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The Yellow Power Movement
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The Yellow Power Movement
Neraiah M., Jasmine S., Esther K., Nhu T., Mimi H.
Group #15
Vietnam War
What is the Yellow Power Movement?
- Started around 1950s, and lasted for almost 20 years
- Asian Americans faced mistreatment from others
- Violence, racism, misogyny, gentrification
- Catalyzed Asian Americans branching off into Anti-war Movement independently
- Adopted ways of Black activists
- Many Asian ethnicities came together to fight for the same goals
- Anti-war
- Voicing Asian Americans' opinion about little representation and belittlement
Examples
Origins
Third World Liberation Front Strikes
Consequences / effects of the protests/impacts on laws
Origins
Protests
- Vietnam War
- Third World Liberation Front Strikes
- International Hotel
Groups
- Red Guard Party (1969)
- Asian American Political Alliance (1968)
- Student-led Strike on the San Francisco State and University of California Berkeley Campus' in 1968.
- Was a fight for a higher demand of Asian, African American, Chicano, and Native American Studies.
- Concept of "Third World": This term was coined because of the shared oppressions many of the students had in common. It has shared links to western colonization in third world countries like: Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
- Civil Rights Movement
- 1950s-1960s
- Blacks were fighting against racial segregation and discrimination
- Groups like Black Panther Party arose
- Asian immigrants faced their own discrimination
- Immigration Act of 1917
- Reed Johnson Act of 1924
- Anti-Asian sentiment
IMPACTS
The outcome of this march established two major things:
- Ethnic Studies Programs were now Established on 250 Colleges, Universities, and Schools
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- More Asian Americans became more involved with their own communities and the Asian American movement.
Questions/Comments?
Present times
International Hotel
What about now?
San Francisco (Manilatown); 1960-70s
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC (founded in 1991; Washington D.C. )
- "... works to advance the human and civil rights of Asian Americans, and build and promote a fair and equitable society for all." (Facebook)
- Persistent stereotyping
- Racial prejudice
- Harvard under investigation by DOJ for racial prejudice in admissions; discrimination against Asian Americans
- Anti-eviction movement
- Tenant resistance to eviction
- Rising student activists demand for better education for minorities
- Asian American students, activists support
- August 4, 1977 - violent police force used
- Protestors and activists lined up to prevent police action; "We won't move!"
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