The books chosen for this quarter have panted an interesting picture of what it is to be of AAPIA descent. Starting the quarter with reading the history of AAPIA immigration really helped set the scene for many of the books that fallowed. In the past, I have taken courses that looked at the legal issue of immigration and it is an interesting parallel to many of the cultural challenges for immigrants. It is chilling to think of how truly xenophobic American culture is. It is also interesting to see how different peoples have reacted to this. In the past I have learned about European immigrants lives, both because of a want to know of my own history, and because that is what is taught in school when the idea of immigration is introduced. It is good to see the other stories and to see how much of a different experience so many AAPIA peoples have had in immigrating to the US. Even with in the AAPIA community every group of people’s experiences are different, an idea that is often left out of many efforts at describing AAPIA experiences in immigration. This course has provided much food for thought.
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I was unable to obtain the film for this week.