Many Chinese came to the United Sates not only to seek their fortunes but also to escape from political and economical problems in China. It is known that the Spanish brought Chinese shipbuilders to California as early as 1571. The real immigration, however, started (in mass) when in 1852, 52,000 Chinese arrived in California in that year alone. They were initially welcomed because of the cheap labor that they provided. The majority of the Chinese were young single men who intended to work in this country a few years and then return to china. The Chinese men who stayed seldom married because of laws severely limiting the immigration of Chinese woman and prohibiting intermarriage with white woman. The result of these laws was a bachelor lifestyle that often associa

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There is one thing that all of them feel in common , they feel that they have been discriminated and ignored in their schools.

centrated in certain "niches" in economy, either holding jobs that whites did not want, or creating ethnic economies in segregated neighborhoods. This situation changed with the Sputnik launch in 1957 and the passage of the 1965 Immigration Act. In a climate in which technical expertise was needed, Asians constituted less than one-tenth of all immigrants before 1965, but more than half Of the immigrant pool in 1971. More important, among all engineers and scientists admitted into the county, the Asian share of this group rose from 14 to 62 between 1964-70. As these immigration patterns continue into the present, Asian Americans are the "dominant minority" in scientific, engineering, technical, and medical fields, bolstering their images as the "model minority." But that does not mean that Asian Americans receive fair treatment in the workplace. Drawing from the 1995 Federal Glass Ceiling Report, Woo reviews the intra-organizational practices in "dead-end" jobs, lack of mentor!

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5-Asian Americans Experience and perspective

udies of African American women a re often mistakenly presented as studies of all women of color or even the "real" women of color in the United States. In some cases, Asian American women seem to be considered "too close" to whites to be "authentic" female subjects of color. The disregard of Asian American contributions to feminist politics also comes, quite understandably, from within Asian American discourse.[6]

"Transnational feminisms are those various comparative forms of feminist practices and alliances that oppose particular and global versions of economic and cultural hegemony and seek social change for women in different locations. " More specifically, transnational feminisms incorporate feminist and postmodern concepts of multiple subjectivity to collaboratively investigate the limitations of nationalist communities and to elaborate alternative communities. I consider the various practices and products of transnational feminisms to be forms of resistance to the hegemonic policies of nation-states that promote and protect multinational capital for the growth of their economies. [It] must articulate differences in power and location as accurately as possible. It must also find intersections and common ground; but they will not be utopian or necessarily comfortable alliances. New terms are needed to express the possibilities for links and affiliations, as well as differences amon!

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