From Stephen Nguyen:
In 1942 what was the reason for the Japanese American Internment and how did it
work out?
From Manami Sugiyama:
How has learning about the Asian American history so far in this class shaped
the way you see yourself, as well as the Asian American community that surrounds
you?
After the attack of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the American Public was afraid that those Japanese descents were communicating with Japan, planning to continue attacking on America. Later on, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, then more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and along with farms, schools, jobs, and businesses to live in bleak, and remote camps which are under the surveillance of armed guards. The Japanese American internment has raised a question to many Asian Americans today if they could trust their government about their rights which was written in the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
ReplyDeleteSo far in this class I feel that I myself see Asian Studies and Asian people more as a whole community versus small individual ones. We as a community are making our presence known in and more and more people are recognizing and respecting Asians more. I also realize that we are only a small fraction of the US population coming in at a small whopping 4.5%. I have come to a realization too that only here in the bay area is there such a dense population of Asian people. Other than that there aren't that many places with such a great amount of Asian people. It helps put everything into perspective for me and how everything else looks on a greater level.
ReplyDeleteQ#1: The americans felt threatened about the japanese and wanted to be sure that the japanese in america were not spies. They held the internment camps so that they could isolate them all together and hope it would do something. It was revolved at the end of the war when germany finally surrendered and they were all released
ReplyDeleteQ#2: Its been a real eye opener. I've known about most of asian american history, but when we went into details about it i was surprised. There was so much more information that i have never known about. I did not know about filipino history at all, but when we started to read it i became very interested in it. It has changed my views about how close asian americans are with one another.
Learning about Asian American history up to this point in time has really opened my eyes to what our ancestors and our asian community's ancestors had to go through, just to live here in the U.S. I see myself now, more asian than ever if anything. I've half forgotten my roots, where I've come from and how much it took just to get me here. This class has taught me more than I've expected, to be honest.
ReplyDeleteI think that Japanese internment had a lot to do with fear. I think that the US government honestly feared that people of Japanese descent would further attempt to work against the US. This collective sense of fear manifested into Japanese internment.
ReplyDeleteLearning more about Asian American history has taught me to place myself As a result of Asian America's past and how Asian Americans have been treated. Learning more encourages me to keep reading and to keep searching
This class has taught me a lot about Asian American history. It's made me realize how each Asian American has had a history in America and has had a struggle to make it to America. I assumed before that only early Asian Americans struggled to come over and survive in America, but after reading The Latehomecomer, it's shown me that even now, Asian Americans are still struggling to integrate into American society. It's also shown how Asian culture has changed since their arrival to America. A lot of traditions and beliefs and the struggles of our ancestors are forgotten by the newer generations. They take a lot of the luxuries in their life for granted.
ReplyDeleteThis class has taught me quite a lot about Asian American history. It taught me the bad times and the struggles that Asians went through. Each ethnicity had different struggles and went through different things. Something we all went through is discrimination. There was for sure a lot of information that I learned in the class. Glad I choose this class!
ReplyDeleteThis class really taught me about the Asian American History. Not only did it taught me about the past, but it also taught me about the present also, and possibly the future. There's just too much to talk about when you bring up "Asian American". So maybe this class didnt teach me everything, but it really did opened my eyes about what is happening around me. Such as youtube videos. I watch it everyday, and I really never noticed how they all come together. Like my youtube artist Peter Chao said, that you need all the community to come as one in order to be successful.
ReplyDeleteSo far, this class has given me a lot of backround about Asian-American history which, while common knowledge, I was unaware of. Especially regarding the history and evolution of U.S. immigration law. While I am an immigrant myself, I have never experienced many of the situations we read about in this class due to my race and non-refugee status. I was surprised to learn how racist and restricted immigration was prior to 1965, as I was formerly made to believe that America opened her doors to anyone and everyone who legally applied for entry.
ReplyDeleteI feel fortunate to be treated equally as everyone else today because asians were mistreated back then. I didnt know that they have been through hell and back inorder to have equal rights.
ReplyDeleteQ2: From this class, I feel much more appreciative of my parents as well as most Asians before our generation and what they fought for to give us such a privileged life We were really fortunate to be born in a such a tolerant and diverse community where my friends' skin tones are of every shade and I don't have to fear being different.
ReplyDeleteThis class has helped place my perspective of United States history into sharper focus. I have always been a sort of history buff, and I enjoy connecting events and forming sort-of "cause and effect" timelines. I'm particularly interested in the history of law and civil rights in the country, so it was interesting to see first-hand accounts of people living during the most culturally-tumultuous times of our nation.
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