Filipino American

Imperialism is deeply rooted in the American way of life. The U.S. began as an imperial territory of the British empire. Westward expansion and diminishing the Native American population into virtual nonexistence was a piece of American persona. Rudyard Kipling supported imperialism in its truest form. Kipling’s childhood was no stranger to imperialistic manners as he grew up in British occupied India. The White Man’s Burden was a poem simply describing Kipling's personal feelings and opinions…

bringing liberation in the Philippines, Aguinaldo felt that the US goal was to create its own colony in Philippine to further her interests in the east. American held the perception that the Filipinos were “ignorant savages” who would not have been able to establish a rule of law even if granted independence. Aguinaldo acknowledges that the Filipinos were deemed to be savages due to their nomadic way of life as well as the latter allegiance to their chiefs. Under this disguise, the US foreign…

Asian or even Asian American History. African American, Native American and even European histories are all extensively covered in history classes. Many students have at least some knowledge of African American slavery, forced cultural assimilation of Native Americans, and the civil rights movement. From an early age, children are taught that the U.S. is a country created by immigrants; however, American history classes have shown a trend of teaching that excludes Asian Americans from the…

environment” (Becerra). Mexican American families usually work and live in ethnic homogenous settings, being influenced by Anglo American culture. Additionally, Mexican Americans family structures were also practiced in rural Mexico (Becerra). In the family, the male is the role of the authority figure and head of the household, then the female has the role of child bearer and nurturer, they practice traditional family roles. In continuing, “the contemporary Mexican American family exhibits a…

Though there were various types of Asian that came to America, many of Americans during the late 19th century and early 20th century perceived all Asians with a similar perspective; an outsider and a threat to the American supremacism. Asian Americans were often mistreated and disdain by the “whites” due to many racial and cultural differences, which caused the institution of “work” to distort the lives of Asian Americans’ economically and socially. One of the major effect from the disdain were…

Around 370,000-500,000 Mexicans American males, fought in World War II and were accounted as one-fifth of the casualties. Although, Mexicans helped the U.S fought the war, it did not stop the U.S from discriminating against Mexicans. Because the men were off to war, this made Mexican woman more independent. Even though, this may seem like a great thing, but this caused many gangs to arise. Moreover, this also caused many Mexican Americans to classify themselves as American with Mexican decent…

While they have not been treated the same way as African Americans and turned into slaves, they have been denied the right to own property and prosper in the past. The Chinese immigrants have helped to build the backbone of America at the time which was the railroad system, allowing for easier trade. The Chinese…

the Asian-American are directly related to their health, wealth, economic and social status. Incidents which took place as a result of the stereotyping were in 1982 Vincent Chin's death; DotBusters in 1987; and Bang Ma in 2004 and many more undocumented events we don’t hear about. There are many stereotypes that results in the this racist violent act towards many Asian Americans, such as shy, unfriendly, smart, successful, and not American. Due to the increasing number of Asian American…

World War II impacted the American film industry through the influences of the war effort. Films that were made during this time often worked in line with this effort by projecting messages of unity, where racial and class differences amongst Americans were put on the backburner in order to fight one common and external enemy. Scholar Anna Everett asserts that during the war the film industry temporarily suspended its usual racist and stereotypical depictions of Black Americans for the war…

and dedicated his time to organizing a union for farmworkers he focus most of his time with Mexican immigrants. As he strives for better working conditions he realized that not only Mexican workers were being treated unfairly but there also were Filipinos that were being treated unfairly. What makes Cesar a great activist for the union of farm workers is his knowledge and experience in the labor that these individuals go through. Fortunately, Chavez did a tremendous job rallying people for his…