Sunday, January 26, 2020

Week 4 - Mimi Le ASA 114

Arif Dirlik’s “Asians on the Rim: Transnational Capital and Local Community in the Making of Contemporary Asian American” describes the process of Asian American make their mark in American industries with their roots. John Liui describes that rising in the political and economics community, the goal is to “be successful in their struggles if they developed an alternative way of seeing and living along with their political demand” (Dirlik 6). By taking up space in society, Asian Americans faces criticism amongst their rise in the global market. This reading relates to globalization to those Asians who immigrated to America and faces pay inequality and poor work conditions in order to make ends meet. Seeing how minorities group struggle, they join in solidarity to raise awareness to the struggles that they face when having to leave their beloved home in order to construct a better future within their families as well as community.



Question: What was the triggering factor that causes Immigration law to change allowing more
 immigrants into the United States?  With the drastic number of immigrants increasing in 1970, I thought it was interesting how many immigrants were highly educated in order to have a voice and create a platform within the Asian American community to avoid discrimination. 



Work Cited: 
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/immigrant-population-over-time

Dirlik, A. “Asians on the Rim: Transnational Capital and Local Community in the Making of Contemporary Asian America.”


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