ASIA AM 10W Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Racialization, Model Minority, William Petersen
30 May 2018
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All#credits#are#given#to#Professor#Fong,#K.N..#Direct#quotations#are#directly#from#the#
professor’s#slides.#Others#is#either#paraphrased#or#summarized.!
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Overview#
● Changes!in!global!economy!and!immigration!policy!have!impacts!on!AAPI!community!
○ Revisit!World-System!Theory:!how!-isms!continuously!shape!people’s!
immigration!
○ Growing!gap!among!socioeconomic!classes!
○ The!case!of!Filipino!nurses!
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Global#Economic#Restructuring#
● The!shift!of!immigration!policy!is!within!the!context!of!the!Cold!War!and!changes!in!
global!economy!
● Capitalism!faced!another!crisis:!profit!is!not!increasing!fast!enough!→!US!shifted!from!a!
manufacturing!economy!to!a!global!service-based!economy!
○ Deindustrialization:!manufacturing!in!other!countries!!
○ Globalization:!international!division!of!labor!
● Context:!During!1960-1970,!the!economy!of!US!was!weak!and!faced!threats!from!the!
economic!growth!of!Japan!and!Europe!
● Shift!to!“single!global!market!economy!to!sell!goods,!acquiring!resources!and!labor”!
○ See!the!world!as!a!single!market!to!sell!goods!
○ Have!workers!working!in!manufacturing!factories!in!other!countries,!especially!
developing!nations!(places!with!no!labor!protection!or!cheaper!wages),!in!order!
to!decrease!costs!and!maximize!profit!!
● “Rise!in!low-skill,!low-paid!manufacturing!and!service!jobs!in!US”!
○ “Service:!jobs!to!serve!professional/middle-class!workers”!
○ High-end!services:!professionals,!accounting!and!consulting!services!(tax!return!
and!investment),!lawyers!and!doctors,!real!estate!agents!
○ Low-end!services:!house!cleaning,!taking!care!of!children,!and!painting!nails!
■ Usually!immigrants,!usually!women!
■ Undocumented!immigrants!are!vulnerable!and!are!exploited!by!this!kind!
of!jobs!(usually!by!co-ethnics,!long!hours,!low!wages)!due!to!the!fear!of!
being!discovered!or!deported!
● “Brain#drain:!recruiting!educated,!skilled!workers!from!developing!countries!to!
advanced!capitalist!nations”,!which!results!in!shortage!of!skilled!workers!in!places!like!
Africa!
Document Summary
All credits are given to professor fong, k. n Direct quotations are directly from the professor"s slides. Changes in global economy and immigration policy have impacts on aapi community. Revisit world-system theory: how -isms continuously shape people"s immigration. The shift of immigration policy is within the context of the cold war and changes in global economy. Capitalism faced another crisis: profit is not increasing fast enough us shifted from a manufacturing economy to a global service-based economy. Context: during 1960-1970, the economy of us was weak and faced threats from the economic growth of japan and europe. Shift to single global market economy to sell goods, acquiring resources and labor . See the world as a single market to sell goods. Have workers working in manufacturing factories in other countries, especially developing nations (places with no labor protection or cheaper wages), in order to decrease costs and maximize profit. Rise in low-skill, low-paid manufacturing and service jobs in us .
