Movies like Big Trouble in Little China, create ahyperbolic image of Chinatown, in which the spirituality prevalent in most Asian cultures isdepicted as comedic or evil.

The depictions of Asian culture in music and film are extensions of the stereotypesAsian-Americans faced during the Cold War.

America touted that the Asians in the U.S. were successful because manyhad the nuclear family dynamic popularized in the 1950’s: father works, mother stays at home,and the kids work hard at school.

tropes of attractive femininity and vulnerable childhood followingthe end of the Pacific War

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The success, or lack thereof, became seen as an Asian-American problem rather than aresult of discrimination.

over-fascination intothe culture, looks, and actions of Asians during the Cold War. Orientalism became a mysterioustopic in American society, White Americans became mystified by an exaggerated curiosity aboutthe Asian culture

Asian Americans were abandoned by the governmentbecause it perpetuated a stereotype that Asian-Americans were fine without it. They sufferedduring the Cold War because they were deemed the “Model Minority,” leaving them to their owndevices.

There must have been a lot of evidence against them

The plight of Asian Americans was ultimately carried out by fellow Americans.

Racism

The Cold War created a distinct struggle for Asian-Americans between living up to thereputation created for them and their ability to maintain individual identities tied to their Asianroots

Yasutake joined the military in a bid to get his father released from prison sooner

, “...Asians donot know about the resources available.”

Asian-Americans have been used as tools for the U.S.government, while being persecuted and discriminated against by the American government,military, and people.

Americans were perceived to succeed, while never giving them the opportunity to succeed

Since World War II even

U.S. soldiers used local “comfort women” and prostitutes to fulfill theirsexual and romantic desires and then left them to be ridiculed by civilians and disgraced in theeyes of the governments that convinced the women to take such a role.

always

each generation became more immersed inAmerican culture than the last

at home

while portraying the U.S. imperialism as heroic

“the I-Hotel, this low income housing unit primarily housed theManongs, who were the first wave of Filipino immigrants” ... “realized the importance of livingin their communities, and the systemic removal of what the city deemed disposable people.”

The

“YellowBrotherhood” was an organization of Asian youth in Los Angeles seeking to fight oppression ofnot only Asian-Americans, but of minorities as a whole.

the U.S. did little but perpetuate and enable hate and stereotypes inAsian-American communities during the Cold War

As the Civil Rights movementbegan to gain momentum in the African American communities, many other minority groupsbegan to follow suit.

hypocritically

Asian-Americans could only obtain success when they adhered to the way ofliving prescribed by the government. While the government characterized the Asian-Americancommunity as acquiescent, as the Cold War persisted and the racism intensified, an Asian CivilRights movement arose.

“We have plenty of allies buta number of them do not contribute in the same generous and noble way in which we do.”

After Japanese Americans being hypocritically interned

internationally in the fight for equality.

Asian-Americans within the countries

Women of color throughout the United States allied9themselves as the Cold War progressed into the next wave of feminism. Asian-American womenjoined in this struggle to create a better role for women in society.

constantly consisted

As seen in Taiwan, Vietnam,and Korea during the War, Asian women were often used as props to satisfy or protect men

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shock those now complaining about the hardships endured by the Negroes

However, the treatment and beliefs of Asian-Americans during the Cold War isscarcely examined, or discussed, in common education settings

The country took advantage of its minorities, no matter how willingAsian-Americans to try and assimilate and show their loyalty to the United States, the U.S.began its trend of abandoning minorities after they fulfill their purpose to the government: evenwhen the victims are its own citizens

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has historically been troubled,

This idea spewed by the United States, and believed by theAmerican people, created an idea about Asian-Americans’ success that was far from the harshreality for these immigrants.

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Asians in America.