Compare and Contrast Black and Asians’ experiences of exclusion, racialization and inequality. Draw from the readings to make these comparisons historically, and in more recent time. (Example readings: Clerge, Wilkerson, Ong Hing, Bald, Loewen, Kim’s Bitter Fruit and her work on Affirmattive Action). Professor made it clear to “apply the author’s ideas and particularly your thoughts about their ideas to express your critical thinking skills (i.e., moving beyond summarizing and moving analyzing,
critiquing, and expanding the authors’ points). ” Feel free to do this with your own voice.
Please provide quotes when comparing and contrasting. Be sure to use the Chicago author-date citation style. I will add some of my own writing (or scribbling) as well. I only have info on Chinese, so I need to expand in other Asian groups (like Indo-trinidadians).
I want the title to be “Whites as the Law-Making Race: Comparative Inequalities of Black and Asian’s experiences”
“”Scribbles” are my notes, but do not feel constrained by the structure shown there: I was just trying to organize myself.
Further notes, take if it makes sense:
Stereotyping and prejudice:
On the third chapter of his The Mississippi Chinese, James W. Loewen (year?) positions
the reader in the American society of the 1930s and 1940s, eras that exposed United
States (US) residents to the social cauldron of racial imagination – which aided Whites to
advance toward the answer to the question: are Chinese worthy of White status? Loewen
tells of a time in which Chinese working immigrants sought to grow economically in the
globalized market of migrant work in the US. Loewen explains that the general consensus
between Chinese migrants is to attain enough income to be able to send remittances home
and ultimately reach enough economical comfort to move back. However, without
enough legal support to bring any other family members (particularly females; wives), or
any ability to travel back and forth to their homeland, the Chinese merchant or store
owner was to permute his status from a sojourner to a permanent immigrant (p. 70). The
Mississippi Chinese brings forward a state-wide example of the historical accounts of
Asian groups that migrated to America in lieu of a significantly better future in their
countries. Not being considered White, Chinese merchants in Mississippi and the rest of
the Delta and maintained an alien status. Tokenistic behaviors toward Chinese begin to
form, furthering their alienation. Loewen’s book shares some instances of this attittude
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when quoting white members of a
“According to Paul Siu, the emigrant leaves to accomplish something – the job – and
intends to return home, but, “in due time, the sojourner becomes vague and uncertain
about the termination of his sojourn, because … he has already made some adjustments to
his new environment”
Economic inequality: Both Black and Asian communities experience economic
inequality, with disproportionate levels of poverty and unemployment compared to the
wider population. This is partly due to discrimination in the labor market, as well as other
structural factors such as lack of access to education and resources.
“The white man’s evaluation had to be taken seriously , because he controlled the
distribution of … valued commodities [like] public accommodations, legal treatment, and
public education”
Institutional racism: Both Black and Asian communities experience institutional racism,
where systems and institutions in society are structured in a way that disadvantages them.
For example, this can include biased hiring practices, unequal access to healthcare, and
discrimination in the criminal justice system.
Discrimination in education: Both Black and Asian communities experience
discrimination in education, with lower levels of access to quality education and higher
levels of exclusion and segregation in schools.
Page 65 of Mississippi Chinese talks ab 1930s education for black ppl
Overall, while Black and Asian communities have different experiences of exclusion and
marginalization, they share many similarities in terms of the forms of discrimination and
inequality they face.Stereotyping and prejudice:
On the third chapter of his The Mississippi Chinese, James W. Loewen (year?) positions
the reader in the American society of the 1930s and 1940s, eras that exposed United
States (US) residents to the social cauldron of racial imagination – which aided Whites to
advance toward the answer to the question: are Chinese worthy of White status? Loewen
tells of a time in which Chinese working immigrants sought to grow economically in the
globalized market of migrant work in the US. Loewen explains that the general consensus
between Chinese migrants is to attain enough income to be able to send remittances home
and ultimately reach enough economical comfort to move back. However, without
enough legal support to bring any other fami
