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Transitions To U.S. Private Schools: Perceptions Of Six Immigrant Elementary School Boys, Philip Manwell

Doctoral Dissertations

"The United States is faced with the privilege and challenge of educating immigrant children, not only in a second language and other skills, but also in the many and varied dimensions of life in this country" (London, 1990; p. 287).

Whether these children have fled rigid dictatorial regimes or wars, whether they came to the U.S. directly or spent time in refugee camps or detention centers, whether they have little more than what they are wearing at the time, or their families have planned the migration carefully, leaving their countries of origin legally and peacefully, bringing currency and the promise …

Transmission Of Cultural Values Across Generations, Alice Murata

Counselor Education Emeritus Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Korean And African-American Relations: Integrating The Symbolic With The Structural, Karen Umemoto

Trotter Review

LaTasha Harlins and Soon Ja Du: These two individuals became symbolic figures for the plight of African Americans and Koreans. One a merchant, the other a customer, their fatal confrontation has helped shape the state of relations between the Korean and African-American communities of South Central Los Angeles for some time to come. Their relationship is a metaphor for the unequal class positions of the two communities. But. why is it that these symbols take on meaning for others outside the physical boundaries of the particular geographic region or across the class boundaries within the communities they represent?

"No Justice, No Peace!": The Politics Of Black-Korean Conflict, Claire Jean Kim

Trotter Review

In the opening scene of the recently released film, Menace II Society, the protagonists, two young African-American men, make a routine beer run to a convenience store owned by a Korean-American couple. The merchants’ manifest suspiciousness toward them triggers an exchange of hostilities that concludes when one of the men kills and robs the couple. For audiences of all colors. this depiction of black-Korean conflict appears starkly familiar. Ranging from verbal altercations to killings, to retail boycotts and picketing campaigns, conflicts between Korean-American merchants and black customers, including African Caribbeans, have become commonplace in many major American cities over …

The Chinese In Mississippi: A Race In-Between, Vivian Wu Wong

Trotter Review

There is this shot in the opening scene of the movie, Mississippi Burning, where you see two water fountains. One is broken, and chipped, and water is dripping from it. The other is modern, and shining. A white guy goes up to the nice one, and the black kid goes up to the old one. I remember saying to myself "If I was in the scene, where would I drink?”

As a kid, I remember going to the theater and not knowing where I was supposed to sit. Blacks were segregated then. Colored people had to sit upstairs, and …

A Participatory Study Of The Self-Identity Of Kibei Nisei Men: A Sub Group Of Second Generation Japanese American Men, William T. Masuda

Doctoral Dissertations

At one time, the Kibei were perceived as "a minority within a minority" (Me Williams, 1944: 322) who were "distrusted in both America and Japan" (1944:321). But today, the Kibei are hardly distinguishable from the Nisei as they both enter the evening of their lives. Raised in both America and Japan, but strongly influenced in their formative years by Japanese cultural values and beliefs, they were often perceived differently by their own family, by the Japanese American community, and by the American community at large. The apparent marginality of this group, living on the fringes of or in the space …

Chinese Women As Cultural Participants And Symbols In Nineteenth Century America, Tina Michele Landroche

Dissertations and Theses

Chinese female immigrants were active cultural contributors and participants in nineteenth century America, yet Americans often simplified their roles into crude stereotypes and media symbols. The early western accounts concerning females in China created the fundamental images that were the basis of the later stereotypes of women immigrants. The fact that a majority of the period's Chinese female immigrants became prostitutes fueled anti-Chinese feelings.

This thesis investigates the general existence of Chinese prostitutes in nineteenth century America and how they were portrayed in the media. American attitudes toward white women and their images of Chinese women created the stereotype of …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald - Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special magazine edition of the College Heights Herald:

• Meehan, Mary. Adjust: The Nearly 390 Refugees from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam Struggle to Adjust to New Life in Bowling Green
• Sullivan, Sheila. State Theater Gets Religion
• Marty Deputy is Mom to 390 Refugees

Noel J. Kent's Review Of Ronald Takaki's Pau Hana: Plantation Life And Labor In Hawaii, 1835-1920, Noel J. Kent

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Gordon Pi'ianai'a'S Review Of Wayne S. Wooden's What Price Paradise? Changing Social Patterns In Hawaii, Gordon Pi'ianai'a

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 55, No. 60, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue includes articles:

• Hofsass, Susan. Ku Klux Klan Members, Citizens Group Seek Support for Their Beliefs – Demonstrations, Protests
• Brann, Suzanne. All Dorms Full; Search for Housing Begins
• Madrid, Tina. Labels Help Refugees Learn New Language – Laotians
• Coffey, Judy. Seven Faculty Cited for Teaching, Research
• Parker, Brian. Sea Creatures Invade Diddle Arena; Class Earns Lifetime Certification – Scuba
• Delegates Attend Convention This Weekend – Second Congressional District Democratic Convention
• Spencer, Donna. A New Look . . . Kentucky Building Scheduled to Open July 4
• Spaulding, Paula. James …

Employment Of Asian/Pacific American Women In Chicago: Report Of A Conference Sponsored By The Women's Bureau, U.S. Department Of Labor, Ruth Kumata, Alice Murata

Counselor Education Emeritus Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Vietnamese Refugees Arrive In America, William T. Liu, Alice Murata

Counselor Education Emeritus Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Cultural Influence On The Educational Aspiration And Attitude Of Selected Chinese High School Students In Stockton, California, Eva Liang

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It is thus the purpose of this study to explore the educational aspirations of a group of high school students whose ethnic background is Chinese with the intention of filling the gap in sociological research that has overlooked the Chinese community. As there are many opposing theories on the subject of aspiration, this case study of Chinese students seeks to clarify some of the theoretical perspectives and their problems. Moreover, any study of a minority group would inevitably expose some of the problems that the group faces. Once the nature of the problems is identified and understood, hopefully, solutions may …

A Gold Dream In The Blue Mountains: A Study Of The Chinese Immigrants In The John Day Area, Oregon, 1870-1910, Chia-Lin Chen

Dissertations and Theses

More than one hundred years have passed since the Chinese laborers first landed in this country in the mid-nineteenth century. Yet their history remains cloudy. This phenomenon is quite understandable if one considers the facts that most of the laborers were illiterate, did not have the ability, and never intended, to speak for themselves. It is true that many scholarly works have been published, but few were written by Chinese historians. As a matter of fact, Chinese scholars are unaware that a small number of their countrymen played a strange, pitiful role in American history. The published works reflect the …

Overseas Church And Missionary Directory, Contact

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.

Cry Of Color, April 1970, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Cry of Color

Volume 1, No. 1

Subtitle: third world supplement

Non-Delinquency Among American-Chinese Youth : A Pilot Study, Conrad Foo Mar

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study: (1) to examine the obstacles in research in the uniquely difficult area of sampling of the American-Chinese population and (2) to find out what descriptive approaches do not produce resistance, hopefully to suggest future research in this area and (3) to obtain historical and descriptive data which might offer, from a sample of both delinquent and non-delinquent American-Chinese youth, some clues to the rehabilitation of youthful offenders. Specifically, this was basically an attempt to obtain an available sample of both delinquent and non-delinquent American-Chinese youth for the purpose of identifying some of the …

Press Bulletin, Vol. Vii, No. 15, Yoshiye Takata

Japanese American WWII Incarceration Camp newspapers

Poston Relocation Center newspaper covers Poston Hospital recognition, temporary employment, re-employment programs, fire disaster, outside employment, Poston visitors, obituaries, sent messages, wartime weather, Editorial, adult education program, Wedding announcements, sports score results, holiday mail rush, and business events

Press Bulletin, Vol. Vii, No. 14b, 1942, Unknown

Japanese American WWII Incarceration Camp newspapers

Poston Relocation Center newspaper covers Trust funds, social events and festivities, new construction, Religious events, medical clinic exams, sports results, theater events and shows, equipment shipments, Red Cross, different classes, job training, and advertisement.

Press Bulletin, Vol. Vii, No. 14a, 1942, Kaz Oka

Japanese American WWII Incarceration Camp newspapers

Poston Relocation Center newspaper covers administrative personnel, government rented typewriters, workers returning, Police Academy, Practice Board, deaths, weather, editorial, Equality of Rights, engagement announcement, U.S Indian Service, anniversaries, Religious services, Social events, sports, basketball scores, boxing, and advertisement.

Press Bulletin, Vol. Vii, No. 12, 1942, Margaret Hirashima

Japanese American WWII Incarceration Camp newspapers

Poston Relocation Center newspaper covers Poston committees, children's benefit event, Poston newspaper magazine, sports event and rules, sport results, new clinic, Religious services, wartime weather, safety classes, adult classes, social events, Lost and found, sports game results, scheduled weather, Feminine Touch, Sunday comics and an editorial.

Press Bulletin, Vol. Vii, No. 11, 1942, Unknown

Japanese American WWII Incarceration Camp newspapers

Poston Relocation Center newspaper covers employment program, tree delivery, workers returning, formation of Poston II congress, wartime weather, social outings, social events, pay day change, rehearsals, religious services, art exhibit, special Poston Japanese Christmas edition.

Press Bulletin, Vol. Vii, No. 10, 1942, Isao Fukuba

Japanese American WWII Incarceration Camp newspapers

Poston Relocation Center newspaper covers settled negotiations, new press machine, allowances, special holiday magazine, an editorial, announcements, statements, weather, social events, class registrations, census data, new and remodeled spaces, birth notices, first aid classes, religious services, library donations, sports score results cancelled sports classes, and social tournament,

Press Bulletin, Vol. Vii, No. 9, 1942, Unknown

Japanese American WWII Incarceration Camp newspapers

Poston Relocation Center newspaper covers emergency committeemen, Strikers subject to penalty, martial law, water systems, cancelled movie, groups cancelled, cash advance, clothing allowance, first aid classes, filing card, small pox survey, and sports score results.

Press Bulletin, Vol. Vii, No. 8, 1942, Kaz Oka

Japanese American WWII Incarceration Camp newspapers

Poston Relocation Center covers civic leaders, W.R.A policy, FBI cooperation, lost and found, classified ads, scouting problems, occupational group, memberships, government courses, obituary, trust fund forum, community council, sports score results, Y.B.A officers elected, classified ad, musicians needed, clubs, and project policy.

Press Bulletin, Vol. Vii, No. 7, 1942, Unknown

Japanese American WWII Incarceration Camp newspapers

Poston Relocation Center newspaper covers weather report, new general store, Nisei sergeants, National Book week, birth notices, truck crops, new building, leadership training, sports score results, stolen items, "College Night", help wanted ads, clubs, letters to the editor, classes, pharmacy requests, population increase.

Press Bulletin, Vol. Vii, No. 6, 1942, Kaz Oka

Japanese American WWII Incarceration Camp newspapers

Poston Relocation Center newspaper covers weather report, cash advances, cotton work, conferences, U.S Senator visit, community enterprise, meetings, Rec department, social welfare, deliveries, weekly classes, sports events,social parties, letters of the editor, Sunday school, feminine touch, Magazine section, and Sunday comics.

Press Bulletin, Vol. Vii, No. 5, 1942, Unknown

Japanese American WWII Incarceration Camp newspapers

Poston Relocation Center newspaper covers Nisei Police, weather report, post office, clothing fund, Red Cross graduates, birth notices, cotton picking, councilmen, Religious services, school pep rally, workers returning home, book shipments, letter to the editor, P.T.A meeting, sports score results, ad for grand opening.

Press Bulletin, Vol. Vii, No. 4b, 1942, Unknown

Japanese American WWII Incarceration Camp newspapers

Poston Relocation Center newspaper covers Ice Cream making, Indian Affairs, weather report, game reunion, clothing, stoves, Feminine touch, women only, and sports score results.