Reprinted from The Journal of Ethnic Studies, Volume 11, Number 4 (Winter), 1984, 57-63. For decades into the twentieth century, Asians in Canada seemed mute in presenting their thoughts, ideas, and sensibilities about their lives to the larger Canadian world. Some, however, wrote secretly of the unjust treatment from immigration officials in Victoria. In 1919, [...]
Reprinted from The Journal of Ethnic Studies, Volume 9, Number 3, Fall 1981, 37-46. Probably without recognizing the ethnic component in North America, Edward Said’s theory of Orientalism (1) has helped us understand how images of Asians are structured in the Western world. While Said is more interested in the Middle East, his analysis of [...]
Reprinted from Asian Studies, Volume XI, Number 1, April 1973, 151-164. The death of Yuan Shih-k’ai in 1916 not only established Tuan Ch’i-jui as the strong man of China, but also climaxed the rise of military men and militarism to the pinnacle of political power. The political fortunes of China, once controlled by civilian bureaucrats [...]
Ten miles east of Tucson, Arizona, the Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Site in the Coronado National Forest is easily reachable by traveling up the Catalina Highway, also known as the Mount Lemmon Highway and the Hitchcock Highway. Going north toward Mount Lemmon, it’s a bit beyond the seven mile marker. Turn left on Prison Road and [...]
During the summer of 1967, I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in part for the rich heritage of the Marines and the need to establish myself as a red blooded American like my friends. I am Chinese and wanted to be like everyone else in the Caucasian community we lived in. Marin County [...]