Its LIT
This novel takes place at a camp you wouldn’t want to send your kids to for the summer.
When The Emperor Was Divine
This was the year that the one child policy policy began in China. Leading many Americans to adopt Chinese infants, mostly girls, abandoned by their parents.
1979
This term refers to those who take on the characteristics of a cultural majority and leave behind most or all aspects of their own culture.
Assimilation
This Chinese holiday occurring in late January or early February, revolves around the moon?
Lunar or Chinese New Year
The Chinese Exclusion Act, which effectively banned Chinese immigration for 10 years, was passed in this year
1882
This character found herself conflicted about the customs of her culture, belonging to one of the hill tribes of China.
Li-Yan
This short-story reveals the struggles of a ghost-writer dealing with the "ghosts of her past" after her families treturous journey out of Viet Nam.
Black-Eyed Women
This term refers to labels or generalizations we make about certain groups of people. For example "Asian's are inherantly good at math and science, therefore they are destined to succeed"
Stereotypes
This character struggled to maintain traditions in her new home, as she was given the duty of assisting Li-Yan throughout her pregnancy in the U.S.
De-Jah
When coming to the United States___are recognized as people who have been forced to leave their homelands because of well-founded fears or threats of persecution due to their background—their religious or political affiliation, for example.
What is refugee
This author wanted to convey the story of his father’s experiences during the war, much to his father’s disliking.
Nam Le
This term refers to Vietnames refugees fleeing by boat or ship after the end of the Vietnam War.
Boat People
______ are the highest-income, best-educated and fastest-growing racial group in the United States.
What is Asian American
interracial marriage is highest amongst this demographic?
What is Asian American
This Character in the 1984 film "Sixteen Candles" is one of the many stereotypical roles described in the documentary, "The Slanted Screen", which criticized hollywood's idea of the Asian actor.
Who is "Long Duck Dong"?
This Novel captures the struggles of a family who immigrated to the U.S. following the Korean War.
Forgotten Country
It was the year in which the Viet Nam War began, leading to the immigration of over 200,000 Vietnamese citizens to the U.S.
1955
Recent Asian immigrants are also about three times as likely as recent immigrants from other parts of the world to receive their ______—or permanent resident status
The term "Asian American" is preferable to "_____," which connotes rugs, spices, and other objects of western colonialism in Asia rather than people.
"I'm the slanted-eyed sniper in the trees. I'm the sabatuer in the shrubs. I'm the stranger at the gate. I'm the traitor in your own backyard" a quote from which character in what novel?
The Father in The Emperor Was Divine
To be assumed guilty based on race with no trial is the most dehumanizing thing described in this tale or concentration camps, and families being separated. what text did we read that relayed this message?
What is Julie Otsuka, “When the Emperor Was Divine”
Asian Americans number more than_____million (in 20018) in the United States and represent more than thirty different nationalities and ethnic groups
what is 20.5 million
highly-educated Asian American immigrants build so-called “_______“, which results in programs such as tutoring and college-prep courses that build their children’s academic achievement.
What is Ethic Capital
Asian American men are often seen as effeminate or ____, while Asian American women are viewed as sexually desirable, exotic and passive
What is Asexual
_______ started morphing from the right to create a better life to the desire to acquire material things.
What is the American Dream