ASA 3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Amerasian, Acculturation, Enculturation
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Mexicans used to be the fastest ethnic minority groups but now chinese has taken over that title. What are the two major contributing factors: south asia (indians) looking to join the tech industry, east asians looking to get higher education in the us. In the late 1800s, occupied low paying jobs: chinese exclusion act (1882): barred the entry of chinese laborers, chinese americans were not seen as truly americans and many americans believed they were taking away jobs from them. Exclusion act (see as family, not laborer: paper sons chinese claiming relations to those already in the us, dramatic change in sentiment around wwii, chinese americans were seen in a more favorable light. Immigration act of 1965 (changed the way visa was granted: 1800s: visa was granted to all of asian continent, chinese immigrants consisted primarily of professionals. Then changed to 2% of the population: sought to professionals/highly educated individuals and reunify family members, what started the model minority .
