Overview
In this section we will explore a broad range of topics and events pertaining to the Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences, and examine their contributions to the state and U.S. throughout history. Topics may include: immigration, intergenerational conflict, the myth of the model minority, the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, U.S. Supreme Court Case Lau v. Nichols regarding the right to an equal education, the unique experiences of Southwest Asians (Middle Eastern populations) such as Arabs, Armenians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Coptic-Christians, Iranians, Mizrahi Jews, Kurds, and Yazidis; South Asians such as Sikhs, Hindus, Afghans, Bangladeshis, Indians, Pakistanis, and Sri Lankans; Southeast Asians such as Cambodians, Hmong, Laotians, Indonesians, Malaysians, Myanmarese, Thais, and Vietnamese; East Asians such as Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, and Taiwanese; Filipina/o/x; Pacific Islanders, and U.S. colonialism and imperialism in the Pacific.
Another theme that this course could focus on is an in-depth study of the migration of various people of color to the US. Within this theme of history and movement, we will explore intense migration periods like:
Southeast Asian Refugee Crisis, South Asian Immigration, Migration from Europe in the 17th and 18th Centuries, Native American Removal, Migrants and Refugees from Latin America, The First Great Migration (1910-194) and The Second Great Migration (1940–1970) and Populations Displaced by War and Genocide.
Another theme that this course could focus on is an in-depth study of the migration of various people of color to the US. Within this theme of history and movement, we will explore intense migration periods like:
Southeast Asian Refugee Crisis, South Asian Immigration, Migration from Europe in the 17th and 18th Centuries, Native American Removal, Migrants and Refugees from Latin America, The First Great Migration (1910-194) and The Second Great Migration (1940–1970) and Populations Displaced by War and Genocide.