CLUSTER 20B Study Guide - Final Guide: Japanese Americans, World War Ii, Asian Americans

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26 Mar 2019
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Group 5, weeks 9 & 10 fall quarter. Second gen asian-americans born on us soil were american citizens. They were protected from public policies that had discriminated against their alien parents. they did not have severe cultural or linguistic handicaps that might promote misunderstandings between themselves and white public. They still faced racial prejudice and played an important role in the dismantling of anti-asian racism: flora belle jan longs for unconventionality and freedom: Resents chinese traditions, but later realises that american society also has many such meaningless conventions: connie tirona recalls growing up filipino: 1930"s & 1940"s filipino"s faced prejudice & discrimination. They were allowed to go anywhere, they just wouldn"t be treated as good as white folks. Filipino kids would get taunted while walking home from school. Overall, filipino students were deprived of growing up like traditional american students. Deprived of their rights: dora yum kim recalls growing up korean-american in chinatown: