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Asian Americans came to this country to find work and a new life. They were treated as if they were just another cow in the pasture. They were given lower wages then any of the other races working. They were not allowed to have family come or to make families while here. They were considered ticks. Why would we want ticks to breed? America even put Asian Americans in camps without letting them know why they were there and for what purpose these camps were made. America the land of the free; the land of the great; the land of the people, what kind people do we represent? What is it like to be walking down the street and have people stare at you and call you names and tell you to go back home, when you are home? To start to be an American you must get a job. Then you must learn English and go to school to be educated. If you can afford to go to school and work at the same time. Which in most cases was not an option. This excerpt from a man who is Filipino best describes the frustration of trying to be an American. .
" No job.".
" Nothing anywhere.".
"Where have you been all three years?".
silence.
"No finished school?".
Silence.
"Not American citizen yet?".
"You should have told me.".
"Told you what?".
"Filipinos can't become American citizens." (Bulosan, Carlos, PG. 5 Be American) .
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This was a problem for many Asian Americans in this country. How were you supposed to be an "American" if the government and the people would not let you even try?.
One thing that is holding back some of the Asian American people are the assumptions of what is to come when they come to America. Oh America the land of the free and where the streets are paved with gold. If you go to America you will be rich and be able to come back home with tons of money for your family. Coming to America with this assumption in your head does not make the transition anymore easy for an Asian American. " 1. Filipino students have unrealistic expectations.
Who settled in America and why? ... Many of the royalist-Anglican's found refuge in America. ... In 1683 he wrote an article, "Who Should Go to Pennsylvania?" ... The last story in the chapter is about a slave who came to America from Africa. ... The men who captured them led them through the countryside enslaving others that they came across. ...
It is what made America what it is and made Americans who they are. But it is also a controversial document, in that who were considered "men" is unclear. ... Who was a man, and what about those who weren't? ... "Behold the practical operation of this internal slave-trade, the American slave-trade, sustained by American politics and American religion. ... So were they Americans? ...
It sometimes confuses me and I keep asking myself who I am," my Japanese-American friend said to me once before. ... That's why I"m so glad when I meet someone who cherishes his or her heritage. ... It doesn't make a big difference to who you are. ... I believe how you can feel makes you who you are. " This is my answer to his question and what I learned from my stay in America. ... Now, I want to ask a question of the world, "Who are we?" ...
The easy answer to the question "Who Really Owns America" is to say the United States Government owns America. ... Who is the government? ... Who owns America? Technically, America owns America. To ask who owns the country is no different under the eyes of law than the question of who owns our children. ...
An American is someone who is patriotic who shows love for his or her country and for others. Someone who has freedom to do anything and be anything they want having no limitations or boundaries for their success. ... Being an American has been a better life for most people, but of those who are unfortunate have suffered even more. ... In his essay "What is an American" he states that all Americans are of European descent and that people who comes to America lives a better life. ... Also people doesn't automatically lives a better life once they are in America, sometimes people who left...
Whether it was donating money to the families of those who died in the tragedy, or even a simple display of the American flag, most Americans showed some sort of support toward the country. ... Unfortunately, for those who played a role in the attacks, the attacks had an exact opposite effect. ... Although most Americans saw themselves as survivors who turn a tragedy into a sort of victory, there were negative aspects that emerged out of the recovery. Some Arab Americans began to discover the other side of American life. ... Some of people who filed complaints say that their family members...
Let America Be America Again Langston Hughes The Poem "Let America Be America Again" is a very emotional and moving poem. ... The poem speaks of young men who dream of growing up and making their own profit but finding the world an "ancient endless chain of profit, power, gain, of grab the land". ... It speaks of the people who can never get ahead or reach a higher standing in their life, like the farmer who works his soil everyday and also the negro who is a servant to all. ... This is very ironic considering these people expected freedom from a country who was suppose to be all...
What is America? ... We have so many distinguished events in the history of America. ... A dream that is only attainable by a very few Americans. ... What about those in the ghettos, who can't go to college but instead, have to live the rest of their lives toiling to feed their families? ... You ask what is America? ...
In the film "An American Tail" there is a song that includes the lyrics, " there are no cats in America and the streets are paved with cheese". ... In the early 1910's almost half of the women who worked in such jobs as factory workers, store clerks, and laundresses earned less that $6 a week. ... But the thing is that when they came here there were still people who wanted to take their freedom. ... There is really nothing more I can say except those corporations simply took away common rights like to have safety in the work place. 4 There were many who immigrated to America, how were...