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8/28/24, 5:29 PMASAM midterm
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The meaning behind "We Are the Children" was that Asian Americans were comprised of
ethnic and environmental backgrounds, yet they all were bonded and shared a similar
connection of being exploited and discriminated against in America. The song "Somos
Asiaticos" was about how Asians and Latinos could build a social connection with each
other, because they went and fought through a similar struggle in the US. The song
emerged from the rise of activism from both the Asian American and Latino movements.
This showed their preference for the anti-imperialist position, because most of their music
had roots that dealt with racism and oppression which was exuded on Asian and Asian
Americans through the imperialist America. Their expressions through music were
obviously anti-imperialistic.
Choose matching term
Where is Angel Island? What was the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act? Why were Chinese immigrants
1
interrogated so intensely at Angel Island?
What is the meaning behind the songs "We Are the Children" and "Somos Asiaticos," and how do they
2
demonstrate Maeda's argument that IMC's music clearly shows their preference for the anti-
imperialist position of "Asian American identity?"
3
What is a cosign? How does this relate to the topic of Asian Americans attempting to break into the
U.S. mainstream music market?
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4 What does Julious suggest people do in order to disrupt the default (a.k.a., the Default Man)? Why?
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They view American history only thorough all of the heroic "triumphs" that have been
completed. Thus, instead of using multiple perspectives and actual facts, they'll view
According to Hu-DeHart, how do
American history only through their so-called successful times. For example, American
triumphalist scholars and teachers generally
history glorifies Columbus and manifest destiny, but in reality, the Europeans enslaved
view American identity, culture, and history?
and killed millions of Native Americans. American history has been built off the
traditions of western civilization, so America's culture and identity is European-derived.
Rethinking America through multiculturalism challenges triumphalism. Multiculturalism
helps us understand how American history has always been taught through one
Does "rethinking America" through perspective, and minorities have and continue to be marginalized in American society
multiculturalism confirm or challenge and history. However, simply adding more diversity into the materials of history won't
triumphalism, and why? help challenge triumphalism. It can only be challenged once we recognize how history
was taught in a "one-sided" manner, and understand the fight minorities had to go
through just to even get ethnic courses in higher education.
The primary groups who were catalysts for demanding ethnic studies are African
Which group of people were the primary
Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. These groups
catalysts for demanding ethnic studies on
were heavily marginalized in American society, thus there wasn't any diversity in the
college campuses beginning in the late
universities curriculums. As a result, they protested there way into getting the ethnic
1960s, and why?
studies we know of today.
1. The dominant American history is mainly derived from western-immigrant civilization
and not really the true Americas.
Identify 3 specific examples in the article
2. By 1922, half of the population in California was non-European (rates rising across
that highlight why some observers feel that
nation) so in actuality this "Euro-American" history/culture being taught is becoming the
the dominant version of American history is
minority perspective.
contradictory when applied to racial
3. this dominant version states that "we the people"/"our national culture" shaped
minorities. Explain how these examples are
America's history, when in actuality minorities were being oppressed and whites
contradictory.
dominated most of the power. "we and our" really just relate to the "default" people and
triumphalist.
It is a stereotype that people perpetuate on Asians Americans by asking them where
are they really from on an asian-geographical level instead of where they group up in
What is the perpetual foreigner stereotype?
America. Since they appear to be Asian, everyone stereotypes that they're a foreigner,
From an Asian American perspective, how
instead of someone like me who is a foreigner as well, but since I fit the default
might this stereotype inform a seemingly
description, people assume I'm not. It seems like an innocent question from an Asian
innocent question like "where are you from?"
American perspective, but it can be frustrating that white people keep insisting they're
the "perpetual foreigner" only based off their looks.
What region in China were most of the Angel They were primarily Cantonese villagers from the Pearl River Delta region in South
Island poets originally from? China.
- It's located in the San Francisco Bay.
- The first ever national legislation against immigration that was based off race/national
Where is Angel Island? What was the 1882
origin. It banned the rights of Chinese laborers from being immigrated and prohibited
Chinese Exclusion Act? Why were Chinese
the naturalization of those who were already in the US.
immigrants interrogated so intensely at
- They were interrogated intensely, so that the people conducted the interrogation
Angel Island?
could make the Chinese immigrants feel nervous. This made it easier to find reasons for
them to be detained longer or even deported.
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