Sai-I-Gu
the victims of the riots
why are you so quiet ?
we pray for you
Many of them are dead
they found no love
they found no peace
no happiness instead
so now we think of you
remembering the pain
so that this won't happen again
Sai-I-Gu
Montag, 18. Juni 2007
17 facts about Asian American people in the USA
-> Korean-, Chinese-, Japanese-, Filipino- Americans are the biggest groups of Asian Americans in the USA
-> a lot of Chinese Americans immigrated because of the gold rush
-> the Philipines were a US- colony so they immigrated very easily until a law was ordered against the immigration of Asians
-> there were many laws against Asians in the USA
-> Asian Americans have many problems with racism both in the past and in the present
-> you distinguish two kinds of racism: - institutionalized racism
- "everyday" racism
-> famous cases of racism against Asian Americans: - Vincent Chin Murder (1982)
- the L.A. Race Riots in response to a shot of an AA shop owner at a black girl
-> during the L.A. Race Riots died many people and the murderers of Vincent Chin were only forced to pay $ 3.000 for Vincent's life
-> there were also VIPs who discriminated AAs or gay people in public: - Rosie O'Donnell
- Tim Hardaway
-> Virginia Tech Massacre in 2007 when a Korean American student killed over 30 people
-> many AAs were scared of reactions of hatred by other ethnic groups who were victims in this case
-> many AAs are discriminated against when they search a job
-> there are several AAs who became big stars in Hollywood for example Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu or Bruce Lee
-> there are also a lot of famous AA book writers for example Shawn Wong or Perry Miyake
-> in WW2 many Japanese Americans were brought into internement camps because the USA thought or seemed to think that they are spies for their enemy Japan
-> many young Japanese Americans were forced to fight against the Japanese troops in WW2
-> we learned a little bit chinese: - "shikatta ga nai" means "it can't be helped"
- "ganbatte" means "hold on"
- "kodomo no tameni" means "for the save of the children"
-> a lot of Chinese Americans immigrated because of the gold rush
-> the Philipines were a US- colony so they immigrated very easily until a law was ordered against the immigration of Asians
-> there were many laws against Asians in the USA
-> Asian Americans have many problems with racism both in the past and in the present
-> you distinguish two kinds of racism: - institutionalized racism
- "everyday" racism
-> famous cases of racism against Asian Americans: - Vincent Chin Murder (1982)
- the L.A. Race Riots in response to a shot of an AA shop owner at a black girl
-> during the L.A. Race Riots died many people and the murderers of Vincent Chin were only forced to pay $ 3.000 for Vincent's life
-> there were also VIPs who discriminated AAs or gay people in public: - Rosie O'Donnell
- Tim Hardaway
-> Virginia Tech Massacre in 2007 when a Korean American student killed over 30 people
-> many AAs were scared of reactions of hatred by other ethnic groups who were victims in this case
-> many AAs are discriminated against when they search a job
-> there are several AAs who became big stars in Hollywood for example Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu or Bruce Lee
-> there are also a lot of famous AA book writers for example Shawn Wong or Perry Miyake
-> in WW2 many Japanese Americans were brought into internement camps because the USA thought or seemed to think that they are spies for their enemy Japan
-> many young Japanese Americans were forced to fight against the Japanese troops in WW2
-> we learned a little bit chinese: - "shikatta ga nai" means "it can't be helped"
- "ganbatte" means "hold on"
- "kodomo no tameni" means "for the save of the children"
Diary of a Japanese American teenager who was kept in an internment camp
Dear Diary,
this morning was horrible. We were brought to this camp a week ago and I thought I'd seen everything but today... fuck! Some Japanese demonstrated against their treatment in the camps, some of them were teenagers, just like me and then...
The military police shot at them. Three people who just reached my age died and another nine were wounded. You have to be very strong to survive in this camp. There is always somebody who watches you and so you're always the target of one of the gunmen on the security towers. An escape is next to impossible, everywhere are barb wire fences and the military forces are very powerful. But the young aren't as badly treated as the first generation Japanese Americans. I think the GIs believe that they're spies from Japan. Many of the older people were hurt badly and now the Americans say we schould fight for them in WW2. I don't like this idea but we don't have a choice. But on the other side, I was born in the USA and feel like an American. So I'm also proud to protect my country against enemies although the enemy is the country where my parents were born in.
Well, I think that's all I got to say for the moment!
this morning was horrible. We were brought to this camp a week ago and I thought I'd seen everything but today... fuck! Some Japanese demonstrated against their treatment in the camps, some of them were teenagers, just like me and then...
The military police shot at them. Three people who just reached my age died and another nine were wounded. You have to be very strong to survive in this camp. There is always somebody who watches you and so you're always the target of one of the gunmen on the security towers. An escape is next to impossible, everywhere are barb wire fences and the military forces are very powerful. But the young aren't as badly treated as the first generation Japanese Americans. I think the GIs believe that they're spies from Japan. Many of the older people were hurt badly and now the Americans say we schould fight for them in WW2. I don't like this idea but we don't have a choice. But on the other side, I was born in the USA and feel like an American. So I'm also proud to protect my country against enemies although the enemy is the country where my parents were born in.
Well, I think that's all I got to say for the moment!
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