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| A group that, despite past prejudice and discrimination, succeeds economically, socially, and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites |
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| Groups such as Japanese Americans that typically occupy middle positions in the social and occupational stratification system |
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| Programs stipulating that a minimum proportion of government contracts must be awarded to minority-owned businesses |
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| a term denoting a generalized prejudice toward Asian people and their customs |
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| any arbitrary police-initiated action based on race, ethnicity, or natural origin rather than a person’s behavior |
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| Six Factors why Chinese Americans and Asian Americans are not more active in politics |
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1.To become a candidate means to take risks, invite criticism, be assertive, and be willing to extol one’s virtues. These traits are alien to Chinese culture
2.Older people remember when discrimination was blatant, and they tell others to be quiet and not attract attention
3.As noted earlier, many recent immigrants have no experience with democracy and arrive with a general distrust of the government
4.Like many new immigrant groups, Chinese Americans have concentrated on getting ahead economically and educating their children rather than thinking in terms of the larger community
5.The careers that the brightest students pursue tend to be in business and science rather than law or public administration and, therefore, do not provide preparation for politics
6.Chinatowns notwithstanding, Chinese and other Asian American groups are dispersed and cannot control the election of even local candidates |
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| Colloquial name for people who trace their ancestry to South Asia, especially India and Pakistan |
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| 1st largest group of Asians in US |
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| 2nd largest group of Asians in the US |
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| 3rd largest group of Asian Americans in the US |
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| David Riesman’s phrase describing Americans’ tendency to stereotype Asians and to regard them as all alike and undesirable |
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| Reasons why no significant single national Filipino social organization has formed |
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1.Strong loyalty to family and church
2.Diversity
3.Club like and fraternal
4.Do not like group exclusiveness |
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| Vietnamese living abroad such as the in the U.S. |
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| is an umbrella term used for convenience; the peoples of these areas are ethnically and linguistically diverse |
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| The fifth largest Asian American Group in the US |
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| rotating credit system used by Korean Americans to subsidize the start of business |
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| Hawaiian term for Caucasians |
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| was initially populated by Polynesian people who had their first contact with Europeans in 1778, when English explorer Captain James Cook arrived |
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| guaranteed racial equality, but foreign rule dealt a devastating psychological blow to the proud Hawaiian people |
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| are especially important to education, where they account for nearly 58 percent of teachers, and in politics, where they dominate |
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| effort by the indigenous people of Hawaii to secure a measure of self-government and restoration of their lands |
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| Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act, or the Alaska Bill |
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| Bill would give people of Hawaiian ancestry more say over resources, would provide affordable housing, take steps to preserve culture, and create a means by which they could better express their grievances |
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