http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29666347
Here's some history about Chinese laborers working to map out Yosemite national park. They were doing similar back-breaking work like the railroads. They were the ones digging through mountains to build roads throughout the massive park.
Then the article hones in on a particular immigrant, who they aren't entirely sure was Chinese, but apparently he was a culinary mastermind that worked with mappers like John Muir, cooking in the mountains. He apparently worked keeping meat fresh and made his own bread. He has peak named after him, which is super cool.
Monday, October 27, 2014
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Asian Americans and Political Parties
http://www.voanews.com/content/us-political-parties-asian-americans/2486338.html
This is related to our reading this week, about Asian Americans. According to the article, they are the fastest growing minority in the U.S. and have finally gotten some attention from the two political parties. Both parties are beginning to view the various ethnicities as an untapped voting bloc. As more immigrate, they are expected to make a bigger impact in coming elections.
Something I noticed was a Republican spokesperson reiterating the model minority idea from the book. He claims that not only are they the best group of immigrants in terms of assimilation, but they would be the perfect material to lead the new direction of the Republican party.
This is related to our reading this week, about Asian Americans. According to the article, they are the fastest growing minority in the U.S. and have finally gotten some attention from the two political parties. Both parties are beginning to view the various ethnicities as an untapped voting bloc. As more immigrate, they are expected to make a bigger impact in coming elections.
Something I noticed was a Republican spokesperson reiterating the model minority idea from the book. He claims that not only are they the best group of immigrants in terms of assimilation, but they would be the perfect material to lead the new direction of the Republican party.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Eugenics and Immigration Legislation
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/14/science/haunted-files-the-eugenics-record-office-recreates-a-dark-time-in-a-laboratorys-past.html?_r=0
New York University has a new exhibit recreating the Eugenics Record Office that was the center of the movement by the 1920's. Eugenics was a disturbing pseudoscience based on social Darwinism, that some 'races' were superior to others. The concept behind eugenics was the same reasoning used by the Nazis in WWII against the Jewish population in Europe. In America, the rise of eugenics was part of the rationalization of the Immigration Act of 1924, which established the quota system and barred many immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe, deemed lesser, but the prevailing 'science' at the time. The other half of eugenics politically was sterilization of the unwanted and feeble-minded, so they could not continue to populate the country with lesser humans.
Just reading the article and the description of what the exhibit will look and sound like is chilling. They talk about having typewriters click, and letting people look through copies of the original documents in a closely reproduced room.
New York University has a new exhibit recreating the Eugenics Record Office that was the center of the movement by the 1920's. Eugenics was a disturbing pseudoscience based on social Darwinism, that some 'races' were superior to others. The concept behind eugenics was the same reasoning used by the Nazis in WWII against the Jewish population in Europe. In America, the rise of eugenics was part of the rationalization of the Immigration Act of 1924, which established the quota system and barred many immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe, deemed lesser, but the prevailing 'science' at the time. The other half of eugenics politically was sterilization of the unwanted and feeble-minded, so they could not continue to populate the country with lesser humans.
Just reading the article and the description of what the exhibit will look and sound like is chilling. They talk about having typewriters click, and letting people look through copies of the original documents in a closely reproduced room.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Mediterranean Immigrants Part II
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24636868
Alright everyone, the article above is a good read for the overall gist of the rising immigration to Europe, mainly from Syria due to all the violence recently. This article has a lot of helpful graphics. The basic premise is that Europe is getting a lot of asylum seekers from the east and south. They are coming from Russia, Syria as well as other parts of the Middle East, and Africa. Germany is holding the most, even more than the U.S. last year. Greece and Italy are the two places most of these refugees are landing. Syria is where most of the influx is coming from followed by Russia and Afghanistan. There are even some groups from Serbia claiming asylum from discrimination. Oh Serbia, will you ever not be a powder keg of ethnic tension?
Alright everyone, the article above is a good read for the overall gist of the rising immigration to Europe, mainly from Syria due to all the violence recently. This article has a lot of helpful graphics. The basic premise is that Europe is getting a lot of asylum seekers from the east and south. They are coming from Russia, Syria as well as other parts of the Middle East, and Africa. Germany is holding the most, even more than the U.S. last year. Greece and Italy are the two places most of these refugees are landing. Syria is where most of the influx is coming from followed by Russia and Afghanistan. There are even some groups from Serbia claiming asylum from discrimination. Oh Serbia, will you ever not be a powder keg of ethnic tension?
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