Involvement in Ethnic Organizations and Community Activism Among Asian Immigrants in the United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-338
Author(s):  
Chigon Kim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Asian Immigrants ◽  
Community Activism ◽  
Ethnic Organizations

Ethnic Organizations and Adaptation: A Case Study of Indian Immigrant Engineers in the US

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-335
Author(s):  
Meghna Sabharwal ◽  
Roli Varma ◽  
Zeeshan Noor
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Asian Immigrants ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
Ethnic Organizations ◽  
Asian Immigration ◽  
The Us ◽  
Indian Immigrant ◽  
Immigration Assimilation ◽  
Ethnic Associations

Abstract The United States has witnessed waves of immigration throughout its history, with the current immigration policies regulated by the reforms enacted under President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. Immigrants now come from all over the world, with China and India supplying the largest numbers in science and engineering (S&E) fields. Although the US is seen as coping rather successfully with immigration from Europe, that is not the case with Asian immigration. Assimilation theorists have long argued that Asian immigrants face problems in adapting to the American culture and lifestyles; in contrast, multicultural theorists have hailed cultural diversity brought by Asian immigrants. Ethnic organizations can play an integral role in Asian immigrants’ adaptation and integration in the United States. Utilizing 40 in-depth interviews of Indian immigrant engineers working in the US technology companies, the present study examines if they belong to ethnic associations. If yes, why do they feel a need to belong to these associations? If no, why not? It further sheds light on their need to belong to such associations. The findings show that the need to belong to Indian associations varied with the stage of their lives, which can be depicted as a U-shaped curve.

Scotch-Irish Identity and Attitudes to Home Rule

2018 ◽  
pp. 87-134
Author(s):  
Lindsey Flewelling
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Home Rule ◽  
Irish Society ◽  
Ethnic Organizations ◽  
Irish Identity ◽  
Ethnic Heritage

This chapter surveys the immigration and identity formation of the Scotch-Irish in America during the nineteenth century. Two ethnic organizations, the Scotch-Irish Society of America and the Loyal Orange Institution of the United States, are analysed as windows to Scotch-Irish ties back to Ireland the involvement in the unionist cause. The chapter explores the ways in which the Scotch-Irish responded to Irish-American calls for Home Rule and independence, attempted to support the unionists, and remained connected to Ireland. The Scotch-Irish were influenced by and remained interested in conditions in Ireland. In addition, the Ulster Scots themselves were affected by the actions and legacy of the Scotch-Irish. They used Scotch-Irish ethnic heritage to help form their own “Ulsterman” identity, which was in turn utilized to unify the unionist movement.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Lindsey Flewelling
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Home Rule ◽  
Ethnic Organizations ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Irish America ◽  
Irish Identity ◽  
Central Argument

This chapter provides a brief introduction to the two strands of history that intersect throughout Two Irelands beyond the Sea: the histories of Irish unionism and Irish-America. The chapter lays forth the book’s central argument, that the reciprocal relationship between Irish unionism and the United States must be understood as part of a wider appreciation of the unionist movement in the Home Rule era. Moreover, the United States greatly influenced the ways in which Irish unionists conceived of themselves and of their own movement, through both their conflicted attempts to gain American support and their use of the United States and Scotch-Irish identity symbolically in their fight against Home Rule. The chapter also argues that the links between Protestant Irish-America and Ireland are a key part of understanding the development of Scotch-Irish ethnic organizations in this time period.

2. Race and the American republic

2016 ◽  
pp. 25-51
Author(s):  
Madeline Y. Hsu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mixed Race ◽  
The United States ◽  
Asian Immigrants ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Institutional Practices ◽  
Property Ownership ◽  
Asian Immigration ◽  
The Right ◽  
Successful Integration

Asian immigration tested American ideals of equality, forcing the issue of whether all racial groups could be integrated into the United States. “Race and the American Republic” describes the various laws—including the 1790 Nationality Act, which limited the right of citizenship by naturalization to “free white persons”; the 1913 Alien Land Law; and the 1917 Barred Zone Act—that shaped attitudes and institutional practices regarding whether and how Asians could claim rights and belonging. Exclusion at the borders paralleled laws that enacted forms of segregation domestically. The cornerstones of successful integration into American lives—citizenship, property ownership, and mixed-race marriage—were made unavailable to later Asian immigrants.

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