Asian American Politics Law, Participation, and Policy

by Lai, James S.; Brackman, Harold; Chang, Edward T.; Chao, Hon. Elaine L.; Erie, Steven P.; Geron, Kim; Hing, Bill Ong; Kim, Thomas P.; L. Kitano, Harry H.; Lee, Taeku; Lien, Pei-te; Locke, Gary; Makela, Lee A.; Maki, Mitchell T.; Mineta, Norman Y.; Nakanis

• ISBN13: 9780742518490
• ISBN10: 0742518493
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-04
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

For the first time, this book brings together original sources on key topics influencing Asian American politics, knit together by expert scholars who introduce each subject and place it in context with political events and the greater emerging literature. Court cases, legislation, demographics, and key pieces on topics ranging from gender to Japanese American redress to the Los Angeles riots to Wen Ho Lee round out this innovative reader on a politically active group likely to grow in number and electoral impact.

Author Biography

Don T. Nakanishi is director and professor of the Asian American Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. James S. Lai is assistant professor of political science and ethnic studies at Santa Clara University.

Table of Contents

Figures, Illustrations, and Photographs	ix
Boxes and Tables	xi
Preface	xv
Introduction: Understanding Asian American Politics	1	(18)
Don T. Nakanishi
James S. Lai
Part I Historical Forms of Civic Engagement and Protest: Selected United States Supreme Court Cases
Introduction	19	(4)
Historical Struggles for Equal Protection Rights
Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886)	23	(6)
Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944)	29	(6)
Historical Struggles for Naturalization Rights
Takao Ozawa v. United States, 260 U.S. 178 (1922)	35	(6)
United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, 261 U.S. 204 (1923)	41	(6)
Part II The Impact of Immigration Laws on Asian America
Introduction	47	(4)
Immigration Act of 1924	51	(30)
Lee A. Makela
Making and Remaking Asian Pacific America: Immigration Policy	81	(8)
Bill Ong Hing
Part III The Period of Political Incorporation (1965 to Present)
Introduction	89	(4)
Political Research and Demographic Trends
Asian American Politics: An Agenda for Research	93	(20)
Don T. Nakanishi
Becoming Citizens, Becoming Voters: The Naturalization and Political Participation of Asian Pacific Immigrants	113	(22)
Paul M. Ong
Don T. Nakanishi
The Asian American Movement and Beyond: 1960 to Present
The `Four Prisons' and the Movements of Liberation: Asian American Activism from the 1960s to the 1990s	135	(28)
Glenn Omatsu
Serve the People: An Exploration of the Asian American Movement	163	(18)
Kim Geron
Transnational Politics and Identities
New Immigrants, New Forms of Transnational Community: Post--1965 Indian Migrations	181	(12)
Sandhya Shukla
Asian Pacific American Voting Behavior
Ethnicity and Political Adaptation: Comparing Filipinos, Koreans, and the Vietnamese in Southern California	193	(18)
Pei-te Lien
Gender and Political Involvement among Chinese Americans in Southern California	211	(20)
Janelle S. Wong
Asian Pacific American Non-Voting Behavior
Beyond ``Politics by Other Means''? Empowerment Strategies for Los Angeles' Asian Pacific Community	231	(16)
Harold Brackman
Steven P. Erie
Prospects for Pan-Ethnicity: Coalition or Competition?
Asian Pacific Americans and the Pan-Ethnic Question	247	(14)
James S. Lai
Politics, Media, and Racial Profiling
The Backdoor and the Backlash: Campaign Finance and the Politicization of Chinese Americans	261	(20)
Taeku Lee
Race, Class, Citzenship, and Extraterritoriality: Asian Americans and the 1996 Campaign Finance Scandal	281	(16)
L. Ling-chi Wang
Profiling Principle: The Prosecution of Wen Ho Lee and the Defense of Asian Americans	297	(6)
Frank H. Wu
Wen Ho Lee and the Consequences of Enduring Asian American Stereotypes	303	(14)
Spencer K. Turnbull
Elected Leadership
Campaigns, Elections, and Elected Officials	317	(14)
James S. Lai
Wendy K. Tam-Cho
Thomas P. Kim
Okiyoshi Takeda
Transcending the Bamboo and Glass Ceilings: Defining the Trajectory to Empower Asian Pacific Islander American Women in Politics	331	(24)
Elena Ong
Remarks at the Tenth Annual Conference of the Committee of 100	355	(4)
Elaine L. Chao
The One-Hundred Year Journey: From Houseboy to the Governor's Office	359	(6)
Gary Locke
Remarks at the University of Rochester Annual Meliora Weekend	365	(4)
Norman Y. Mineta
My Story: Being American Means Setting Expectations High	369	(4)
David Wu
Part IV Contemporary Public Policy Issues in the New Millennium
Introduction	373	(4)
Affirmative Action
The Affirmative Action Divide	377	(30)
Paul M. Ong
Japanese American Redress and Reparations
Japanese American Redress: The Proper Alignment Model	407	(14)
Harry H. L. Kitano
Mitchell T. Maki
Labor Organizing
Building an Asian Pacific Labor Alliance: A New Chapter in Our History	421	(10)
Kent Wong
Urban Riots: A Case Study of the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising
America's First Multiethnic `Riots.'	431	(10)
Edward T. Chang
Political Redistricting
Asian Pacific Americans and Redistricting Challenges in 2001	441	(10)
Leland T. Saito
Index	451	(18)
About the Contributors	469