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Asian Pacific Americans' Social Movements and Interest Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2002

Kim Geron ,
Enrique de la Cruz ,
Leland T. Saito  and
Jaideep Singh
Kim Geron
Affiliation:
California State University, Hayward
Enrique de la Cruz
Affiliation:
California State University, Northridge
Leland T. Saito
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Jaideep Singh
Affiliation:
Oberlin College
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For at least 150 years, Asian Pacific Americans have faced racial discrimination, violence, and segregation. Unable to vote before World War II, many used legal challenges and other non-electoral means to fight for equality (Salyer 1995). Family and regional associations formed for economic needs, while other groups organized to defend worker rights (Bulosan 1973; Kwong 1997; Yoneda 1983). Civil rights organizations such as the Japanese American Citizens League (founded in 1930) and the Chinese American Citizens Alliance (founded in 1915) promoted assimilation and opposed discrimination.

Type
Research Article
Information
PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , September 2001 , pp. 619 - 624
Copyright
© 2001 by the American Political Science Association

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