In response to “Asian Pacific Americans’ Social
Movements and Interest Groups” by Kim Geron
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| Supporters rallying to keep International Hotel, 1968. |
Over the school years, we had seen and heard a lot
about racial discrimination throughout US history. What was surprising was the
vast amount of discrimination towards Asian Pacific Americans that were not
spoken nor heard of. Most people don’t think about the struggles each ethnic
group had to overcome in order to be treated fairly. This article talked about
the various Asian communities and the idea of panethnicity. It is interesting
to read that Asian Pacific Americans fought back discrimination, hate crimes,
and segregation through political, economic, and communal actions. Because of
these discriminatory activities, different ethnic groups had come together to
jointly defend their identity and community. One interesting instance was the
campaign in 1968 to preserve the International Hotel. This campaign brought
together not only people of ethnic groups, it also brought community supporters,
LGBT activists, trade unions, and various progressive groups.
There were plenty more instances where
discrimination brought together many groups of people. However, there still
seemed to be a lot of discrimination today. The article also mentioned the use
of modern resources to dissolve racial discrimination, but then,
why are people of 21st century still caught up in ethnic
discrimination?
Xishan (Lucy) Ye
Section A02
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