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The Diverse Classroom and Korean Immigrants

Korean Americans in American Society

Korean society is an extremely polite society that emphasizes respect and privacy. For example, it is proper for a young person to give a seat to an elderly person, but on a crowded bus, the elderly person will sometimes take the burden that the young person is holding and carry it in their lap (Kim, 2000). Another example is that it is not proper to pour one's own drink (Kim, 2000) and one should always hold things (whether giving or receiving, pouring or holding the glass) with both hands (Kim, 2000; Interview). One does not necessarily look people in the eye when spoken to, especially when being reprimanded (Interview). These and other customs point to a society that is characterized by its politeness, privacy and respect.

There have been three waves of Korean immigration to the United States beginning with the wave of immigrant laborers that arrived in Hawaii to work on sugar plantations at the turn of the 19th Century ("Who are the Korean Americans?" 2000). These immigrants eventually made their way to the mainland until 1907 when President Theodore Roosevelt prohibited the migration of anymore Korean or Japanese laborers from Hawaii to the mainland. This was followed by the Oriental Exclusion Law in 1924 that prevented the entry of Korean laborers and picture brides from entering the U.S. ("Korean American Timeline," 1999).

Many Koreans supported the war effort against Japan during World War II because of the occupation of Korea by Japan and at this time, in quick succession, many events occurred to bring about the second wave of immigration. The end of WWII saw the immigration of the Korean wives and children of U.S. military servicemen. In 1948 President Truman repealed a policy prohibiting Koreans and Japanese from moving to the mainland from Hawaii. By 1950 the Korean War had begun combining American troops and Korean soldiers under the United Nations forces. In 1952 ...

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