The making of Asian America by Elika lee
The third chapter of the book the making of Asian America by Elika lee shows the nation of America in the war of the world. The writer of the book illustrates the impact of the Second World War and the cold war in the early years on the various Asian American communities. The whole of this section has an aim to describe shameful internment of generations of Japanese American people,LatinAmericans and t Canadians under the subject of the necessity of the military during the war that was held by the significant figures in the southern and the other parts of American government in thosetimes. Looking more profound than the Second World War, the American Japanese were being regarded as the corrupt Asians, and the other Asians minorities were referred to as the good. In comparing these groups, Lee shows how the social and political status of Asian Americans wasdestroyed by the changes that were of the political concerns and the agents of the war. Most notably, the writer highlights the argument that was made by Ellen Wu, who was a historian and argued that the stereotype of the Asian American minorities took charge in the 1950s. Minorities are said to take holds for they were able to valorize the family that was unclear and did uphold the ideas of anti-communism. Lee continues to demonstrate elsewhere that this stereotype has grown the more through the twenty-first century. The author shows that stereotypes are more so being held by the people of the twenty-first century, which shows that it might continue being held by many generations to come.
Erica lee continues in chapter four to show the remarking of Asian America in the globalized world. The author majors on the activism of Asian America in the second half of the 20th century. There was the addition of southern Asian refugees who started to arrive in the United States of America in the years the 1970s and the 1980s. Following the national act of immigration, after the new waves of immigration led to the social restructuring of the society of the United States of America (286). there arose of American activists who were inspired by the struggles to gain freedom in the 1960s. These activist conducted vigorous campaigns to fight for their civil rights. They adopted a transnational identity and pan-ethnic to protest against American imperialism in the nation of Asia, most notably in the war that was in Vietnam. The activists also worked to see greater rights guaranteed and the privileges for the immigrants that were newly arriving. The author also gives a report in details of the trials that the south Asian refugees faced in the last decades in the 20th century. These refugees were first welcomed to settle in the United States, but after settlements, they were marginalized and resented in the nation of America. The activists werefighting for the rights of all these people to ensure that they were given their rights. The author describes how these groups suffered from poverty. They had no job opportunities or the privileges to getemployments. These people were struggling to make a living in the foreign land that dint seem so welcoming to them. This all offered a contrast of the stereotype that was imposed on Asian Americans as a model minority.
In the last section of this book of the making of Asian Americans shows a scenario of the Asian Americans in the 21st century. The author disagrees with the myth about the rise of Asian Americans. Lee demonstrates the being of the AsianAmericans at the extreme of the socioeconomic privilege (376). The author also describes how the pervasive stereotype, of the minority model, has resulted in Asian American, resulting in accepting racism. This is according to a historian known as franklin Odo. Lee brings her story to the present time by a conclusion that says that one thread that joins all this history across the time by showing how Asians have progressed in building communities and shape America life in many ways. The author explains in this book that Asian Americans to the present day have contributed to the building of the American nation. Asian American takesthe central part in the making of the country of America (391-392). The book is exciting and very clear to any leader who is willing to study the history of Asian Americans. America is a nation that has got many communities that live in it. Many moved as the refuges to seek for peace and ended up settling in the country of America. Some got married, and established family and their children are already the citizens of America. Thus these people are part of the United States of America, and thus they cannot be just ruled out as if they were not significant. Therefore it isn’t effortless to separate the Americans and the Asians Americans. This cannot be just a myth. TheAsianAmericans are part of the nations of America as depicted clearly in the book. The Making of Asian Americans.
References
Lee, E. (2015). The making of Asian America: A history. Simon and Schuster.