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Forever Foreigners or Honorary Whites?: The Asian Ethnic Experience Today

Forever Foreigners or Honorary Whites?: The Asian Ethnic Experience Today

Paperback

Asian American StudiesGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesImmigration & Refugees

ISBN10: 0813526248
ISBN13: 9780813526249
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: Mar 1 1999
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.71 Width: 5.67 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

What does it mean to be an Asian-American in the United States today? Are Asian-Americans considered honorary whites or forever thought of as foreigners?

Mia Tuan examines the salience and meaning of ethnicity for later generation Chinese- and Japanese-Americans, and asks how their concepts of ethnicity differ from that of white ethnic Americans. She interviewed 95 middle-class Chinese and Japanese Californians and analyzes the importance of ethnic identities and the concept of becoming a real American for both Asian and white ethnics. She asks her subjects about their early memories and experiences with Chinese/Japanese culture; current lifestyle and emerging cultural practices; experiences with racism and discrimination; and attitudes toward current Asian immigration.

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