ASIA AM 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Chain Migration, Economic Mobility, Cultural Hegemony
8 Jun 2018
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Part II: Labor
Blue Collar, White Collar
Questions to consider:
● In what ways did international labor imigration affect developing and developed
countries?
○ 1965 Immigration Act
■ More class diversity, but socioeconomically bimodal: some doing well,
some doing poorly
● This is the “duality” of post 1965 immigration
● How has US immigration policy shaped Asian American communities, especially in the
post-WWII period?
○ Post WWII Changes in US immigration policy
■ Family reunification
■ Skilled labroers
○ Histories of immigration to the US
○ Economic globalization
When thinking about immigration of Filipinos, Vietnamese, etc, we have to consider their
relationship to their past colonizers and the influence of the latter on the former: (Spain to
Philippines, France to Vietnam, etc)
Pre- vs. post-1965 Asian Immigration
● Table shows great growth of immigration of Filipinos, Chinese, Asian Indians, Koreans,
but not Japanese
○ Filipinos have lots of American influence due to colonization, developing a skill
set that helps them assimilate into the US
○ Why not Japanese?
■ Japan is a developed country that provides work for the people there!
Changing perceptions
● Bifurcation of “The Oriental,” during WWII, in to “good” vs. “bad” Orientals
● We were allied with some of them (good) and fighting others (bad)
○ This can often shift; Japanese have been on both sides, good and bad
○ “How to tell Japs from Chinese,” “How to tell your friends from the Japs,”
■ “Those who know them best often rely on facial expression to tell them
apart: the Chinese expression is likely to be more placid, kindly, open; the
Japanese more positive, dogmatic, arrogant”
Global economic restructuring
● New stage in the development of capitalism
○ Capitalism=(a national model)
■ Free enterprise
Document Summary
More class diversity, but socioeconomically bimodal : some doing well, some doing poorly. This is the duality of post 1965 immigration. Post wwii changes in us immigration policy. When thinking about immigration of filipinos, vietnamese, etc, we have to consider their relationship to their past colonizers and the influence of the latter on the former: (spain to. Table shows great growth of immigration of filipinos, chinese, asian indians, koreans, but not japanese. Filipinos have lots of american influence due to colonization, developing a skill set that helps them assimilate into the us. Japan is a developed country that provides work for the people there! Bifurcation of the oriental, during wwii, in to good vs. bad orientals. We were allied with some of them (good) and fighting others (bad) This can often shift; japanese have been on both sides, good and bad. How to tell japs from chinese, how to tell your friends from the japs, .
