A Vietnamese Immigrant on the West Coast was written by James M. Freeman in South Asia. The subjects of this primary source were focused on Vietnamese Immigrant in America. However, the main purpose of this primary source was mainly about anonymous man family “escaped by boat from Vietnam and arrived in Hong Kong” (315). They remained three month and move to America, to live in his brother’s house for five months, but after he decided to move to West Coast; but he is always moving place to place and town to town (315).…
The analysis gives an account of the migratory reasons of immigrants to the United States. These individuals left for economic reasons that were also promoted not only by family members on the US side of the border but also because of popular culture. Many came to the United States in hopes of the American dream but as we see in Leo Chavez’s book, although this population integrates itself economically, culturally, and socially into the United States society, much of the time their legal status becomes a determining factor of how much or how fully they will incorporate themselves. We see that it is very hard for them to incorporate themselves and assimilate as their citizenship status hinders their ability to attain necessary resources. The issue then becomes generational as the opportunities of immigrants will be different then those of their children and their future generations in the United States. We see that initiatives like The Bracero Program had previously allowed immigration for labor purposes during World War II but as economic insecurity began to grow, the upward movement became an outlet for possible upward economic mobility. This transnational movement created a phenomenon that established networks for the immigrant community. This networks also made it harder for this community to consider re-establishment in their native countries as…
II. South East Asians in the Philippines begin to move around and realize that colonialism is ubiquitous…
However, a struggle with the University of Chicago would disrupt plans and force out occupants in order to build student housing. Indeed, life in the Near West Side was difficult for Mexican and Puerto Rican immigrants. Yet like other groups coming into the city, the neighborhood became a community for Mexican’s and Puerto Ricans. Several parallels can be made of the many experiences of those coming into America. While the dream of success and opportunity is told to many, the realities of being an American citizen paints a different…
The imperialism occurring in the Philippines because of American control, and difficult social and political conditions Filipino migrants faced…
Bonus, R. (2000). Locating Filipino Americans ethnicity and the cultural politics of space. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.…
As Constable announces “the first three chapters of this book provide theoretical and historical background and place Filipino domestic workers within the context of wider political economy”. This part of the book presents the reader with an excellent use of the archival data. In the sub-chapter “The Battle of Chatter Road (3-8),” which itself is a good example of discourse analysis, the Author shows how xenophobia, racial and cultural prejudices are supported by media and local establishment because of demographic and economic changes. Next pages inform the reader about the main reason of Filipino migrations to the Hong Kong and how particular local, cultural and historical factors have influenced attitudes toward Filipino domestic workers and their treatment in Hong Kong today. What I found interesting…
He argues that if America were to extend its helping hand into the Philippines then they would obtain “principles which protect them in their lives, which protect them in their property, which protect them in their efforts to secure happiness” (Platt, pg 100). These arguments are proof that racism is prevalent during the debate about the future of American presence in the…
5). While both Canada and the United States have been involved in a series of prolific women’s movements, the merits of Filipina activism have often fallen below the radar of the West’s mainstream feminisms. De Jesus (2005) refers to mainstream feminism in North America as “hegemonic, white liberal feminism” which serves to perpetuate the Imperial power structure of the supposedly inferior Filipinos and their superior American wards (p. 8). Significantly, Tolentino (1996) contends that the systemic oppression of Filipino women within North America is further perpetuated by the colonial appropriation of the Filipina body within the international sex trade and the proliferation of mail-order brides marrying White American men (p. 2). To put the scale of the mail-order bride phenomenon into perspective, over 50, 000 Filipino women have moved to the United States within the last ten years, while 19,000 Filipinas migrate out of the Philippines annually as mail-order brides (Tolentine, 1996, p.…
In 2008, I had the opportunity to visit the Philippines for the first time. I traveled to the various villages that my family was from, and it was evident that most people were quite poor, many whom worked on farms or owned small businesses. Surprisingly, these people were not sad because of their circumstances; they smiled through them. I was taking a glimpse of the world that my family had lived in, and I began to understand in a deeper sense why they wanted to come to the United States.…
Philippines, a nation of over 7,000 islands, is a country that contains different cultures and influences. These influences originated from previous settlement of Spain and the United States. The Filipino immigration to the United States first started when the Philippines became a territory of the United States in 1898 as a result of the Spanish-American War. A large number of the immigrants arrived in Hawaii as laborers in agriculture and domestic services. Filipino Americans make up the nation’s second-largest Asian American group. “The Filipino immigrant community in the United States jumped from 105,000 in 1960 (1.1 percent of all immigrants) to 1,844,000 in 2013 (4.5 percent)” (Batalova & McNamara, 2015). Today, Filipino Americans are…
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Why do you think people decided they wanted to come to America? Maybe your own family has traveled a far to come to America, but do you question how their journey was or their first impression of America when they first came? In the novel, “America in the Heart” by Carlos Bulosan, a native Filipino, describes his own journey of traveling from the Philippines to America and the mental and physical challenges he had faced. These physical and mental challenges also affected the well being and financial situation of his own family members in which tested their critical thinking and ability to adapt to certain situations. Throughout the novel, the idea of the American dream and the Filipino dream are also brought to light as to how living in the…
Francia, L., (2010). A history of the Philippines from Indio Bravos to Filipinos (1st ed.). New…
The scenes leading to Frida’s departure to Israel is all too familiar since many Filipinos, including this writer, have relatives working abroad. But it is an entirely new experience when viewing it from a different perspective.…