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When Asian Americans are discussed in the media the reference is often to people of Chinese or Japanese descent. However, the largest Asian American ethnic group is Filipino, a group of which little is known or written despite its long-standing history with the United States. This interdisciplinary analysis rectifies this dearth of information by addressing ethnic identity, the impact of different colonizations on ethnic identity, personal and family relationships, mental health, race, and racism. In addition, the sociopolitical context is examined in each chapter, making the volume useful as a foundational tool for hypothesis generation, empirical research, policy analysis and planning, and literature review.
Coming Full Circle: Narratives of Decolonization among Post-1965 Filipino Americans
Coming Full Circle: Narratives of Decolonization among Post-1965 Filipino Americans
Studies about the Filipino American community show that when compared to the Chinese American, Japanese American, and lately Korean American communities, it lags behind these groups in areas such as economic mobility, representation in higher education, community development, and political clout (Cabezas, Shinagawa, & Kawaguchi, 1987; Chan, 1991; Kitano & Daniels, 1988; Waugh & Chin, 1989). However, these findings must be contextualized to show that this perceived marginality is the result of the interdependent relationships between variables such as the structural and historical determinants of immigration, the consequences of the United States-Philippines colonial relationship, the global capitalist system that influences the movement of peoples from ...
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