Chapter 9
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Asian Americans: Model Minorities?
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Asian American and pacific Islander groups are often viewed as model minorities:
Successful, affluent, highly educated people who do not suffer from the problems usually associated with minority group status
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Model Minority?
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Instructor’s Note: Ask students to define model minority
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Asian Americans are a small fraction of the total U.S. population
Grown dramatically in recent decades
By 2050, 10 out of every 100 Americans will be Asian
Diversity in group experiences
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Model Minority?
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Where Most Legal Immigrants Were Born Aside From Mexico
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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders speak many different languages and practice a diversity of religions
Asian cultures predate the founding of the United States by centuries or even millennia
Although no two of these cultures are the same, some general similarities can be identified
Asian cultures tend to stress group over individual
Stress sensitivity to the opinions and judgments of others
Traditional Asian cultures were male dominated
Experiences in the United States have modified these patriarchal values and traditional traits
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Origins and Cultures
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Chinese Americans
Ethnocentrism based on racial, cultural, and language differences present from the beginning
At first, competition muted by an abundance of jobs
Economic changes increased Anglo migration and transformed Chinese labor into a threat to the dominant group
Chinese lacked power resources as they were a small group and not permitted to become citizens
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Contact Situation and the Development of the Chinese American and Japanese American Communities
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Consistent split labor market theory
Native-born workers and White owners of small businesses felt threatened by the Chinese and supported the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Conflicts such as the anti-Chinese campaign are intense
They confound racial/ethnic antagonisms with social class conflict
Ban on Chinese immigration in effect until WWII
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Contact Situation and the Development of the Chinese American and Japanese American Communities
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Population trends and the “delayed” second generation
Chinese Exclusion Act reduced number of Chinese
End of the 19th century sex ratio 25:1 favoring males
Not until 1920s when second generation developed
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Contact Situation and the Development of the Chinese American and Japanese American Communities
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