Encyclopedia of Asian American Issues Today 2 volumes

How to go to your page......Page 2
Volume 1......Page 5
Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 17
Introduction......Page 19
Section 1: Diversity and Demographics......Page 25
Demographic Overview: Diverse, Growing, and Ever-Changing......Page 27
Sidebar: Asian Americans by the Numbers......Page 30
Sidebar: Census Data Accuracy......Page 37
Chinese Americans......Page 39
Sidebar: Notable Chinese Americans......Page 45
Filipino Americans......Page 49
Sidebar: Notable Filipino Americans......Page 54
Japanese Americans......Page 57
Sidebar: Notable Japanese Americans......Page 62
Korean Americans......Page 65
Sidebar: Notable Korean Americans......Page 71
South Asian Americans......Page 75
Sidebar: Notable South Asian Americans......Page 84
Southeast Asian Americans......Page 89
Sidebar: Notable Southeast Asian Americans......Page 101
Thai Americans......Page 105
Sidebar: Notable Thai Americans......Page 110
Section 2: Economy and Work......Page 113
Overview of Economic Issues......Page 115
Accent Discrimination......Page 123
Glass Ceiling......Page 131
Globalization......Page 135
H-1B Visas......Page 141
Housing......Page 147
Impact of Asian Immigrants on the U.S. Economy......Page 155
Labor Unions......Page 159
Sidebar: Organizing Immigrant Taxi Drivers......Page 162
Low-Income Workers......Page 167
Poverty......Page 173
Small Businesses......Page 181
Sidebar: Contributing in Big Ways......Page 183
Resource Guide......Page 186
Section 3: Education......Page 191
Educational Trends and Issues......Page 193
Affirmative Action......Page 205
Asian American Studies......Page 209
Bilingual Education......Page 215
College Campus Climate......Page 225
Sidebar: Pipeline for Asian American Faculty and Higher Education Administrators......Page 228
Community College Students......Page 231
Cram Schools......Page 235
Freedom Schools......Page 241
Model Minority Myth......Page 245
Sidebar: Filipino American Youth and Students......Page 250
Parental Pressure and Expectations......Page 255
Retention of College Students......Page 261
Standardized Testing......Page 269
Student Groups......Page 273
Undocumented Immigrant Students......Page 277
Resource Guide......Page 282
Section 4: Health......Page 285
Overview of Health: Understanding Wellness and Disease......Page 287
Sidebar: Bringing Needed Health Research and Advocacy to Asian American Communities......Page 297
Cancer......Page 301
Sidebar: From Cancer Patient to Asian American 282 Cancer Advocate/Activist......Page 306
Cardiovascular Health......Page 313
Complementary and Alternative Medicine......Page 325
Diabetes......Page 331
End of Life......Page 341
Gambling......Page 347
Health Care Access......Page 353
Infectious Diseases......Page 361
Mental Health......Page 369
Sexual Health......Page 381
Substance Abuse......Page 391
Suicide......Page 397
Tobacco Use......Page 411
Resource Guide......Page 418
Section 5: Identity......Page 421
Psychological Approaches to Understanding Asian American Identity......Page 423
Sidebar: “To P or Not to P?”: Identifying P/Filipino Americans......Page 428
Sidebar: Generation and Identity......Page 433
Asian American Identities in Hawai‘i......Page 437
Beauty Pageants......Page 445
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Identity......Page 449
Multiracial Asian and Pacific Islanders......Page 461
Sidebar: Multiracial Asian Americans at a Glance......Page 462
Pan-South Asian Identity......Page 469
Racial Features and Cosmetic Surgery......Page 475
Religious Identity and Marginalization......Page 481
Resource Guide......Page 489
Volume 2......Page 495
Section 6: Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship......Page 507
Overview: Examining Key Issues......Page 509
Citizenship and Naturalization Rates......Page 521
Detention and Deportation......Page 529
Sidebar: From Fleeing Persecution to Life on the Streets......Page 532
Family Immigration......Page 541
Sidebar: Victims of the Backlog......Page 544
Human Trafficking......Page 549
Public Benefits......Page 557
South Asians in a Post–September 11th Environment......Page 565
Southeast Asian Refugees......Page 573
Undocumented Immigrants......Page 579
Women Immigrants......Page 585
Resource Guide......Page 594
Section 7: Law......Page 597
Legal Issues, Past and Present......Page 599
Affirmative Action......Page 611
Civil Rights and Community Legal Advocacy......Page 617
Sidebar: Lawyers, Judges, and Law Students......Page 620
Cultural Defense......Page 623
Domestic Violence and Immigrant Women......Page 629
Homeland Security and Racism......Page 635
Language Rights and Language Discrimination......Page 641
Prisoners......Page 647
Racial Violence and Hate Crimes......Page 657
Sidebar: The Murder of Cha Vang: A Hate Crime?......Page 658
Sidebar: Racial Profiling......Page 665
Resource Guide......Page 668
Section 8: Media......Page 671
Portrayals in Film and Television......Page 673
Sidebar: Who is Harlemm Lee?......Page 678
Directors in Hollywood......Page 689
Sidebar: Mira Nair......Page 692
Independent Film......Page 695
News Coverage......Page 701
Sidebar: Hurricane Katrina News Coverage......Page 702
Sidebar: Ethnic Press......Page 706
Popular Music......Page 711
Rappers and “Turntablists”......Page 715
Resource Guide......Page 717
Section 9: Politics......Page 721
Voting Behavior and Political Participation......Page 723
Asian American Movement......Page 741
Coalition Politics......Page 745
“Donorgate” and Wen Ho Lee......Page 751
Naturalization and Voting......Page 755
Sidebar: 2008 Presidential Election......Page 759
Racial Attitudes in the Twenty-First Century......Page 763
Women’s Activism and Politics......Page 771
Resource Guide......Page 779
Section 10: War......Page 783
Overview of War and Its Effects: Past and Present Issues Unresolved......Page 785
Sidebar: On the Bases: U.S. Military Occupation and the Future......Page 794
Comfort Women......Page 797
Sidebar: Bringing Public Recognition to War and Asian Americans: Mike Honda......Page 802
Continuing Impact of Genocide on Cambodian Americans......Page 809
Continuing Impact of the Korean War on Korean Americans......Page 819
Filipino World War II Veterans......Page 833
Hmong and Lao American Vietnam Veterans......Page 841
The Iraq War......Page 847
Japanese Latin American Redress for World War II Internment......Page 853
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Refugees and War Veterans......Page 859
Post–Vietnam War Tensions in the Vietnamese American Community......Page 867
Resource Guide......Page 873
Section 11: Youth, Family, and the Aged......Page 877
Overview: Understanding Generations......Page 879
Sidebar: Increases in the Divorce Rate......Page 888
At-Risk Youth......Page 895
Children as Language and Cultural Brokers......Page 903
Disabilities within Families......Page 911
Elderly Poor......Page 919
Family Violence......Page 927
Filial Piety and Caregiving......Page 939
Sidebar: Taking Care of Elders......Page 943
Intergenerational Relations......Page 947
Interracial and Interethnic Dating and Marriage......Page 957
LGBTIQ People Coming Out......Page 965
Same-Sex Marriages......Page 973
Transnational Families......Page 981
Transracial Adoption......Page 991
Resource Guide......Page 998
Index......Page 1001
About the Editors and Contributors......Page 1035