According to John Cummins, The Asian immigration history is following the middle of Gold Rush in 19th century. They started their work as mineworkers and became full workforces to build railroads, farms, and wineries. In 1965, United States accepted more immigrants from Asia. As society grows in the U.S, there are many demands for skilled people in healthcare and engineering. This demands are fulfilled by Asian immigrants. After 1965, South and East Asians were seeking to asylums due to political reason. At that moment, U.S accepted many refugees from many Asian countries and this result …show more content…
But, with sociological imagination, people can think about what has been changed. For example, we can think about Asian community in Grand Forks. Before Asian immigrants moved to Grand Forks, there was no places that people can try Asian cuisine. After Asian population increased, many Asian restaurants have served many different types of food such as Sushi, Chinese food, Korean style cuisine and etc. So, many people could have opportunity to try different cuisine and it leads Asian market to sell products from Asia. Then, it became a norm to people have Asian foods. Also, people started to look for another things such as alternative medicines, beauty products, and fashion