Becoming American: The Chinese Experience, reaction paper Race is a group of people united or classified together on a basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution. ... They were the only Chinese family in the area, and it was a tough neighborhood. ... They weren't rude in any way but they would want to know about the Chinese culture. ... There were things about the Chinese family that she was happy to get away from. ... In a Chinese family everybody is very close. ...

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American History X The book says that one important value in the American society is individualism. ... Derrick worships this value, he believes very strongly in the self-made man, and as we can see in the movie he hates that some Chinese guy have taken over the local shop and is hiring illegal immigrants as cheap work power, so Derrick and his gang trash the store. ...

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Asian Americans include Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Koreans, etc. ... The Chinese population doubled itself from 1860-1870. ... The Chinese then began to look eastward in the U.S. where anti-Chinese sentiments were not as strong, and there was better employment. ... This was the beginning of the Chinese culture in the Chicago area. ... That is how Chicago's American Filipino history began. ...

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The thoughts and feelings on disease are very accurate and understandable, but once again, as we have seen throughout history, religious beliefs have always been, and will forever be a controversial issue. ... Riis states that Italians, much like the Chinese, are born gamblers. ... (Riis, 92) Chinese were looked down upon very unfavorably by Riis. ... The Chinese were invariably clean people. ... As a minority they had been gaining acceptance over the Chinese, and other minorities. ...

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The greatest decade in United States history for immigration was 1901 to 1910. ... Because of the gold rush people needed laborers to help build the transcontinental railroad, thus spurring the Chinese immigration. ... Most of the Japanese as well as the Chinese came over to America as contract worker either to farms on the West coast or to plantations in Hawaii. ...

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Each group of people Germans, Irish, French, Chinese, Japanese, Jews all contributed to the communities and our diverse/vast culture that flows through out our country. Whether it be farming, Beliefs, Culture, Language and also everyone's History. ...

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They were filling some of the lower positions left open by the start of immigration regulation in the 1880's placed on the Chinese and later in 1917 on most Asian countries. ... The first few policies were aimed at the Chinese and then those of Asian descent ("Early American," 2013). ...

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This law forbade American vessels to transport Chinese immigrants to the United States. ... A congressional act of 1943 repealed the laws keeping the Chinese from entering the United States. ... Every applicant for naturalization must: (1) demonstrate an understanding of the English language, including an ability to read, write, and speak words in ordinary usage in English (persons physically unable to do so and persons who, on the examination date, are over 55 years of age and have been lawful permanent residents of the United States for 15 years or more, or who are over 50 and ha...

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But for the first time in human history, there are no fresh lands, no new continents. ... At this point in history, American immigration policies are in a mess. ... Chinese are almost always admitted, for example, if they claim that China's birth-control policies have limited the number of children they can have. ...

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Through the history, they keep accepting the new immigrants and melting together. ... I only knew the Japanese just five months ago, but now I have Scottish-American host mother, African-American friend, Arabian-American classmate, and Chinese-American teacher. ... But the history of this country tells us it's not impossible. ...

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