Asian American Paper

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Moon, Jo. Korean immigrants and the challenge of adjustment. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
This book explains the History of Korean immigration and the evolution of Korean assimilation in America. Moon goes into detail about the motives of immigration for Korean first generations. Moon goes further and discusses the issues of the language barrier many Koreans had when first arriving to America. He collected most of his data through questionnaire survey and case-study interviews, focusing primarily on problems such as social isolation, family tension, and the challenge of earning a livelihood. This source will be very helpful to my research because it provides a deep insight into the history of the first Koreans that arrived here in the United States and what they did in order to assimilate and succeed. Because this author received most of his information from studies and interviews, there should not be much bias, however, avoiding bias on complicated topics such as racism and prejudice is almost not possible. This should not hurt my research but provide a different voice in my paper.

Engles, Tim. "Chang-rae Lee 's Native Speaker". Eastern Illinois University. 5/14/10 http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cftde/ns.html

"Reception of Asians to the United States". 5/14/10 http://science.jrank.org/pages/10966/Reception-Asians-United-States-Asian- Immigration.html

Nazli, Kibria. Becoming Asian American : second-generation Chinese and Korean American identities. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002

"Asian Nation: Asian American History. Demographics. & Issues". Asian Nation. 5/14/10 http://www.asian-nation.org/assimilation.shtml

ABSTRACT

I am interested in exploring the theme of assimilation of first generation Koreans in America. I will also hope to tie this theme of Korean assimilation with the stereotype of Asians being the model minority, and in turn, are racially profiled. In Jo Moon’s Korean

Bibliography: Moon, Jo. Korean immigrants and the challenge of adjustment. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999. This book explains the History of Korean immigration and the evolution of Korean assimilation in America. Moon goes into detail about the motives of immigration for Korean first generations. Moon goes further and discusses the issues of the language barrier many Koreans had when first arriving to America. He collected most of his data through questionnaire survey and case-study interviews, focusing primarily on problems such as social isolation, family tension, and the challenge of earning a livelihood. This source will be very helpful to my research because it provides a deep insight into the history of the first Koreans that arrived here in the United States and what they did in order to assimilate and succeed. Because this author received most of his information from studies and interviews, there should not be much bias, however, avoiding bias on complicated topics such as racism and prejudice is almost not possible. This should not hurt my research but provide a different voice in my paper. Engles, Tim. "Chang-rae Lee 's Native Speaker". Eastern Illinois University. 5/14/10 http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cftde/ns.html "Reception of Asians to the United States". 5/14/10 http://science.jrank.org/pages/10966/Reception-Asians-United-States-Asian- Immigration.html Nazli, Kibria. Becoming Asian American : second-generation Chinese and Korean American identities. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002 "Asian Nation: Asian American History. Demographics. & Issues". Asian Nation. 5/14/10 http://www.asian-nation.org/assimilation.shtml ABSTRACT I am interested in exploring the theme of assimilation of first generation Koreans in America. I will also hope to tie this theme of Korean assimilation with the stereotype of Asians being the model minority, and in turn, are racially profiled. In Jo Moon’s Korean immigrants and the challenge of adjustment, I will further investigate the history of Korean immigrants and the deeply rooted problems still alive today such as family tensions, social isolation and the still ongoing challenges of earning a livelihood. As a result, by analyzing what, and how, he learns, I hope to arrive at a conclusion about how Koreans are still struggling to assimilate to white American culture and how prejudices and racism are still in effect today. I will research the relevance of the LA riots and how the government and police had failed to protect the Korean owned businesses which were freely open to attacks.