Race And Ethnicity

The history of Asian Americans before 1946 has a hard working experience. Asians were brought in as workers during the 1800s. Asians were used in the Farms of California, railways, and industries as workers. Asians were not given an easy time, when they first appeared in America. They were discriminated politically as well as socially. They were not given the right to become citizens, to go to white schools, to testify in court, to earn equal wages, to own a land, to pay equal taxes. But they were found to be strong workers and humble people. They were hated in the society and their religion was not accepted and their religious places were attacked. But Asians never gave up. Throughout their history, Asian Americans have confronted a long legacy of exclusion and inequity in relation to school policies and practices, particularly during periods of changing demographics, economic recession, or war. In spite of historic, linguistic differences, distinct Asian nationalities have been grouped together and treated similarly in schools and in the larger society. Between 1800 to 1946 the Chinese, Japanese, Indians (Asian), Filipinos, Indonesian and all Asian community has played a very important role in giving the freedom and equal rights to Asians immigrants who migrated to America after 1946. It is the efforts and sacrifice of Asian ancestors that the Asians immigrants after 1946 can live a good life and make good money and pay equal taxes.

The 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act began to eliminate some of the anti-Asian racism. The act reunified families, protected the domestic labor force, and called for immigration of people with needed skills. Women also had the opportunity to work in industries. Many of Asians did not have necessary skills, and have trouble speaking English. Asians who were well educated, on the other hand, have found better jobs as engineers, scientists, mathematicians, and doctors. Asian kids are able to go to white school. Beginning in the 1980s, Chinese have been one of the fastest growing immigrant groups here in the United States.

The Asians fought the Immigration laws and finally the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 was well liked by my people for it allowed Asians to finally become citizens of the United States. The Filipinos, Chinese, Japanese, Indians (Asian) also benefited from the 1965 Immigration Act, as it allowed Asian immigrants to immigrate the U.S. Filipinos, however, were still not allowed to hold high professional positions such as lawyers or doctors during 1965. Many of Filipino men were recruited into the army or navy during 1950s and 1960s. In search of better economic opportunities, more and more men, women and children came to the US in search of jobs and also to find family members of previous immigrant waves. The U.S. began to become more and more popular to Filipino people as problems in their homeland grew worse. Despite the Filipino people serving as professionals in the U.S., some of them were