Immigrants in the U.S.
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The United States is a nation of immigrants. Only the Native Americans are indigenous to this continent, and at some point in their history they may also have come to this region from Asia across the Bering Strait or by some other means. In this century, consecutive waves of immigration from different parts of the world created tensions with Americans already living in this country, for they believed that the immigrants were taking their jobs, gorging the welfare roles, and somehow reducing their overall standard of living. One of the consequences of these tensions is the creation of certain stereotypes identified with the new immigrant group, stereotypes that may continue in some degree even after the ethnic group achieves a more accepted role in society. Asian-Americans are labeled with a number of stereotypical ideas and images, from the old idea of the "yellow peril" endangering the American way of life to the new image of the mathematical and scientific scholar taking university positions away from white Americans. These images began with the first wave of immigrants from Asia and continue in some degree to this day. This issue will be considered from several different perspectives based on readings on the subject and a consideration of how the Asian-American experience compares with that of other ethic and racial groups in the United States. Worsnop (1991) points out that while Asian Americans have become a respected and influential force in Amer
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y when Chinese laborers first came to the United States in large numbers, and the fear then was of being overwhelmed by the "yellow peril." Such racist feelings continue and have been fueled by memories of World War II, the Korean War and the war in Vietnam. It also derives from a concern on the part of some that Asian immigrants are taking over business and jobs (Worsnop, 1991, 947-948).
THE TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE
Media presentations of Asians in this century have been seen by many as demeaning, but in truth, the presentation of Asians has tended to place that community in obscurity more than to demean it. This is generally a problem for non-majority groups in American society--they are simply ignored, or mentioned only from time to time in specific situations with which they then become identified. Blacks and Hispanics complain that they are seen on television almost entirely as street criminals and gang members, and so this becomes the stereotype for the community. Asians are seen even more rarely, and they have tended to be presented in films, on television, and in other media in specific ways that come to be identified as representative. The old image was of the Chinese laundryman, though that was hardly the only bus
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