... By the year 1946, there were 125,917 Filipinos in Hawaii alone. According the 1970 Census, Hawaii stood number one in Filipino population followed by California. Officially there were 336,731 Filipinos in the U.S. in 1970. The main center of Filipino Culture in the U.S. mainland was the San Joaquin Valley in California. This is where all the farmlands of California were located (Bonpua ... citizenship. Since their arrival in the U.S. and up until 1946, Filipinos were classified as American nationals. West Coast exclusions during the depression years used a campaign of hate to oppose Filip...

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... to fight to get to the condition they are today (Schaefer 33). Throughout the American colonization of the Philippines, America has left some of their customs and traditions in the culture of the Philippines. English was beginning to be more widely spoken, street signs were Americanized, telephone poles were set up, and train stations were established (Schaefer 34). The Filipinos ... were starting to assimilate the American way of life into their own. Some Filipino customs and traditions, however, have not been changed. For example, Tagalog is still as widely spoken as English is (Schaef...

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... States, some cultures have lost this tradition. Today, some "coming of age- celebrations are barely beginning to regain its popularity. Each celebration is done differently according to the culture. For example, the Filipino, Hispanic, Jewish, Swedish, American cultures are all different when it comes to these celebrations; from the customary age at which the celebration occurs to how it is done. Marina ... American Woman , that in the dictionary it states that a debut is a formal presentation of young women to society which is often presented through a cotillion (formal ball especially...

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... farm workers" union (Takaki 1989). They were the first successful farm worker union in United States history. In 1938, Filipinos organized the Filipino Agricultural Laborers Association but organizers believed that all workers should be included so they soon changed the name to Federated Agricultural Laborers Association ( ... seen with Mexican women. This didn't stop many Filipino men from marrying white women. Filipino men knew how to dress nicely, be romantic, and sing love songs to attract white women. They also had a greater familiarity with western culture which made it easier for ...

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... groups converted to Christianity from Roman Catholic. The culture here in the United States did not surprise me because Filipino culture has some similarities to the American culture because not only Spanish ruled in the Philippines but many other countries including the Americans. Our culture and traditions are a little more conservative because we ... in our town. Living here in the United States can be really exciting because you meet different kind of people with their own culture. The Filipino community has grown vastly. Our ethnicity is becoming larger because of how hardworking F...

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... ." During this reading I realized that people had wanted to back home, however, majority of people did not get a chance to go back to own country and finally adopted the Americanize culture. This is also happened to me, I thought hundred times to go back to my country India, but it is very hard for me. The people are very interested to come ... in this new world call land of immigration. The majority of immigrations population of this paradise of the world belong the Asian countries. The process started with Filipino, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Indian. Some reasons play role to these...

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... depended on the exchange of New Spain's (now Mexico) silver for silk from China. Chinese capitalists immigrants produced mestizos and helped produce a distinctive new culture (Republic of the Philippines 5). In the 1700s, the empire of Spain crumbled. Open trade was available and led to the emergence of a local wealthy ... to the United States for the sum of US$20 million. The Treaty of Paris was not well received in the Philippines. Filipino nationalists were incensed at the arrogance of the imperial powers to bargain away their independence for the tidy price of US$20 million with ... ...

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... people who were born in their hometown that carries their quality being the race they were born with. This means that one can't be a Filipino yesterday and 10 years later he/she is considered as an American. Although it is said that after 6 years immigrants can apply for citizenship, ... this does not mean that an immigrant lost their being a "Filipino" or any race they were born with. My father said, "I can't be an American with the same or similar race, but can be one ... because immigrants are an enormous part of the background of the US. The most profound and obvious way that immig...

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... was better employment. Major cities like New York, Boston, and Chicago began attracting the immigrants. This was the beginning of the Chinese culture in the Chicago area. Filipino's found they"re way to the United States in a different way. Filipino students were sent to America to attend major universities and colleges on a government pension. They were there to study various academic disciplines, and ... degrees to prepare the Philippines for a democratic way of American-tutored life upon their return to their homeland. However, many of them did not return. That is how Chicago's Ameri...

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... international expansion. The Republicans heavily favored United States expansion while most Democrats did not support expansion. Expansion did not only signify obtaining other countries, but also the installation of American culture upon foreign societies. Document A is "Uncles Sam's territorial expansion dinner. The dinner is portrayed by a table resembling various countries from Spanish colonial rule; being chosen as fruits, ... because the United States was already moving east to west and there was no where else to expand but to the Islands of the oceans Document E portrays the Filipi...

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... topics ranging from there outstanding yet very complicated languages, to there overwhelming educational achievements. Hopefully this paper will give you a little knowledge about a culture that's not so different. Most people think that all of the Asian Americans are from China or Japan. On the contrary, there is ... from other countries in the eastern hemisphere. Asian Americans come from countries such as North and South Korea, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Culture is very important to this group of people. Everything from the way they dress to the holidays they practice. Two of the ho...

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... I have. I used to hate it every time they said that, but my experience in the Philippines helped me understand the reason behind it. After visiting another country and observing its culture I was able to realize that I was extremely fortunate and in the end I gained a whole new appreciation for the things that I have. When I was in high school my family and I decided ... the Philippines. Both of my parents used to live there but this was my first trip to the island. Upon arrival I was overwhelmed with what I saw and I experienced an intense culture shock. The lifestyles of the people in...

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... , El Salvador, Ecuador and other central and South American countries have created communities alongside well- established Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban communities. The Asian population was predominately Japanese, Filipino and Chinese just two decades ago but at the century's end, Asian American with roots in India, Vietnam, or Korea outnumbers Japanese American. Today, almost 70,000 foreigners arrive ... economical effect of immigrants The United States welcomes migrants, as it is beneficial to the country. With all the integration of different cultures, immigrants and minorities can...

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... many of their parents follow. It is also said that they may join for reasons similar to those of youth from other cultures. Chinese, Samoan, Korean, Cambodian, Hmong, Japanese, Tongan, Filipino, and Vietnamese gangs exist in the United States. These gangs are usually organized for economic reasons and members rarely commit crimes against other cultural or racial groups. Property crimes are ... damage. Few outsiders are able to gain the confidence of Asian gang members because most cities have few police officers, reporters, or researchers who are Asian or understand the Asian culture. W...

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... refused to concede to the manners of subservience. In truth, the youth of the day, just like today, did not want to look like their parents and so, the jazz culture created this fashion statement. And just like with many other times in American history, this fashion statement got on people's nerves. All over the country, groups of blacks and Hispanics ... provided for the independence of the Philippines (from the United States) by 1945. The Philippines did not achieve independence until July 4th, 1946, because of WWII. The Act provided for Filipino independence after a 10-year transnati...

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... because the U.S. was trying to constitutionalize lands and people out of its jurisdiction. He felt that people's rights were being sacrificed for cash flow. In reference to dealing with the Filipino problem, he proposed that the U.S. merely aid rather than control. The U.S. was able to help Cuba stabilize a government while protecting them with the Monroe Doctrine. Bryan felt that the same ... govern itself, they could not do it because they were not capable or competent enough. With these facts in mind the U.S. also said that with keeping the islands they could culture and teach the Fi...

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