E-Portfolio Project Wolran Kim Dec 4, 2012 Asian Americans Slide
2 Table of Content 5 Research Articles (p3-7) 6 Charts and Tables
(p8-12) Book Summary (p13) Slide 3 Research Articles #1 Title:
Asian-Americans make historic gains in Congress (Nov 13, 2012)
Summary The first Hindu will arrive in Congress in January, as will
the first Buddhist senator. At least 10 members of Congress will be
of Asian-Pacific heritage, with another Asian-American candidate
leading an undecided race, according to The New American Leaders
Project, an organization that recruits civic leaders from immigrant
communities. Asian-Americans are the fastest-growing minority group
in the U.S., and they voted overwhelmingly for President Barack
Obama. Connection with the topic They bring organizations from the
homeland and later develop groups to respond to the special needs
identified in the U.S. The immigrants come from nations where
political participation was unheard of or looked upon with
skepticism and sometimes fear. Pan-Asian unity is a necessity and
urgency for al Asian groups. Source : News, New England Cable. NEW
ENGLAND CABLE NEWS. 13 Nov 2012. Web site. 14 Nov 2012.
http://www.necn.com/11/13/12/Asian-Americans-make-historic-gains-in-C/landing_nation.html?&apID=35172b55ca824722b03d463e5adf1b64
Slide 4 Research Articles #2 Title: For Asian-American Couples, a
Tie That Binds (Mar 30, 2012) Summary Interracial marriage rates
are at an all-time high in the United States, with the percentage
of couples exchanging vows across the color line more than doubling
over the last 30 years. But Asian-Americans are bucking that trend,
increasingly choosing their soul mates from among their own
expanding community. Today, the majority of Ms. Youngs
Asian-American friends have Asian-American husbands or wives. she
is delighted by how completely right it feels. Connection with the
topic From 2008 to 2010, the percentage of Asian-American newlyweds
who were born in the United States and who married someone of a
different race dipped by nearly 10 percent, according to a recent
analysis of census data conducted by the Pew Research Center.
Meanwhile, Asians are increasingly marrying other Asians. Source:
Swarns, Rachel L. The New York Times Company. 2012. Web site. 14
Nov 2012.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/fashion/more-asian-americans-
marrying-within-their-race.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/fashion/more-asian-americans-
marrying-within-their-race.html?pagewanted=all Slide 5 Research
Articles #3 Title: What Asian Americans Reveal About Affirmative
Action (Mar 6, 2012) Summary As the Supreme Court prepare to reopen
the issue of affirmative action, we can expect another fierce
debate about whether college admissions should be color blind. But
that debate itself is blind. Consider Asian Americans, who make up
a large part of the student body at selective colleges and
universities. Most people assume that the dismantling of
affirmative action would benefit Asian Americans by opening up even
more slots for Asian high-achievers. The notion that this is good
for Asian Americans seems plausible on the surface, but on a deeper
level, its quite misguided. Connection with the topic They
constitute a Model or Ideal minority because, although they have
experienced prejudice and discrimination, they seem to have
succeeded economically, socially, and educationally without
resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites. Some
observers point to the existence of a model minority as a
reaffirmation that anyone can get ahead in the United States.
Source: Liu, Eric. Time. 2012. Report in Web site. 14 Nov 2012.
http://ideas.time.com/2012/03/06/what-asian-americans-reveal-about-
affirmative-action/?iid=op-article-mostpop1
http://ideas.time.com/2012/03/06/what-asian-americans-reveal-about-
affirmative-action/?iid=op-article-mostpop1 Slide 6 Research
Articles #4 Title: Creating a vision for Chinatowns future (Nov 12,
2012) Summary In 2008, the community embarked on a plan to create a
vision for the future of Chinatown, and to identify opportunities
for future growth. Since the adoption of the 1990 Chinatown
Community Plan and complementary zoning, Chinatown has experienced
significant changes: the decline of the Combat Zone was replaced by
new high-rise housing developments; the movement of the garment
industry out of Chinatown; increased civic participation; and the
rapid growth of the Asian population in Bostons suburbs. Connection
with the topic A Chinatown is an ethnic enclave of expatriate
Chinese people. Chinatowns exist throughout the world, including
Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Americas, Australasia, and
Europe. While some Chinatowns are focused on commercial tourism,
others are actual living and working communities; many are in fact
a synergetic synthesis of both. Chinatowns can range from slum
ghettos to modern sites of up-to-date development. Source: Wong,
Ling-Mei. Sampan org. 2012. Article in Web site. 14 Nov 2012.
http://sampan.org/2012/11/creating-a-vision-for-chinatowns-future/
Slide 7 Research Articles #5 Title: Racial violence spurred Asian
students to take a stand (Oct 16, 2010) Summary Last December, as
many as 30 Asian students were attacked at South Philly High. Asian
students boycotted the school to protest what they felt was a lack
of response. The Justice Department has instructed the school to
better protect Asian students. New principal Otis Hackney says
security is his "No. 1 priority" Connection with the topic Despite
the widespread belief that they constitute a model minority, Asian
Americans are victims of both prejudice and violence. According to
the reports by the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium
in 2002, have chronicled incidents of suspected and proven anti-
Asian American incidents. For young Asian Americans, life in the
U.S. often is a struggle for identity when their heritage is so
devalued by those in positions of influence and racial profiling.
Source: Hoye, Sarah. CNN Cable News Network. 2012. Report in Web
site. 14 Nov 2012.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/10/16/philly.school.asian.american.attacks/index.html?iref=allsearch
Slide 8 Asian Pacific Islanders,2008 Slide 9 Median Household
Income ($) Slide 10 Median Income by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
Slide 11 Percentage Completing College (%) Slide 12 Degree of
Prejudice Directed Toward ones Racial or Ethnic Group Source: Bruce
E. Cain and D. Roderick Kiewiet, Minorities in California (1986),
p. lll-115 Race or Ethnicity of Respondent Degree of Prejudice
Toward Respondents Group BlackHispanicAsian Most people are
prejudiced17105 Some people are prejudiced635452 Most people are
not prejudiced213642 Slide 13 Book Summaries Title: Asian American
Dreams Author: Zia, Helen Source: Zia, Helen. Asian American
Dreams: The Emergence of an American People. New York: Farrar,
Straus & Giroux, 2000. This book is about the transformation of
Asian Americans from a few small, disconnected, and largely
invisible ethnic groups into a self-identified racial group that is
influencing every aspect of American society. It explores the
junctures that shocked Asian Americans into motion and shaped a new
consciousness, including the murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese
American, by two white autoworkers who believed he was Japanese;
the apartheid-like working conditions of Filipinos in the Alaska
salmon canneries; the boycott of Korean American greengrocers in
Brooklyn; the L.A. riots; and the casting of non-Asians in the
Broadway musical Miss Saigon. The book examines the rampant
stereotyping of Asian Americans, which has an impact on key issues
concerning all Americans, from affirmative action and campaign
finance to popular culture and national security.
