Japanese-Americans

Paper Summary:

The history of Japanese immigrants to America has not been one of "open arms". Japanese citizens were not allowed to leave Japan until the end of the isolationist policy in 1868. Those who found their way to the United States experienced racial hostility and discrimination that included federal, state, and local laws. This paper shows that the reaction of the Japanese-American has been to endure, adapt, and survive in order to develop an ethnic community and presence. Through it all, they have managed to maintain strong family values, as well as religious and other elements of their original culture, within the paradigm of assimilation and acculturation.

From the Paper:

"The history of the Japanese American in the United States has taught the majority culture a great deal about perseverance through adversity. The level of discrimination and assumed values that led to stereotyping was endured until the American people were able to "see" the inherent value of the addition of this particular culture into the "melting pot" that is the American social objective. Many of the Japanese Americans have taken the social value of education and translated that into a career in teaching, which has strengthened that particular value for all students and added to the American concept of education."

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