Which event in history brought the greatest awareness to the Asian Pacific American communities!
madch...@my-deja.com
communities are doing in the US - check out the info listed below.
Since the Korean communities immigrated after the Chinese and
Japanese - it is good to see how these communities were treated so
that one is aware of the various obstacles that exists.
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Which event in history was the most important in creating a high
awareness within the general public of the Asian/Asian Pacific American
communities?
** Japanese Internment Camps during WWII
** 442nd/100th Battalions during WWII
** Wen Ho Lee Case
** Vincent Chin murder
** Exclusion Laws
** Appointment of Norman Mineta to Clinton's Cabinet
** Flower Drum Song (movie and broadway prod.)
** Joy Luck Club (the movie)
** Bruce Lee (His Life and Movies)
** AA WWII War Veterans honored by President Clinton
There's a poll asking this same question at
http://www.AsianAmericanArtistry.Com/timeline-2000.html
Feel free to let your feelings known there also!
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Richard Lee <le...@lancet.window.com> wrote:
>madch...@my-deja.com wrote:
>: Which event in history was the most important in creating a high
>: awareness within the general public of the Asian/Asian Pacific American
>: communities?
>
>: ** Japanese Internment Camps during WWII
>: ** 442nd/100th Battalions during WWII
>: ** Wen Ho Lee Case
>: ** Vincent Chin murder
>: ** Exclusion Laws
>: ** Appointment of Norman Mineta to Clinton's Cabinet
>: ** Flower Drum Song (movie and broadway prod.)
>: ** Joy Luck Club (the movie)
>: ** Bruce Lee (His Life and Movies)
>: ** AA WWII War Veterans honored by President Clinton
>
>
>
>
>1) 1965 Immigration Act
>
>2) Vietnam War
I got one that I think trumps those two and all of the above:
"1966, September: Bruce Lee debuts in The Green Hornet as Hornet's
Chauffeur & crime-fighting sidekick, Kato. Originally a Japanese
character he was made Filipino."
leol...@my-deja.com
madch...@my-deja.com wrote:
Personaly almost none of issue you mentioned matter to me.
I say personality. I don't know what other Asian thinks.
I personally don't think about Wen Ho Lee or Billy Clinton honoring
Asian. I think Newages superstar Enya matter in my life now.
Enya and her music turn me on. I don't care Clinton give some fucking
smile at Asian veterans that matter to me and to tell you the truth.
I do not need Asian-AMerican movement.
I do not need multicultural movement.
I need Enya music to enlighten my life.
I don't need stupid goddamn multicultural politic.
Any Enya fan other out there?
Richard Lee
: Personaly almost none of issue you mentioned matter to me.
You're stupid.
Rufus T. Firefly
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Richard Lee
: Since the Korean communities immigrated after the Chinese and
: Japanese
Technically, the first Koreans in America arrived at around the same time
the first Japanese did. This would be around the turn of the century.
So, the first Koreans didn't immigrate to America after the Japanese, but
at the same time.
madch...@my-deja.com
> >: awareness within the general public of the Asian/Asian Pacific
American
> >: communities?
> >
> >: ** Japanese Internment Camps during WWII
> >: ** 442nd/100th Battalions during WWII
> >: ** Wen Ho Lee Case
> >: ** Vincent Chin murder
> >: ** Exclusion Laws
> >: ** Appointment of Norman Mineta to Clinton's Cabinet
> >: ** Flower Drum Song (movie and broadway prod.)
> >: ** Joy Luck Club (the movie)
> >: ** Bruce Lee (His Life and Movies)
> >: ** AA WWII War Veterans honored by President Clinton
> >
> >
> >
> >I have two events that I think trump all the above items:
> >
> >1) 1965 Immigration Act
> >
> >2) Vietnam War
>
> I got one that I think trumps those two and all of the above:
>
> "1966, September: Bruce Lee debuts in The Green Hornet as Hornet's
> Chauffeur & crime-fighting sidekick, Kato. Originally a Japanese
> character he was made Filipino."
** not many people knew that it was originally a japanese character -
ironically!?!?!?1
** note: an updated listing of strategic/landmark events are listed for
your opinion and/or suggestions at
http://www.AsianAmericanArtistry.Com/timeline.html
tried to post the info, but i was knocked out because there was too much
info.
madch...@my-deja.com
leol...@my-deja.com wrote:
I think Newages superstar Enya matter in my life now.
** not familiar with enya. provide more info on her and why would be a
strategic and/or landmark person that provided a greater awareness of
the asian pacific american communities in the united states.
** note: an updated list of landmark/strategic historical events are
listed at http://www.AsianAmericanArtistry.Com/timeline.html for your
convenience.
madch...@my-deja.com
** this was one event that i had considered but didn't list it
** this event didn't directly do anything to raise the profile (good or
bad) of the asian pacific american communities.
** IT DID lead directly to the internment camps (which was listed)
** IT WILL lead to (most assurdedly) a lot of controversaries when the
new film "Pearl Harbor" which is obviously based on the incident will be
released. the movie's dispictions of hawaiians who were asian is being
disputed as news is slowly leaked out on how they are being portrayed in
the movie (i.e. white guy knows the answers and helps the poor asians -
see "Come See the Paradise" -
http://www.AsianAmericanArtistry.Com/1990.html#comeseetheparadise). Why
couldn't it be portrayed more like the film released by a major movie
studio - "Bridge to the Sun"
(http://www.AsianAmericanArtistry.Com/1960.html#bridgetothesun) where
the gorgeous white girl (Carroll Baker) followed the Japanese national
(James Shigeta) back to Japan to fight for democracy and against the
Japanese government?!?!?!?!
note: an updated list of landmark/strategic asian pacific americans are
listed for your convenience at
http://www.AsianAmericanArtistry.Com/timeline.html
madch...@my-deja.com
** close, but not correct. japanese were here in the middle 1800's.
** note in the new poll with additional listings of strategic/landmark
events in asian pacific american communities, i have the 1st korean
graduate at a united states college listed (i.e. pyon su)
feel free to participate in the listed poll and/or discover the
background info on the listed events at
http://www.AsianAmericanArtistry.Com/timeline.html
Richard Lee
: Richard Lee <le...@lancet.window.com> wrote:
:> Technically, the first Koreans in America arrived at around the same
:> time the first Japanese did. This would be around the turn of the century.
:> So, the first Koreans didn't immigrate to America after the Japanese,
:> but at the same time.
: ** close, but not correct. japanese were here in the middle 1800's.
No, they weren't.
The Chinese came to America in the 1850s for the California Gold Rush.
Later, after the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), Hawaiian sugar plantation
folks (HSPA) needed cheap labor on their farms. This came in the form of
Japanese, along with about 5000-8000 Koreans. This flow was halted in
about 1905 or so with the Gentleman's Agreement between Japan and
America.
If you have evidence to suggest that the Japanese immigration to America
started in the mid-1800s, as opposed to the late-1800s, please cite a
source. I believe I know my history.
: ** note in the new poll with additional listings of strategic/landmark
: events in asian pacific american communities, i have the 1st korean
: graduate at a united states college listed (i.e. pyon su)
Btw, I don't know if Pyon Su graduating from an American college is all
that big of a deal in KA history. I think the arrival of Younghill Kang
to NYC, the first KA to ever really publish a novel in America (this was
in the early part of the century) might be a bigger event. Also, the
college education of Synghman Rhee in America was a bigger event, since
Rhee went on to become South Korea's first President and South Korea's
leader during the Korean War.
madch...@my-deja.com
America
> started in the mid-1800s, as opposed to the late-1800s, please cite a
> source.
**
http://www.AsianAmericanArtistry.Com/timeline-1600.html#1st-JA-citizen
provides evidence that Hamada Hikozo becomes the first Japanese to be
naturalized as an American citizen.
Austin So (Hae-Jin)
"Richard Lee" <le...@lancet.window.com> wrote in message
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> If you have evidence to suggest that the Japanese immigration to America
> started in the mid-1800s, as opposed to the late-1800s, please cite a
> source. I believe I know my history.
I think he's talking about a bunch (couple?) of Japanese fishermen who were
shipwrecked and brought to San Francisco in the mid 1850's. But I thought
they
were repatriated to Japan, and therefore couldn't be considered
immigrants...but maybe one of them did actually become naturalized.
> : ** note in the new poll with additional listings of strategic/landmark
> : events in asian pacific american communities, i have the 1st korean
> : graduate at a united states college listed (i.e. pyon su)
Actually, most of those involved in the Kapshinjongbyun (Kim Ok Kyun, Pak
Yong Hyo, Seo Kwan Bom, Seo Jae Pil, Pyon Su, Min Hong Ik) stayed in the US
for a number of years during their "exile" (post 1884). It is believed that
all of them
went to some form of college in the US and obtained a degree of some sort.
Of them, Seo Jae Pil (aka Philip Jaisohn) married to an american (Muriel
Armstrong) and obtained citizenship (on 1899). He went to Columbia
university after finishing at Hillman Academy and obtained a medical degree
in 1892. He went back to Korea at the behest of King Kojong to act as an
advisor and elder statesman in the newly proclaimed korean empire. He was
kicked out after a few years because of his promotion of a clear break from
Japanese political influences. While in the US he was actively involved in
the Korean independence movements among the Korean expatriates.
> Btw, I don't know if Pyon Su graduating from an American college is all
> that big of a deal in KA history. I think the arrival of Younghill Kang
> to NYC, the first KA to ever really publish a novel in America (this was
> in the early part of the century) might be a bigger event. Also, the
> college education of Synghman Rhee in America was a bigger event, since
> Rhee went on to become South Korea's first President and South Korea's
> leader during the Korean War.
I don't why Rhee is given this "distinction"...he was a sycophant and not a
leader...he killed many leaders of the independence movement in order to
consolidate power and satisfy his megalomaniacal (creating a vacuum where no
one but he could be considered)...not unlike Kim Il Sung, I guess.
Seo Jae Pil was the founder of the Dong nip shin mun in Korea and the
Independence Club. He also spear-headed the construction of the Independence
arch. He was appointed as an advisor to Kojong in 1895, and brought his
family with him to Korea. He was also appointed an advisor to the US at the
request of all the leftist and rightist factions.
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Biotechnology Laboratory
University of British Columbia
E-mail: hae...@netinfo.ubc.ca
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>
yisu...@my-deja.com
"Austin So \(Hae-Jin\)" <hae...@netinfo.ubc.caX> wrote:
>
> I don't why Rhee is given this "distinction"...he was a sycophant and
not a
> leader...he killed many leaders of the independence movement in order
to
> consolidate power and satisfy his megalomaniacal (creating a vacuum
where no
> one but he could be considered)...not unlike Kim Il Sung, I guess.
Was this during the independence movement? As far as I know, he
deposed much of his opposition during his presidency, but I don't know
too much about his activities during the movement. Also, does anyone
know where exactly Kim Il Sung was during the forties before liberation?
>
> Seo Jae Pil was the founder of the Dong nip shin mun in Korea and the
> Independence Club. He also spear-headed the construction of the
Independence
> arch. He was appointed as an advisor to Kojong in 1895, and brought
his
> family with him to Korea. He was also appointed an advisor to the US
at the
> request of all the leftist and rightist factions.
>
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> Austin P. So (Hae Jin)
>
> I.I.S.G.P.
> Biotechnology Laboratory
> University of British Columbia
>
> E-mail: hae...@netinfo.ubc.ca
> http://www.interchange.ubc.ca/haejin/index.html (under construction)
>
> >
>
>
Richard Lee
:> If you have evidence to suggest that the Japanese immigration to
:> America started in the mid-1800s, as opposed to the late-1800s, please
:> cite a source.
: http://www.AsianAmericanArtistry.Com/timeline-1600.html#1st-JA-citizen
: provides evidence that Hamada Hikozo becomes the first Japanese to be
: naturalized as an American citizen.
Yes, there were a couple (literally) of Japanese people in America in the
mid-1800s.
However, Japanese immigration did not get started (in earnest) till the
late-1800s after the Chinese Exclusion Act.