuity or Transformation?” Policy Studies, vol. 42, no. 5/6, Sept. 2021, pp. 720–37. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2021.1919299.

Link: https://research.ebsco.com/c/ghr6hp/search/details/gg5qtldkpn?db=a9h&limiters=RV%3AY&q=TI+%28Trump%29+AND+TI+%28Chin*%29+AND+soci*+AND+*politic*+AND+*eco*&searchMode=boolean

Evaluation: This source provided a detailed analysis of the Trump administrations policies regarding China and delves into the observed and future impacts of those policies.

APA citation: Ng, R., & Indran, N. (2024). #ProtectOurElders: Analysis of Tweets About Older Asian Americans and Anti-Asian Sentiments During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.2196/4586

Link: https://research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=873b3178-89d5-3c19-abcb-9be158e8350f

Evaluation: I found this sources interesting to use as it shows a focus towards the experiences older Asian Americans faced during the Covid -19 pandemic. I also think that this source would be useful to me because it analyzes experiences through social media posts on twitter. This is important to my research as it showcases how Twitter posts were used to advocate for older Asian Americans.

Lee Z-N. Korean Culture and Sense of Shame. Transcultural Psychiatry. 1999;36(2):181-194. doi:10.1177/136346159903600202

Evalutation: I got this article because it supports my topic by showing how shame can be deeply embedded in Korean culture. Demonstrates silence and stigma. For Korean American youth, shame can be tied to competence and achievements this becomes a powerful barrier to acknowledging or addressing depression.

MLA Citation: Saramosing, Demiliza Sagaral, and Roderick N. Labrador. “Introduction: Towards an Oceanic Filipinx Studies.” Alon: Journal for Filipinx American and Diasporic Studies, eScholarship, 2022, escholarship.org/uc/alonfilipinxjournal/2/3.

Evaluation: The article explores the Filipino Diaspora in more oceanic areas. This can help give insight on the connections between Oceanic cultures and Filipinos, and give me an idea on why diaspora Filipinos find themselves feeling connected to Oceanic cultures.

Chicago Refrence: Odağ, Özen, and Jules Moskovits. 2025. “We Are Not a Virus: Repercussions of Anti-Asian Online Hate during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Identity and Coping Strategies of Asian-Heritage Individuals.” Ethnic & Racial Studies 48 (2): 368–99. doi:10.1080/01419870.2024.2362459.

I decided to use this article because it talks about the rise of racism and online hate against Asian communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, which connects closely to my research. Since it comes from a peer-reviewed journal through my school’s database, I know I can trust the information it provides. What stood out to me is how the study explains the impact of discrimination on people’s identity and the ways they cope, which gives me useful evidence to build my argument. Choosing this source also shows that I’m drawing from serious academic research instead of less reliable websites.

Citation: Anitha, S. (2019). Understanding Economic Abuse Through an Intersectional Lens: Financial Abuse, Control, and Exploitation of Women’s Productive and Reproductive Labor. Violence Against Women, 25(15), 1854–1877.

Link to the Source: https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801218824050

Evaluation: I chose this article on Academic search complete as peer reviewed source, I found that it speaks on the discrete details about my topic on the challenges that women go through and the percentage and how the asian american women percentage in themselves are effected within sectioned feminism topic. I think this can be helpful to put into different parts for my topic.

Link: https://research.ebsco.com/c/ghr6hp/search/details/wi3l47yk7b/details?db=a9h&q=boba+liberal

Evaluation: I chose this peer reviewed article talking about the impacts of "boba liberalism" to the Asian American community, and how there are some stigmas around boba in general that go with Asian Americans. It also goes into how "cute" things are perceived by Asian Americans, such as boba plushies and stickers. I feel like this relates to my project because liking boba is one of the main stereotypes that "ABGs" have, I thought that the information that this article goes through would be helpful with my research topic.

APA Citation: Alviar, S., & del Prado, A. (2022). “You Should Pray About It”: Exploring Mental Health and Help-Seeking in Filipino American Catholics. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 13(1), 97–111. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000266

Link to source:

https://csu-la.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_proquest_journals_2649088042&context=PC&vid=01CALS_ULA:01CALS_ULA&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Primo%20Central&tab=MyInst_and_CI&query=any,contains,Filipino%20Americans%20and%20t%20mental%20health&offset=0

Evaluation: I chose this article because it talks about how about Filipino Americans who identify as Catholics face both positive and negative professional help-seeking behaviors. The positive side of it being that first they seek people from their support system (e.g Catholic friends and family). With the negative help seeking behaviors come with these individuals afraid to seek help due to being shamed by the Catholic Church about their mental health challenges.

This source give insight to the struggles asian Americans faced during Covid-19 because of discrimination.

APA Reference: Kil, SangHea (2012). Fearing yellow, imaging white: media analysis of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Social Identities, 18(6), 663-677. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504630.2012.708995.

Link: https://research-ebsco-com.csula.idm.oclc.org/linkprocessor/plink?id=7d0ec5d8-e510-3618-9ad5-6afc80a36282

Evaluation: I chose this topic because it is an event that prevented Chinese immigrants from entering the U.S for 80 years and it covers more of the Chinese in the San Francisco Chronicle during the Act's passage. It also mentions how whiteness and nation are constructed as pure and Chinese immigration as a danger within a symbolic, racial, and political manner. It'll tell of how this Act was the first time the U.S adopted to exclude immigrants based on race and nationality.

APA Reference: Lee Jennifer, The Asian American assimilation paradox. Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies. Jan2024, Vol. 50 Issue 1, p68-94. 27p.

Evaluation: I thought this source would be useful in my research on Asian American assimilation and integration into the states, it also discusses recent events like covid 19 that affected Asian Americans living in the states and the racism and hate they faced because of it, as well as being treated differently for being immigrants.

link:

https://gbvc.utah.edu/pioralhistory/

Evolution: I chose this article because it talks about how rape culture was tolerated and excused during colonialism and how this affected women and girls. This also refers to the fetishization of Native Samoan and Tongan women. I believe its really important to listen to the perspective of these young women and girls and how it hurts their mental and physical health.