Asian Immigrants In Richard Lee's The Making Of Asian America

One thing that I learned from Lee’s “The Making of Asian America” was the feelings of the Asian immigrants. Previously, I had not known that many of the Asian immigrants has actually considered themselves “American” and were willing to denounce their home country. Lee explained this well in her section about Japanese immigrants. In this section, she discusses how far the Japanese Americans were willing to go to prove that they were, in fact, American. This includes being obedient to the government’s wishes, prospering in the conditions that they were put into, and even joining U.S. army in WWII.
Next, I learned of the horrid working conditions presented to the Asian immigrants. This is very well highlighted in her Chinese immigrant section.