Japanese Americans Immigration and Culture

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varies from observable patterns of behavior to constructive values and unconscious assumptions that are difficult to express.
Culture, is constructed from the experiences of the individual and is shaped by the physical, social, and political contexts of life as experienced by the group. Racial relations reflect the moral and social climate of America. Early exploitation and discrimination testify to the inherent racist beliefs and attitudes of Americans at the urn of the nineteenth century and most of the twentieth. Japanese Americans were the object of denigration and stereotyped misconceptions that regulated the prejudicial reaction.
The process used by the minority culture involves, first, a recognition of the fundamental racism of American society and, second, the rejection of racism as a viable reality and, third, the education of others as a means to change the social schema to one of equality. When appropriation is not an available option, the majority culture ...

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experiencing the effects of change. Industrialization and urbanization were transforming the social configuration. The Civil War was recent history and the ramifications and repercussions of that historical event were of primary concern in the transformation. Immigration became an issue as the freed slave and immigrant fought for employment opportunities. Industrialization meant both an expansion and a retraction of acceptance for minorities. Discrimination was rampant toward all of the minority cultures.
Into this social milieu came the Issei, or first generation immigrant. They had been born into the agrarian society of feudal Japan and chose to face the unknown in America rather ...

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