Chinese American history

Even though there are bunches of research touching upon international students’ intercultural adaptation, little research has touched on Chinese international students’ intercultural adaptation in Northern Florida. In Katherine & Dustin’s Accuracy of the United States regional personality stereotypes, the authors explored whether Americans can accurately describe how personality traits vary across regions of the United States. They presented the analyses documenting the strengths of regional…

The Yin and Yang of Resolving Business Conflict in China  states, as Americans with aspirations of obtaining a piece of the Chinese-market pie, we must invest the time to understand the sources of Chinese culture and not just the culture itself. Because…

History Day Rough Draft California became a land of opportunity for Chinese immigrants who were driven out of their home country due to poverty and overpopulation. From the Gold Rush of 1849 to the building of the California railroad, more and more Chinese immigrants began taking Californian jobs, which resulted in white nativists who resented the Chinese. Because the Chinese immigrants brought along their customs and culture, they became more vulnerable to prejudice. The differences of…

Immigration into the U.S. has been a topic that has been argued over since 1790, nearly the beginning of our country. Americans that have opposed immigration have accused immigrants of many issues over the years. Some don’t feel safe with immigrants entering our country, fearing that we will be attacked. Then there are people who flat-out think that they corrupt the United States. However, I think that immigration should not be restricted because it is wrong to deny someone their right to…

The history of the origin, migration, and culture between different families can end up quite similar and different. After interviewing Kaier’s and Josh’s families on their origin, migration, and culture, they realized how similar their past and current generations’ family was. While both families come from China, celebrate similar events, and immigrated to America because of better living conditions, Josh’s parents grew up in America while Kaier’s family did not, thus Josh is second generation…

for gold. There were various people that came but, of the races the Chinese caused a shift in the areas cultural and economic environment that the Caucasians residents weren’t used to. This migration of Chinese people to California created animosity within the white American culture slowly over time. The xenophobia displayed from white Americans directed toward the Chinese is how it initially started. The fact that the Chinese were from another location and looked different made white people…

The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) was the first major law that restricted immigration in the United States. American-born individuals blamed the Chinese immigrants for taking their jobs and lowering the wages. Therefore, this law restricted the migration of Chinese immigrants for 10 years and made it hard for Chinese individual who were already in the United States to become citizens. Just like numerous ethnic minority, Jewish people wanted to migrate to America for a better life. Back in…

In early Chinese myth traditions, it is said that before the Chinese ever had any sort of culture, they lived in an unjustifiable existence. Just like every other human being that lived in the early years, they lived in mainly fear and confusion. They were also afraid of wild animals, and didn’t have anything or anyone to look up to. Once the human life enhanced, there was soon to become many important Chinese traditions which had a great impact on Chinese history. Just like every other culture…

and Kingston wrote about two different situations in their past reflecting their own cultural background a- In “The struggle to be an all American girl”, Wong shows her disdain of being obliged to attend the Chinese school, and her desire to be an all American girl. b- In “Catfish in the bathtub”, Kingston is only interested in the traditional food of the Chinese culture. 2. The mentality of the author’s mothers are relatively the same a- Both mothers obliged their children to be associative…

no one doubts that. However, as a child of first generation immigrants, I did not live in a tight-knit immigrant community, and my parents did not bring many elements of their home culture into the house. I grew up listening to American music, learning American history, and my friends were predominantly non-Asian. As a result, I never understood much about my parents’ background, and Taiwanese culture. Sensing my curiosity about my background (perhaps from the number of questions I began asking…