strangers from a different shore by ronald takaki

The recently arrived immigrants face a language barrier which is only the part of the many difficulties they endure in US. The need for America to value the Native Speakers of Languages other than English.

Takaki goes in depth on nearly many occurrences that each Asian country has overcome and currently deals with.Ħ pages, 2599 words The Term Paper on Asian American Literature Henry Immigrants Lee Berkeley in Ethnic Studies and the grandson of immigrant plantation laborers from Japan has both the knowledge and personal passion of Asian-Americans that allows him to go into great details of the history and diversity of this ethnic groups struggle to become recognized in America for who they are and why they are here instead of what they did for this country.

A common ground brings these people together but their separate countries and even within a country different regions will strive and be defeated or surpass the others in their separate historical ways. Although the commonalities of hardships that exist between the Asian ethnic groups are greatly the same that can also be separated from likeness just as easy. Asian-Americans come from the same part of the world, the same continent, yet their struggles have left them in different situations. Half of all immigrants that enter the U.S. Currently Asian-Americans represent the fastest growing minority group in the United States. Asian-Americans have overcome drastic situations to carry the status that they do today. Asian-Americans are those whose roots are from Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Philippines, Japan, China, Cambodia, Korea, and Hmong to name the most common. Immigrants of Asia represent many countries and many different situations that have brought them to this “better” country with hopes for “more opportunities” to succeed. Strangers From A Different Shore by author/professor Ronald Takaki has brought a new perspective of my growing knowledge of the hardships and endless obstacles that Asian-Americans have struggled with through their immigration experience.

Strangers from a different shore by ronald takaki