JAPN 307: Japan-American Experience
Course description: This course focuses on Japanese-American experience from the 1860s to the present as an ongoing study in ethnographic assimilation, including early immigration and response; immigration and labor laws; property rights; and WWII internment. Students identify and evaluate the issues of the ethics of assimilation, racial and ethnic discrimination, educational opportunity, social justice, and cultural identity. Taught in English.
Course description: This course focuses on Japanese-American experience from the 1860s to the present as an ongoing study in ethnographic assimilation, including early immigration and response; immigration and labor laws; property rights; and WWII internment. Students identify and evaluate the issues of the ethics of assimilation, racial and ethnic discrimination, educational opportunity, social justice, and cultural identity. Taught in English.
Course Narrative:
This class was based on the history of the first generation of Japanese people coming to America. During this class I was able to learn about a new culture and the struggles they had to overcome to come to this country. One of the things that was the most interesting to me was that during this course I learned more about the attack on Pearl Harbor, and how this event changed the lives for many Japanese-American in this country. One of the projects I did for this class was a presentation about the life of many Japanese-American in the concentration camps. I choose this topic because learning about the way they suffer and the conditions they lived in had a great impact on me.
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