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1946 Philippines granted independence from the United States. Luce Cellar Act passes through
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1955 Holt Agency begins international and interracial adoption of Korean children. |
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1965 Hart Cellar Immigration Act signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. Ends the racially motivated "National Origins" criteria of 1924 act. Race-blind immigration leads to new influx of immigrants from Asia and Latin America. First year Asian immigrants outnumber European immigrants to United States. East West Players, the 1st Asian American theater, formed in Los Angeles.
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1966
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1969 Evelyn Chen '01, The Black Power Movement and the Asian American Movement Student Third World Liberation Strike at San Francisco State College. Asian American, African American, Latino and Native American students strike for ethnic studies. Longest student strike in US during the 60s and generally acknowledged as the birth of the Asian American Movement. Radical criticism of "White America"developed: Institutional Racism Examined
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1970 Asian American Theater Company founded in San Francisco.
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1974 Korean Produce Association of New York (KPANY) formed in 1974.
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1975 Maxine Hong Kingston's Woman Warrior published. Bestseller that brings Asian American perspective to mainsteam reading public. Controversy erupts within Asian American community when Frank Chin criticizes Kingston's work. |
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1988
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1992 April 29th - Los Angeles Riot Following the acquittal of 4 white LAPD officers for the beating of Rodney King, violent protest breaks out in South Central Los Angeles. For three days, the destruction is unchecked turning from a protest of police brutality into a multiracial riot. It resulted deaths, injury and massive destruction in the riot areas. 50% of all businesses damaged and looted were owned by Korean Americans and Korean merchants. Interpretations of the riot have been numerous, including: It was an uprising of the poor after years of neglect during the Reagan era. Successful in getting government to pay attention. It was a Black-White conflict motivated by the Rodney King video. Latino, Asian, White and Black businesses were caught in the middle of the persistent Amerian race problem. It was a Korean - Black conflict, following years of racial misunderstanding caused by 1) Economic tensions between Korean shops and African American communities, 2) the Media for sensationalizing racial tensions 3) racism by Korean merchants such as the shooting of Latasha Harlins by Merchant Soon Ja Du or 4) racism by African Americans such as Ice Cube or Nationalist leaders who viewed Korean Merchants as economic predators. It was the first "multi racial" riot, including immigrants from many different countries including Latin American countries. The tension represented the stress of globalization and diversity on one community.
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