Asian immigration and American race-relations

From exclusion to acceptance

Bibliographic Data

ID2145646
AuthorsSharon M Lee (University of Richmond, corresponding author)
Year1989
Volume12
Issue3
Pages368-390
Publication date1989-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.1989.9993640
OpenAlexW2032709101
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited48

This article discusses some contributory factors to the dilemma that confronts Americans of Asian ancestries. This dilemma includes the neglect of this population in public forums on American minorities and the many barriers that prevent Asian Americans from participating fully in the social, economic, and political systems of the United States. A theoretical model that incorporates economic competition, cultural racism, and American nativism is proposed and used to examine historical and contemporary relations between Asian- and Euro-Americans. Two examples illustrate the model's propositions: the Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 and an analysis of self-employment patterns among Asian Americans using 1980 census data. The article concludes that, while blatant exclusion of, and discrimination against, Asian Americans are matters of the past, the complete acceptance of Asians as Americans remains an elusive goal because of persistent cultural racism and nativism in American society

Asian americans · Criminology · Dilemma · Ethnic group · History of Asian Americans · Immigration · Political science · Psychological nativism · Racism · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy