5/18/2023 0 Comments The Obsidian by Janelle Wong![]() started to recruit high-skilled immigrants from Asia. "We must not let the advantages of immigration policy and positive attitudes from teachers fuel the myth of cultural superiority."Īfter 1965, the U.S. The 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act ended Asian exclusion and created two immigration priorities: high skills and family reunification. Like Kristof, they believe Asian Americans care more about education than the average American. How did we go from backwards laborers to a so-called "model minority"? Too many people assume the community’s educational and economic success is due to the cultural traits of Asian Americans. The 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act changed the way Asians were seen in this country-from uneducated and unwanted scourge to hardworking students and examples of economic success. Eventually, most Asians were excluded from immigration altogether due to fears of racial contamination.īut what a difference a law can make. Confucian values were not seen as the key to success, but as a marker of racial and religious differences. They were despised laborers who toiled for low wages in the harshest of conditions. In the mid-1800s Asian immigrants were recruited as laborers to work as farm laborers and on the first transcontinental railroad. immigration policy in creating Asian-American success. Yet, the idea that Asian-American success is the result of a unique cultural inheritance ignores the role of U.S. ![]() RELATED: Educational Success of Some Masks Struggles of Many ![]()
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