1. Asian Americans  - Diverse Ethnicity, Great Contributions, Chinese, Japanese, K Hiram Fong and Daniel Inouye became the first asianamericans to be elected to Congress though Japanese and chinese-americans have dominated asian-Pacific-American politics, several http://www.asianamericans.com/

Asian American Chronology Asian Dating Broadcast Stations Asian American Studies ... Chinese Exclusion Act A Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Cangan Blvd. in Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989 The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 Ansel Adams Documents the Japanese American Internment at Manzanar Asian-Pacific Americans Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients Go For Broke ... Sgt. Hiroshi Miyamura Election 2004: Presidential Candidates We Must Choose One! In 1943, Ansel Adams (1902-1984), America's best-known photographer, documented the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California and the Japanese Americans interned there during World War II. For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary May 7, 2004 Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, 2004 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation During Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, we honor the accomplishments of Asian/Pacific Americans and the many ways they have enriched our society and shaped the character of our Nation through their diverse languages, cultures, and religious beliefs. Today, Asian/Pacific Americans are leaders in public service, business, government, science, law, education, athletics, the arts, and many other areas. Their love of family, community, and hard work has helped to uphold our Nation for many generations. Asian/Pacific American entrepreneurs are helping to strengthen our economy and our communities through their hard work and ingenuity, and they inspire a new generation of American innovation through their example.

2. WestWeb: Asian-Americans In The West of WestWeb provides information about asianamericans in the West. Under Texts youwill find examples of primary texts, such as the chinese Exclusion Act and http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/pages/asian.html

This section of WestWeb provides information about Asian-Americans in the West. Under Texts you will find examples of primary texts, such as the Chinese Exclusion Act and literary works, or secondary texts, such as critical essays or historical studies. Under Links to Other Sites , you will find a collection of links to sites dealing with various issues in Asian-American history, such as WWII internment or immigration history. Finally, under Images , you will find both general collections which include some images of Asian-American history and direct links to pictures available online. Texts Links to Other Sites Images WestWeb is the property of Catherine Lavender Warrick J. Bell Graphic design and layout by Catherine Lavender and Warrick Bell. Return to Main WestWeb Menu Texts Primary Texts Secondary Texts Primary Texts eText of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 , from PBS's site on The West Secondary Texts Sucheng Chan, Hmong Means Free : Life in Laos and America. Amy Ling, "Teaching Asian American Literature," from The Heath Anthology Andrew Tsai has written an article on Chinese migrants' accounts of Angel Island Immigration Station near Los Angeles.

3. Chinese For Affirmative Action Organization with the mission of defending and promoting the civil and political rights of chinese and asian americans within the in the interest of advancing multiracial democracy in the United States. Offers information about their programs, publications, history, milestones, and membership. http://www.caasf.org/

Programs Publications History Milestones ... Home Chinese for Affirmative Action The Kuo Building 17 Walter U. Lum Place San Francisco, CA 94108 t 415.274.6750 f 415.397.8770 Village West Visitacion Valley 1099 Sunnydale Avenue, #325 San Francisco, CA 94134 t 415.587.5779 Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality (AACRE) 1225 Eighth Street, #470 Sacramento, CA 95814 t 916.321.9001 f 916.321.9002 caa@caasf.org The mission of Chinese for Affirmative Action is to defend and promote the civil and political rights of Chinese and Asian Americans within the context of, and in the interest of, advancing multiracial democracy in the United States. What's New 2004 Celebration of Justice - June 23rd CAA Seeks applications for the positions of: Executive Director Employment Program Coordinator Asian Week Op-Ed by CAA's Ted Wang and Kathay Feng of Asian Pacific American Legal Center Don't ban electronic voting machines in California AACRE/Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality AACRE 2004 California Legislative Agenda AACRE Informational Update: Preliminary Analysis of Governor's Proposed Budget AACRE releases the first Asian and Pacific American Legislative Report Card CAA's response to UC Regent John Moores's misleading and divisive statements regarding UC Berkeley admissions

4. Organization Of Chinese Americans, Central Virginia Chapter Home Page Promotes civic involvement and the advocacy of rights of chinese and other asian americans. Includes community services page and brochure. http://ocacvc.tripod.com

var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" Home Calendar of Events Major Events Activities ... Contact Us Who Are We? Organization of Chinese American - Central Virginia Chapter (OCA-CVC) was founded in Richmond, Virginia in August 1978. OCA-CVC is a chapter organization to its parent national organization. The national OCA has 80 affiliated chapters in the United States and its primary focus is to promote civic involvement and the advocacy of rights of Chinese and other Asian Americans. Through the past 25 years, OCA-CVC has been representing the concerned Chinese Americans living in the Central VA area. It is a non-profit, 501(c)3, non-partisan advocacy organization that actively involves in community services and community programs. OCA-CV's missions are: being a non-profit, non-partisan national advocacy organization for Chinese Americans.

5. Chronology Of Asian American History Source Sucheng Chan, asian americans, an Interpretive History, ©1991, Twayne Publishers, Boston. 1600s. chinese and Filipinos reach Mexico on ships of the Manila galleon. 1830s. chinese "sugar masters" working in Hawaii. http://web.mit.edu/21h.153j/www/chrono.html

Source: Sucheng Chan, Asian Americans, an Interpretive History Chinese and Filipinos reach Mexico on ships of the Manila galleon. Chinese "sugar masters" working in Hawaii. Chinese sailors and peddlers in New York. U.S. and China sign first treaty. Gold discovered in California. Chinese begin to arrive. California imposes Foreign Miner's Tax and enforces it mainly against Chinese miners, who often had to pay more than once. First group of 195 Chinese contract laborers land in Hawaii. Over 20,000 Chinese enter California. Chinese first appear in court in California. Missionary Willian Speer opens Presbyterian mission for Chinese in San Francisco. Chinese in Hawaii establish a funeral society, their first community association in the islands. People v. Hall rules that Chinese can't give testimony in court . U.S. and Japan sign first treaty. San Francisco opens a school for Chinese children (changed to an evening school two years later). Missionary Augustus Loomis arrives to serve the Chinese in San Francisco. California passes a law to bar entry of Chinese and "Mongolians."

6. Organization Of Chinese Americans | Greater Los Angeles Chapter Nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy organization of concerned chinese americans. Advocate rights of chinese American and asian American citizens and permanent residents through legislative and policy initiatives at all levels of the government. http://www.oca-gla.org

7. Asian American Literature : History, Classroom Use, Bibliography & WWW Links analyze the literature for authenticity in portrayal of asian americans. Today thereis a lot of literature covering the ethnic groups of chinese and Japanese http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/asialit.htm

Asian-American Literature: compiled by Brenda Hoffman. Introduction Rationale for Multiethnic Literature in the Classroom Characteristics of Good Multiethnic Literature History of Asian American Literature ... Movies Introduction Asian American literature is a growing new field. It is considered one of the subdivisions of multicultural literature. The literature today like the Joy Luck Club are best sellers in the book market and there is a growing demand for more. The Asian population of the United States today continues to rapidly increase and they constitute about 2.9% of the total American population. According the 1990 census, the largest Asian minority in the United States are the Chinese Asian population. Of that percentage, Chinese is the largest with a largest percentage being foreign born. The second largest group is the Filipino which constitute 19%. Japanese make up 12% with most of them being native born. Indian and Korean each are at 11% and Vietnamese make up 8% of the population. Another subgroup of Asians includes the Hmong (mung) which are a culture group that immigrated 5,000 years ago from China to the mountainous region of Laos, but many were forced out of their territory during the Vietnam War because they helped the United States during the conflict. [Back to Top] Rationale for Using Multiethnic Literature in the Classroom The purpose of using multiethnic literature are as follows: . So they can understand differences between cultures. Fiction books can be multi cultural, cross-cultural, or parallel-culture. Developing a relationship through a fictionalized character could be transferred to different culture.

8. New Church Of Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia (Protestant). Three congregations of asianamericans, mostly Korean-American and chinese-American, that meet as a unified church. Primarily aimed at young adults. Announcements, service times and locations, photographs, information for visitors, Christian resources, and information on ministries. http://www.ncatlanta.com

Home Contact Site Map 10AM Crossroads Service Childrens Ministry available. 02PM Intown Service 09-04-2004 - The Labor Day Retreat Application is now available online 2845 Amwiler Rd. Atlanta GA 30360 webmaster@ncatlanta.org © 2003 New Church of Atlanta

9. C100 Survey American sentiment towards chinese americans and asian americans such as the Wen of American attitudes towards chinese americans and asian americans. The methodologically robust http://www.committee100.org/Published/C100survey.pdf

10. Organization Of Chinese Americans | Greater Los Angeles Chapter A nonpartisan advocacy organization of chinese americans dedicated to securing the rights of chinese American and asian American citizens through legislative and policy initiatives. Includes information about the organization, its events and activies, and how to join. http://oca-gla.org/

11. Linking The Past To Present: Asian Americans Then And Now asian Pacific American landscape during the past twenty years, particularly withthe explosive growth of new Filipino, Korean, South asian Indian, and chinese http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/readings/r000192.htm

Linking the Past to Present: Asian Americans Then and Now Click Here for Related Lesson, The Asian American Experience Our children should not be placed in any position where their youthful impressions may be affected by association with pupils of thc Mongolian race. San Francisco School Board, l905 In response to the challenge of changing demographics more than a century ago, the San Francisco School Board established a segregated Chinese Primary School for Chinese children to attend, including those who were American-born. By the turn-of-the century after Japanese immigrants had settled in the wake of Chinese exclusion, the School Board also applied the Chinese segregation policy to Japanese students. School superintendent, Aaron Altmann, advised the city's principals: "Any child that may apply for enrollment or at present attends your school who may be designated under the head of 'Mongolian' must be excluded, and in furtherance of this please direct them to apply at the Chinese School for enrollment." Throughout their history, Asian Americans have confronted a long legacy of exclusion and inequity in relation to school policies and practices, particularly during periods of changing demographics, economic recession, or war. In spite of historic, linguistic differences, distinct Asian nationalities have been grouped together and treated similarly in schools and in the larger society. The grouping of Asian Americans together, then, makes sense in light of historic links from the past to the present.

12. Crane House asian cultural center offering educational and cultural programs to help americans and asians become better acquainted. Mandarin chinese and asian cooking classes offered. http://www.cranehouse.org

Welcome to Crane House, a private nonprofit Asian cultural resource center in Louisville. Mission: Crane House actively promotes cultural understanding among the peoples of the United States and Asia through education. Crane House opened in 1987 as a Chinese cultural center, under the leadership of Helen Lang, founder. In 1996, Crane House broadened its mission to become an Asian Center, with the goal of becoming the premier regional organization providing educational services and cultural programs focused on Asia. The Asia Institute, Inc. 1244 South Third Street Louisville, Kentucky 40203 (502)635-2240 Fax:(502)635-7659 Email: adm@cranehouse.org Click here for the driving directions to Crane House Webmaster

13. Asian Americans - Chinese Immigration asian americans chinese Immigration. chinese Immigration. chinese ExclusionAct of 1882. China is one of the oldest cultures in recorded history. http://www.asianamericans.com/ChineseImmigration.htm

Chinese Immigration Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Most of the Chinese who came were poor male villagers. Known as "sojourners," they left their wives and children with the idea of making enough money to return to China. To Americans, the Chinese appeared alien, due more to cultural differences than racial characteristics. Compounding the problem, Chinese sojourners maintained a psychological and social separateness from American society by maintaining the values, norms, and attitudes of their homeland, and men still dressed according to Chinese custom with long queues (braids), felt slippers, cotton blouses, and little round hats. Opposition began as Chinese gold miners, mining locations Americans considered worthless, made them profitable. Because men far outnumbered women, Chinese seized opportunities as cooks, launderers, and household servants. Charges were made by Whites that the Chinese depressed wages and lowered the standard of living. This backlash, along with the lawless setting of the frontier, resulted in violence against the Chinese. Government intervention concerning hostility to Chinese immigration began with a treaty with China in 1868 giving Chinese in the United States the privileges of travel or residence as citizens of nations with most favored status, but excluded the right of naturalization. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 barred any heavy immigration of Chinese. From 1908 to 1930, 72,796 Chinese departed while 48,482 arrived in America.

14. CSPN A History Bursting With Telling asian americans in Washington State A solid general survey of asian americans, with a strong focus on chinese, Japanese, and Filipino communities http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/curaaw/main.html

A History Bursting With Telling: Asian Americans in Washington State A Curriculum Project for the History of the Pacific Northwest in Washington State Schools Developed by: The Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest Matthew W. Klingle University of Washington Department of History TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Migration: Moving West to East III. Labor: Building New Lives in New Lands IV. Community: From Segregation, Identity ... Index of Packet Documents I. INTRODUCTION One story of Washington state is a story of immigration, but it is not the simple tale of assimilation or acculturation. Immigrants brought pieces of culture from their native lands to Washington state, where they melded them with pieces taken from American culture. Immigrants did not remain unchanged or melt into a common society, however. Instead, Washington is a mosaic made of different peoples coming together to create new lives in a new land. The Asian American experience is part of this mosaic. Thedocuments that accompany this essay demonstrate how Chinese, Japanese, and Filipinos came to Washington, struggled against discrimination, labored to earn their living, and created distinctive cultures and identities. These documents chronicle, in a small way, how some Asian immigrants became Asian Americans.

15. Chinese/Asian Related Web Sites Organization of chinese americans (OCA); RedBeanMusic (chinese Big5 People) Federation;Xiang Qi (chinese Chess); Asia General ABCFLASH by asian Buying Consortium; http://swcbc.org/chinese.html

Chinese/Asian Related Web Sites Directory/Info: Access China Business Online Directory/Info: Best Chinese Links Directory/Info: China Home Page Directory/Info: China Pages ... USA 1995-2003 Southwest Chinese Baptist Church Last modified: Oct 28, 2003 Contact us

16. Asian American Supersite | GoldSea overcame a traditional chinese upbringing to become the nation s most powerful practicingfemale attorney. Edward Lu 60 Most Inspiring asian americans of All http://goldsea.com/

GOLDSEA ASIAN AMERICAN SUPERSITE Monday, Jun 7, 2004, 08:13:24 PM Career Center Business Personalities Features ... Legally Renowned U.S. Attorney Debra Yang overcame a traditional Chinese upbringing to become the nation's most powerful practicing female attorney. 60 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time Including Richard Park Helie Lee Edward Tsang Lu Connie Chung ... The Decade's Hottest Car Trends Some new developments that hint at the revolutionary changes that are making today's cars obsolete. Cool Fusion Ming Tsai has become an American cultural icon by pairing bold east/west platters with all-American patter. 12 New Asian Imagemakers 12 Most Brilliant Asian Americans 20 Top Asian Sports Stars in the U.S. Greatest War Heroes ... TODAY'S TOP JOBS At Asian-Friendly Employers Start Banking Online Life Insurance Quotes $50/Month Automatic Investment Starter Plan Bush vs Kerry ... Contact Us

17. Parsing Asian America 1/4 | Asian American Demographics | Goldsea asian culture, they may say something like, But I thought chinese, Japanese and feelthe yawning chasm that separates us from nonasian americans and feel http://goldsea.com/AAD/Parsing/parsing.html

ASIAN AMERICAN DEMOGRAPHICS Even we Asian Americans are confused by the subtleties and contradictions that seem to underlie the demographics of America's fastest-growing, best-educated and most affluent ethnic group. This insider's guide makes sense of it all. by Maxie Gondo New Asian American Reality Show CONTACT US COMMENT ON ARTICLES ADVERTISING INFO ... INTERACTIVE FORUMS No part of the contents of this site may be reproduced without prior written permission. GOLDSEA ASIAN AMERICAN DEMOGRAPHICS Parsing Asian America PART 1 OF 4 o you perk up when an Asian face or name appears in an American movie, TV show, public performance, book, magazine, newspaper or web page? If you're like me and like most Asian Americans I know, the answer is yes! Asians of diverse ancestries identify with one another as intensely as members of any American ethnic groups. White Americans are often puzzled by this phenomenon. They don't pay particular attention to a fellow WASP, German American, Irish American or Italian American, they argue in earnest, baffled tones. Or, if they pride themselves on being particularly knowledgeable about Asian culture, they may say something like, "But I thought Chinese, Japanese and Coreans hated each other." It's when we hear statements like that that we most feel the yawning chasm that separates us from non-Asian Americans and feel the deep bond with other Asian Americans, regardless or their family's particular national orgin. For the benefit of non-Asians reading this, let me offer a clue. Imagine that you're a white person living in Japan, China or Corea. Imagine too that you speak the language as fluently as anyone, that your family has laid down roots there, maybe having lived there for two, three, four or even five generations. Your face remains caucasian, of course, but you are a loyal, taxpaying citizen of that Asian nation. In the event of hostilities, you or your family members will be called on to fight in its armed forces.

18. MIT Asian American Studies Homepage of asian americans During the nineteenth century, Antiasian hostility and thefear of cheap asian labor led to the call for the chinese Exclusion Act of http://web.mit.edu/21h.153j/www/

Welcome to the MIT Asian American Studies Homepage by Emma Teng Students of and Links to Student Project Pages What is Asian America? a look at the history of Asian Americans... During the nineteenth century, Anti-Asian hostility and the fear of "cheap" Asian labor led to the call for the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 which suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years. A Cartoon from The Wasp Magazine of 1893, vol. 30, pp. 10-11 reads: THE QUESTION Of THE HOUR: Uncle Sam: "Gosh ! I've got this critter lassoed right enough but how in thunder am I going to get him over thar to China? [from Ron Takaki, Iron Cages During WWII Anti-Asian hostility was directed against the Japanese, while Chinese became the "good" Asians. There was a concerted effort to try to distinguish Japanese from Chinese, even by using "physical anthropology." Here is one example: A look back at Life magazine of December 1941: Even Chinese and Koreans tried to distinguish themselves from Japanese by wearing "I am Chinese" or "I am Korean" buttons. See the story "Wiltshire Bus" By Hisaye Yamamoto, in

19. American Women's History: Asian-American Women American Radicalism Collection, and asian American. The materials of Japanese andJapanese americans during World cover the regulation of chinese immigration http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-asian.html

American Women's History: A Research Guide Asian-American Women Home Page Last Update: 3/22/2004 Suggestion Box Bibliographies Biographical Sources Journals ... Talking About Women's History See also Immigrant Women See also Japanese American Internment Bibliographies In addition to the sources cited below, consult the "Annual Selected Bibliography" in Amerasia Journal Asian Women in America: A Bibliography . Madison, Wis.: Women's Studies Librarian, University of Wisconsin System, 1987. 13p. Kim, Hyung-Chan, ed. Asian-American Studies: An Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide . Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1989. 504p. Poon, Wei Chi. A Guide for Establishing Asian American Core Collections . Berkeley, Calif.: Asian American Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley, c1989. Rosseel, Trish, comp. Asian American Women Bibliography [online]. [Cambridge, Mass.]: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, July 1994, revised by Melanie Burror, June 1996 [cited 16 August 1998]. Available from: http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/libcolls/bksper/bibs/asian.htm. Biographical Sources See the general Biographical Sources section for additional information sources.

20. Asian American - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia asian americans have largely been perceived as members of the East asian ethnic groups,specifically chinese and Japanese, the two largest ethnic groups before http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_American

Asian American From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States The term "Asian American" is credited to the historian Yuji Ichioka who, in the late 1960s, used it to describe members of a new pan-ethnic radical political identity who shared common histories, experiences, and goals. This term has largely replaced the politically loaded term "oriental" (that referred to Western notions of a subjugated colonial "other", fr. orientalism ), which was popularly used before the 1990s to describe East Asian peoples regardless of nationality, upbringing, or origin. Although immigrants from the " Middle East " (Western and Central Asia) are geographically Asian, they have generally neither been sufficiently visibly distinct as a group in America nor have they historically arrived in such large numbers to warrant attention as a major American racial or ethnic group until very recently (see ). As a result, they are not considered by most Americans to be typical Asians or Asian Americans, but identified by other means, such as " Arab Americans ". For these same reasons, northern Asians such as Siberians and peoples from former

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