Introductory Weeks
What are Profa's hometowns?
Salinas, California & Michoacan, Mexico
The Chinese Exclusion Act of ____.
1882
Hawaii’s “most valued product to offer”
Sugar
What is the Vietnam Moratorium Committee?
September, October, & November of 1969… young people gathered (anti-war activists march) to protest the U.S. Selective Service system
Complete the following stereotype:
"Crazy ____ Asians"
Rich
the systemic oppression of a racial group to the social, political, economical advantage of another
Racism
Which companies in 1860's are recruiting large labor groups (five-year contracts), to build the transcontinental railroad
Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific
Hawaii's Queen Before contact
Queen Liliuokalani
What is President Nixon's effort to undermine the anti-Vietnam War movement? What does such passage grant youth?
The Draft Deferment 1971: “a man could qualify for a student deferment if he could show he was a full-time student making satisfactory progress in virtually any field of study.”
What does AANHPI stand for?
Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander
"the acknowledgement that everyone has their own unique experiences of discrimination and oppression and we must consider everything and anything that can marginalised people – gender, race, class, sexual orientation, physical ability, etc.”
Intersectionality
Name 4 push and pull factors for Chinese immigration in the 1800's
Taiping Rebellion
Bloody Civil War against Qing Dynasty
Confucianism & Religious conviction
Suffered floods and famines
“Peasant” farmers who left home because of economic and political
The Gold Rush was the biggest “pull” factor for Chinese immigrants
When does the US officially possess Hawaii as a territory versus a State?
1898 versus 1959
List three reasons for global/ U.S interest in Vietnam
U.S. Interest:
Rich commerce
Military outpost
Station for merchant ships in the Pacific
When is the Asian American political identity termed?
in the 1960's by Yuji Ichioka & Emma Gee
the active, ongoing process of supporting and advocating for people from marginalized groups by using one's privilege to challenge injustice and promote equality
Allyship
Japanese Zoot Suit wearing culture is known as
The Pachuke Style
List four of the “real theft” instances mentioned in our lecture regarding the Widespread destruction of Hawaiian Way of Life
Laws banning Hawaiian language in schools
Government & Business forced to be conducted in English
Developing Land in sacred sites (Mauna Kea)
Hawaiian History censored: Glorifying a story of peaceful US intervention in Hawaii
Full Hawaiian story inaccessible
Culture Erasure
Why is the Vietnam War: “A War of Body Counts”? List 4 reasons
Massive Bombing Campaign
Viet Congs: Communist fighters from North Vietnam
Undetermined goal (My Lai Village)
Military Tactics; Gorilla Warfare, Underground tunnels
Punishment: Tigger Cages
Asia is broken into how many geographic regions? What are they?
Six Geographic Regions
Northern Asia, Southern Asia, Western Asia, Eastern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Central Asia
a framework that can be used to theorize, examine, and challenge the ways race and racism implicitly and explicitly impact on social structures, practices and discourses
Critical Race Theory
What is the anti- Japanese executive order passed after the Pearl Harbor attack that we learned about in class? What did it do?
Executive Order 9066 (1942)
Authorized the secretary of war to “prescribe military areas… from which any or all persons may be excluded”
Which U.S. President offers a formal apology to Hawaii? When? What are the reparations promised?
Clinton’s 1993 Apology; None
Describe five functions for the Vietnam War Tunnels
1. Rest / Survive/ Chambers included
2. To ambush soldiers
3. Healing/ Nursing/ Hospital Facilities
4. Included venemous snakes/ insects
5. Store weapons
6. Secret Underground/ under water protections
Name 5 possible media for the Race & Representation Project
Answers vary