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Ethnic Problems and a Solution

            According to Allport (1979), ethnic prejudice is an antipathy based upon a faulty and inflexible generalization. It may be felt or expressed. It may be directed towards a group as a whole or towards an individual because he is a member of that group (p. 9). I shall refer to those people who are involved with the described violent and prejudice actions as the "doers" to maintain a neutral stance. The doers called the Jewish people derogatory names. [who are the Jews? How come they appear in this essay suddenly?] The doers also painted hostile symbols on the doors and walls of the Jewish people's dormitories. Furthermore, the doers based their actions on presumptions that the Asian people were all "immigrants" or "foreigners". However, it is possible that some Asians are not immigrants. All these hostile actions were directed towards people of a particular ethnicity and were based on some inflexible generalization.
             War seems to be the historical factor that influenced these incidents. World War II may have paved the road for many Jewish to immigrate to the United States. During the Holocaust, many Jews were frightened to stay in Europe. In search of safety they migrated to the United States. The Vietnam War had the same effect. The Vietnamese came in the time of war in search for refugee. War caused a rapid influx of immigrants to enter [influx means enter, "enter" seems redundant] the United States. The immense amount of immigrants may have resulted in such hostile actions. According to Allport (1979), the increase of different group in a given area will likely conjure conflict. Another reason is that United States Nativists were directing their anger at the Vietnamese immigrants for [add "the"] deaths of American soldiers in Vietnam. .
             The incidents are combinations of verbal rejection, discrimination and physical attack. The doers called Jewish people on the phone and shouted offensive names.


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