ASIA AM 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Blood Quantum Laws, Hawaiian Language, Model Minority

• School: UCLA
• Department: Asian American Studies
• Course: ASIA AM 10
• Professor: De Guzman

Document Summary

Contesting the model minority myth: the new second generation. Race is a set of socially constructed meanings that society creates. Review: what were the issues that faced previous second generation asian americans (e. g. , the. How do second generation (and 1. 5 generation) asian americans craft identities and spaces for themselves: boba cafes, cultural organizations, religious organizations, online world. How do asian americans use expressive arts to articulate hybrid cultures and identities: to connect with ethnic heritage, to express relationships with family, to live with the weight of historical circumstances like war, empire, or dislocation. Japanese americans highest mixed race %, after wwii did not return to little tokyo, opportunity for mixed race. Connections to militarization and war: ainoko, bui doi (dust of the earth) Historical background: myths of japanese cultural purity, blood quantum laws, experiences in camp, wwii and different vectors of race, the importance of loving v. virginia (1967) The politics of mixed race identity and hapa .