In the article State of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Series: A Multifaceted Portrait of a Growing Population by Karthick Ramakrishnan and Farah Z. Ahmad, they focus on Asian public opinion, civic participation, immigration, language needs, labor market outcome, consumer and business activity to attain a better understanding of our country’s economic and social future. From an immigration perspective, Asian Americans are fastest to assimilate and one of the most common ethnic groups that immigrated to the United States. They speak more of their native language than English, although some speak English better. Furthermore, these immigration immigrants are mostly undocumented. From an education …show more content…
They also examine the historical perspective of Asian immigration, the analysis of forces that shape the US reaction towards Asian immigration and examine why Asian Americans immigrate to the US. Asian Immigration raises issues about economics and capitalism. To better understand about America’s economic and social future, Ramasamy and Shaw empathizes that we must learn about Asian American immigration history. The history of Asian immigration has not received a lot of attention. Their main goals is to add that curriculum into K-12 education. The Chinese first started working for the Americans, then more unskilled Chinese labor workers came. As a result, the Americans accused the Chinese of lowering wages and stealing Native people’s jobs. Eventually, the organization of labors then restricted Chinese immigration on economic grounds. Immigration acts were posed on the Chinese to further restrict Chinese immigration. However, the racism and the immigration restriction were temporary. Now, Asian Americans are a significant minority group