Foreign policy is important because it has a lot to do with the trade, technology, and communications of the United States. Also by nations working together global problems can be fixed easier. Equal rights are important to the U.S because it shows that everyone has the same rights including: black people, white people, Asian, men and woman, ect. A bad president would make the economy go down, not believe in equal rights and have a bad foreign policy. The best president in U.S history I believe is Abraham Lincoln.
The 1940’ s- 1960’ s were times of major social, political and economical change in the United States of America. Stricken by WWII, the great depression, and clear racial prejudices, America was overwhelmed. Although many Japanese and Puerto Rican American immigrants faced a plethora of hardships, prejudices, and internal conflicts during this time, their undying belief in American ideals and the American Dream ensured that both Japanese and Puerto Rican American immigrants emerged from their adversity more devoted than ever to the United States of America. Japanese American immigrants endured two major hardships: internment camps and being called to war. After being relocated from an internment camp in Portland, Oregon to the Minidoka internment camp in the desert of Idaho, Dr. John Sadanaga served in the United States military for nearly 32 years.
Asian-American Legacies The number of Asian Americans who altered the course of history are innumerable and will never cease to grow. Everyday, more and more Asian Americans are being recognized, and exercising their absolute rights as Americans to show the world their capabilities. Never will they be undermined again. Asian-Americans have often been characterized as “the model minority,” the perpetual foreigner.” (Williams-Leon, 2012) President Obama states in a recent speech; "Asians are more than the model minority. It's a community that helped make America the country it is today."
Japan: The Post Industrial Society Japan can be considered one of the most revolutionary and innovative societies in the world. It is one of the fastest growing postindustrial societies. It began its transition from an industrial society to postindustrial around 1998 and has now completed the transition. Japan is located in Eastern Asia and is a part of a chain of islands between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan. The total land area of Japan is 377,944 km², it’s slightly smaller than the state of California (Area: 424,000 km²).
The model minority are high-achieving individuals reputed for their work ethic and perseverance. Asians are considered to have high rates or college degrees, representation in white-collar jobs, high family incomes, rising intermarriages, as well as disproportionate student population on college campuses, such as UC Irvine, UC Berkeley, and UC Los Angeles. Nonetheless, these examples of successes which can then be used to deem Asian Americans as the model minority are flawed. If you were to break the Asian race down into different ethnicities, only certain groups fit in the model minority theory. Also, Asians have not fully assimilated due to the fact that they bond together in clusters in the East of West Coast.
Also, the ABC nightly news channel reported that the Buddhist population in the United States was of about four to six million individuals; 75 to 80% of Asian descent who had inherited Buddhism as a family tradition, and the other 20 to 25% were American converts (Nakasone, 2007). Most of the East Asian migrants who arrived in the 19th century to the United States make up the Buddhist population. Even though immigration is important to the expansion of religion, conversion to Buddhism also plays a big role in the growth of religion. Many Americans seem attracted to the ideas of Buddhism even when the number of Buddhist converts is limited. One of the main reasons why Buddhism is being successful is because of the fact that the religion is not tied to a certain ethnicity, the article of Buddhism in America
Although Korean immigrants have become well known as successful entrepreneurs, such stereotypes conceal great diversity. The majority of Korean immigrants are engaged in factory work, clerical work, and other low-status jobs. More visible to the community and to American society at large are those in professional occupations such as engineers, doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. In Hawaii, descendants of the labor migrants to the sugar plantations dominate the Korean community, while on the mainland, the communities are dominated by the new post-1965 immigrants. A sizable minority of these immigrants first migrated to either Germany or South America before coming to the United
Puerto Ricans like Mexican Americans, who are born in the United States of immigrant parents report that English is the language most spoken. Puerto Ricans have had United States citizenship ship and freedom to travel to the United States since 1917 although voting rights came later. In Puerto Rico, poverty and unemployment was high encouraging many to immigrate to the United States. Now that Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States, the Puerto Ricans
[1] After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, many Japanese stayed in America, and remained good citizen, but it was very hard to get jobs due to racial discrimination. The bombing led Americans to believe the Japanese-Americans would be working
One of the main things that is American is the right to vote. In a lot of countries, the leaders are all selected by one particular group, or council, or are given that position because they are the next heir in a long line of family members. Being able to choose the officials that govern us is a really big deal. Unfortunately, being American also means that you have the right to vote, or not to vote. More and more, less and less people are voting, especially those of a younger age.