... to be outraged, those arrested were useless. They found not guilty. Examples like this show the inequalities of the legal system at that time period. What has all this accomplished? Asian Americans belong to the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States. Kept out by immigration laws in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Asians have recently been coming again. In ... the early 1990's, half of all immigrants entering annually are Asian. In 1960, Asians compromised a mere 0.5% of the population. By the year 2000, Asian Americans will make up 4% of the total population of the United...

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... 1982 to 134 in 2002. It became the largest Asian American film festival in the country. The Asian American Film Festival helped Asians to promote to change in Asian community in several ways. Film promotes the culture awareness of history and social events in our Asian America culture. History aspect comes from the fact that Asian Americans learn how they helped shape American history. Culture awareness ... brought through the fact that Asians know how unique their culture different to the rest of the world. In conclusion through film and the books I have been in examining in this class...

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... since the mid to late 1800's until now. Native Americans were here already on conquest to practice their own religion. Africans were brought to America against their own will; they were forced here by Euro- Americans in order to be their slaves. Asian Americans and Latinos were not forced to come here. They came ... here looking for freedom and better jobs. Although those of Asian or Latino descent were not forced to enter into the United States, in ... in common they were all considered as workers. Asian workers came here and worked for an extremely small amount of money. They first ca...

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... on Education. The Study which analyzed statistics from the U.S Department of Education, found that despite the greater numbers of minority students in college, blacks and Hispanics were behind whites and Asian Americans in graduation rates. It also found a gap between genders among blacks. From 1999 to 2000, college attendance among balck women under 25 increased 4%, to 43.9% but it declined for men ... a total minority enrollment in institutions of higher education had increased to 4 million in 1999 from 2.7 million in 1990, with gains of 68.3% among Hispanics, 31.6% among blacks and 5...

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... because he is brilliant and African American. The Supreme Court says that they have, "nearly," abolished the requirement for colleges to give an advantage in admissions to African Americans. This is unlawful and unfair due to the Powell Decision of 1978 outlawing school's use of racial profiling ("Affirmative Action" 2). Not only are colleges giving advantages, ... they are also putting anyone of the Asian, or Caucasian race at a disadvantage. Not only does Affirmative Action increase the likelihood of African Americans being accepted to college, it dramatically decreases the likelihood ...

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... public schools of California has become a melting pot, mixed with children of various ethnic backgrounds. With the rapid growth of minorities, many Asian children are finding difficulty in finding their identity amongst the wide choices of cultures in California. Asian Americans had been a large part of California's history. The first generations of Asians had been known to be closely knit with their values ... and traditions. While the first generations of Asian families had learned to assimilate in America, their children, the second generation, may have difficulty in ... ; the tradit...

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... cities. It exited everywhere; even in the ancient time. Gangs dated back to the Chinese dynasty are where and how most gangs get started. Asian gangs got started in the 17th century by triads, which are secret criminal societies, to over throw the Chinese Dynasty in China. The triads ... in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as the Asian populations increase in the U.S. The gangs are spread across the United States from California to Maine. Most gangs are usually in California, There are many types of ethnic groups of gang: Some consist of African- Americans, Latinos, Skinheads, Caucasians,...

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... trash the store. He means that all white people are decent and hardworking people, while black, Asian and Hispanic people are freeloaders. Another important value in the American society is equality, it's important for the Americans that all people has equal opportunities and chances when it comes to getting a job, getting a ... got nothing to complain about these days, and he hates the measures that are meant to compensate for the past discrimination. As we all know most Americans are a really patriotic people, and Derrick is no exception, he means that the USA is a unique country which...

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... in those days. The immigrants felt despair rather than dreamed about the life in the new world. Fortunately, the immigration station was preserved, as an apparent exhibit of the hidden Asian Americans history, and a record of Asian immigrants' pathetic experiences....

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... practice Mahayana Buddhism, and their ideas encouraged Buddhist teachings towards the end of the century. Buddhist ideas became more known when Americans returned from Asia after the Second World War and the Korean War and brought back an interest in Asian culture. In the 1960s, the American interest in Buddhism grew even more among artistic groups, and new departments of Buddhist studies ... were established in universities. Today, approximately 3 million Americans identify as Buddhists. Buddhism's aim to end suffering as well as its therapeutic meditation are two ... ...

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... is immigrants to the U.S. are unwilling to learn English. The San Francisco Community College Center has approximately 3000 names on waiting lists for English as a Second Language (ESL) taught in Asian and Hispanic. California's English only courses are so crowded, 40,000 students were turned away in Los Angeles County alone. Several schools now operate on a 24-hour basis to accommodate ... add to ethnic and racial tensions, it could foster ethnic and racial intolerance by establishing citizenship based on ones ability to speak a given language. To undermine the support for Native Ameri...

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... offers documents of lives of American war veterans and a collection of deeds, photographs, documents, biographies, fishpond, garden, stone path and bronze statue of Confucius in the Asian courtyard. The museum's goal is to help Chinese Americans to learn about their heritage, and to develop an understanding between ethnic groups and to encourage multicultural diversity. The exhibit that I found interesting was an exhibit ... ...

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