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Family Experiences and History in the US

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This assignment is a burden to me, and hopefully, you can help me. This might be hard for you since it's supposed to be a personal essay, so if you have a question, especially those questions that really need "my" answer, ask me right away. If you deny it, I totally understand it.
Prompt:
1.) Three Questions to Address:
-What are the key things that you have learned so far from the class? (Answer this question using the references)
-How do you understand your family experiences and history differently now in the context of what you have learned about Asian American history?
-How do your family’s experiences and history contribute to the unfolding of Asian American history? (This question is open-ended, and there is no one right way to answer it.)
2.) Required Discussion of Family History and Experiences: Include in your essay a discussion of your family experience and history in the U.S. This discussion should be integrated into your answers to the three questions above. You are to include information about your family:
-Migration history to the U.S.: When and under what circumstances did you/your family come to the U.S?
-Ethnic identification: How do you/your family identify in terms of ethnicity?
-Racial identification: How do you/your family identify in terms of race?
-Experiences in the U.S.: Share some relevant experiences that you/your family have had in the U.S.
3.) Required References to Course Material:
Be sure to incorporate references to at least 3-course readings (you can use the text more than once) and 2 unique videos in this essay. What are specific passages/terms/phrases or ideas or images or sentiments from the readings and videos that help you address the assignment questions?
References:
Reading: A New History of Asian America by Shelley Lee, Chapters 1-6. (book uploaded)
Videos:
-Asian Americans report rise in racist attacks amid pandemic
https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=u0VqLKnXWP4
-What was the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act? | The Chinese Exclusion Act https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=FbBatK7JWYc
-Little Manila: Filipinos in California's Heartland
https://www(dot)pbs(dot)org/video/kvie-viewfinder-little-manila-filipinos-californias-heartland/

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Asian American History
The most relevant aspect I have learned is that there is no common racial marker, not skin color, not hair texture, and not even a shared set of genes, by which humans can accurately distinguish between persons of different races. It is possible to determine if a person is Asian American based on their location, official classification, looks, and culture. However, it’s possible that even considering all of these factors combined is not enough to determine whether or not a person is Asian American definitively (Lee 92). I believe that every person deserves to be appreciated for their unique qualities rather than being lumped into a broad category and neglected.
Personally, I am an Asian Filipino in America but not yet an American citizen and I have experienced such aspects firsthand when my family and I moved to the U.S.A in 2019. Our major shift here was to evade poverty and try to find a better life for ourselves in the U.S.A. But such commotion led to the separation of families and some family members were left back home like my dad remained back home during the shift. Mostly we perceived it as a dreamland for change. But as expected, history dictates that foreigners in any country must face some incident of rejection and racial and ethnic profiling (ViewFinder 00:50-01:00). These aspects combined negatively affect the existence of other marginalized immigrants like Asian Americans.
One of the things I picked up was that non-white individuals had a more challenging time getting citizenship, as we did during our relocation, in the United States than white people did when they came here looking for opportunity. The lack of criteria used by those making the decisions led to a great deal of inconsistency (Lee 51). In 1910, 1913, 1919, and 1920, Indians were classed as "white," but this was not the case in 1909, 1917, or after 1923 (American Experience | PBS 01:22-03:50). Being a Fil...
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