Chinese-America Research Paper

Summary Chinese-Americans found themselves in the middle of racism even though they weren 't considered the enemy. The enemy being the Japanese. Many Chinese-Americans, found work hard to come by. Many Chinese-Americans even contemplated returning to their home country after being schooled so they would not have to face the racial discrimination. However, Chinese-Americans found the opportunity to find work and fight against the enemy. While the Chinese-American men and women went off to fight in the war, employment in Chinatown rapidly decreased, and many shops had to be closed down because of lack of employment. Employment in the war effort increased and many Chinese-Americans found themselves working engineering jobs. Many Chinese-Americans considered this war effort a risk to help their chances on becoming citizens of the United States, and eventually the immigration act against the Chinese was repealed and residents were granted citizenships. Like Chinese-Americans, Filipino, Korean, Indian, German, and Italian Americans were victim off racial discrimination. Filipino-Americans, many of them immigrants or descendants of immigrants, found social life hard in America. Theaters, restaurants, and more social checkpoints would deny service to Filipinos. Like the Chinese-Americans, the Filipinos found their time to prove …show more content…
"Albert" Ong. Albert Ong joined the US Air Force in 1941 and was the Combat Staff Officer in the Fourteenth Air Force Flying Tigers. This picture was taken before he was deployed to Chengdu, China. He was at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California where the Fourteenth Air Force was based when this photo was taken. This photo was most likely taken after induction in July 1942. Ong was awarded the Anti-Japanese Memorial Medal. This was an Order of Precious Tripod Medal. Ong was a decorated as well as valued member of the Fourteenth Air Force and Flying Tigers.
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