From 1960s to the present, the Chinese immigrated to the U.S. exploded dramatically. Political refugees and anti-communist elites came with their intellectually directed children as well as Chinese of all socioeconomic backgrounds came in the last two decades of the twentieth century. Intended to analyze the rise of Chinese American communities from WWII to post-1965, Iris Chang described the escape of intellectuals from mainland China and Taiwan, the rise of immigration under Regan and Deng’s open political management, political asylum from China, and the appear of “high-tech and “low-tech” Chinese immigrants, looking ahead an uncertain future for Chinese Americans.
Newer arrivals—the intellectuals from China and Taiwan
The 1960s was a generation with abating discrimination and increasing assimilation. Although anti-Chinese discrimination remained strong, Chinese came out of Chinatowns to protect their rights and …show more content…
provided an excellent atmosphere for civil rights, which in turns for the revise of immigration laws. Initiated by the Reverend Martin Luther King, American Civil Rights movement was responded with a nationwide interest in human rights, particularly for people of color living in white-controlled societies. For Vietnam War, there were largest college enrollment on record in American history students on campus to protest the war. To respond Hong Kong problems and activism, the U.S. started to revise its immigration laws. In May 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a presidential directive, admitting more than fifteen thousand Chinese refugees in Hong Kong by 1965. He argued that discrimination among immigrants application into the U.S. was an anachronism, and signed a new Immigration Act known as the Hart-Celler Act abolishing racial discrimination in immigration laws, which has a great impact on the rise of Chinese population in America. After this act, the Chinese population in the U.S. almost doubled for every
Newer arrivals—the intellectuals from China and Taiwan
The 1960s was a generation with abating discrimination and increasing assimilation. Although anti-Chinese discrimination remained strong, Chinese came out of Chinatowns to protect their rights and …show more content…
provided an excellent atmosphere for civil rights, which in turns for the revise of immigration laws. Initiated by the Reverend Martin Luther King, American Civil Rights movement was responded with a nationwide interest in human rights, particularly for people of color living in white-controlled societies. For Vietnam War, there were largest college enrollment on record in American history students on campus to protest the war. To respond Hong Kong problems and activism, the U.S. started to revise its immigration laws. In May 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a presidential directive, admitting more than fifteen thousand Chinese refugees in Hong Kong by 1965. He argued that discrimination among immigrants application into the U.S. was an anachronism, and signed a new Immigration Act known as the Hart-Celler Act abolishing racial discrimination in immigration laws, which has a great impact on the rise of Chinese population in America. After this act, the Chinese population in the U.S. almost doubled for every