How Did Asian Immigrants Come To The American Dream

With the hopes of a fresh new beginning and more opportunities to rebuild their lives; many Asian immigrants migrated to the United States leaving everything behind as they set their sight towards whatever benefits may await them in America. However, the thought of finding peace and happiness would soon perish with the coming of WWII. During this period, Asian Americans were pushed to the side and seen as enemies. Racism as a whole would contribute to the fall of succeeding the American Dream, war efforts in order to show loyalty to the United States, and the increasing number of Asians after the WWII. Dreams were crushed and trusts were broken, but the history of Asian Americans during WWII would always be the center of all talks as they were seen as …show more content…
Determine to make money to further a better life; many of those who came to America saw the opening of opportunities. However, their dream of traveling across the world to better themselves would come to a pause as WWII slowly came into the picture. During this time many Asians faced discrimination and were pushed aside as if they were a plague. In our text book Lon Kurashige and Alice Yang Murray included a document by Connie Tirona on recalling her experience growing up in America during the 1930s-1940s, where Filipinos themselves faced discrimination. She recalls, “The lady in the store asked if I had money. When I showed her my money and pointed at the piece of chocolate candy I wanted, I remember her taking double pieces of paper so she wouldn’t touch my hands”. ( Kurashige and Murrray, p.255) This was significant because it showed how afraid and disgusted Americans looked at Asian immigrants during the time. Simply they saw each and every one of the Asian as a threat and enemy. Living during the time was a pain due to the fact that you