Welcome to Week 7 of Asian American History 114!
Contents
Learning Goals
This week, our goals include to
- Review the social construction of race
- Study the histories of Asian Exclusion by learning about the Page Act + The Chinese Exclusion Act
- Begin to discuss citizenship, social and legal
- You can access the slides from our class session here
Read
- excerpt of Lopez, White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race
- According to Lopez, why were Asian applicants for citizenship more likely to argue that they were “white” than that they were “black?” Is this a surprise, according to Lopez? Why/why not?
- On p.66, Lopez discusses the difference between “scientific evidence” and “common knowledge”– what is the difference and how are these types of information used to determine someone’s race in citizenship cases?
- Executive Order 9066: Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese (1942)
- What does this order say, in your own words? Select 1-2 quotes that you think best represent the meaning of the order.
Watch
- Meeting at Tule Lake (on Kanopy) (33 minutes)
- What do the former Japanese internees in this documentary have in common? What are some of the experiences they shared at Tule Lake?
- What is the “loyalty questionnaire?”
Post and Comment on Discussion Board #7
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- THIS POST IS DUE BY 11:59pm on Friday 10/16;
- Comment due by 11:59 on Monday 10/19.
- *Use the title format “[FirstName] [LastName] DB 7”
- For your post this week, please reflect on the following questions:
- From the readings and film, what do we learn about the criteria for citizenship? Who was allowed to be a citizen or belong to the U.S. and what was required?
- What do you think defines “citizenship” today– by this, I mean not just the legal definition but also the social definition. Who is considered to be a part of the U.S.? What does it mean to belong here? What should be the definition, in your opinion?
- COMMENT ON TWO POSTS. You can comment on the post of a classmate by selecting the title of the post > scroll down to where you leave a reply > type the comment > post comment.
Research/Writing Project
- The next step in this assignment is an Annotated Bibliography.
- I will give feedback on your research assessment to help guide you on this assignment.
- On Thursday, 10/15, I’ll keep my Zoom Personal Meeting Room open during my office hours from 12:30-2:00– if you want any support on the research for this next assignment, you can stop by. No appointment needed. We can also find another time if Thursday doesn’t work for you- just email me.
