Asian-Americans in Oregon

A brief summary

Your sticky note will be used at the end of this presentation to label the maps of Asia and Pacific Island countries. 

Activity!

FIRST!

Please take notes on your blank map - and begin to outline the areas of origin included in "Asian and Pacific Islander" category - ...this will help with the activity.

Where are the countries of origin, included in the category of"Asian and Pacific Islander", located on a map?

South AsiaBangladeshBhutanIndiaNepalPakistanSri Lanka

Southeast AsiaBruneiCambodiaIndonesiaLaosMalaysiaMyanmarPhilippinesSingaporeThailandVietnam

East AsiaChinaJapanMongoliaNorth KoreaSouth KoreaTaiwan

South PacificFijiNew CaledoniaTahitiTongaVanuatuWallis & Futuna

Eastern PacificAmerican SamoaFrench PolynesiaKiribatiNauruPitcairn IslandSamoaTuvalu

Western PacificGuamMarshall IslandsMicronesiaNorthern Mariana IslandsPalauPapua New GuineaSolomon IslandsWake Island

North PacificHawaii

Please check your sticky note to find out if your country will be part of the map of Asia and Pacific Island activity... - some of you will have two, check carefully!

Who Are They?"APA is an abbreviation for "Asian-Pacific Americans," a general term referring to (people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent) following a definition of race and national origin by the Office of Management and Budget."  Office of Management and Budget/Census Bureau  http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/asian/reference/census_what_is_an_apa.asp

Asian Pacific IslanderBangladeshi                Javanese

Bhutanese                   Korean

Burmese                      Malayan

Borneo                         Laotian

Cambodian                  Maldivian

Filipino                        Pakistani

Ceram                          Okinawan

Chinese                       Other Asian

Celebesian                   Nepali

Hmong                        Sikkim

Indian                          Singaporean

Indochinese                 Sri Lankan

Indonesian                  Sumatran

Iwo-Jiman                   Thai

Japanese                    Vietnamese    

Asian, not specified (2)

Hawaiian            Trukese (Chuukese)

Guamanian        Gongan

Fijian                  Tokelauan

Carolinian          Tarawa Islander

Other Pacific Islander

North Mariana Islander

Melanesian

Pacific Islander, not specified

Kosraean            Yapese

Polynesian

Papua New Guinean

Palauan

Ponapean (Pohnpeian)

Samoan

Solomon Islander

Countries of Asia Included in “Asian and Pacific Islander” Category

South AsiaAfghanistanBangladeshBhutanIndiaNepalPakistanSri Lanka

Southeast AsiaBruneiCambodiaIndonesiaLaosMalaysiaMyanmarPhilippinesSingaporeThailandVietnam

Countries of Asia Included in “Asian and Pacific Islander” Category

Countries of Asia Included in “Asian and Pacific Islander” Category

East AsiaChinaJapanMongoliaNorth KoreaSouth KoreaTaiwan

Countries of Asia Included in “Asian and Pacific Islander” Category

North Asia (Former USSR)ArmeniaAzerbaijanGeorgiaKazakhstanKyrgyzstanRussiaTajikistanTurkmenistanUzbekistanSouth AsiaAfghanistan 

Countries of Asia NOT Included in “Asian and Pacific Islander” Category

                Countries of the Pacific Ocean that are included in “Asian and Pacific Islander” Category

South PacificAustraliaFijiNew CaledoniaNew ZealandTahitiTongaVanuatuWallis & Futuna

                Countries of the Pacific Ocean that are included in “Asian and Pacific Islander” Category

Eastern PacificAmerican SamoaFrench PolynesiaKiribatiNauruPitcairn IslandSamoaTuvaluNorth PacificHawaii 

                Countries of the Pacific Ocean that are included in “Asian and Pacific Islander” Category

Western PacificGuamMarshall IslandsMicronesiaNorthern Mariana IslandsPalauPapua New GuineaSolomon IslandsWake Island 

     Countries of the Pacific Ocean that are included in “Asian and Pacific Islander” Category

Countries of the Pacific Ocean NOT Included in “Asian and Pacific Islander” Category

South PacificAustraliaNew Zealand

http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/library/maps/cvdatlas/atlas_womens/05-section3.htm

Asian populations in the United States - 1990

South Asian: Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and Sri Lankans

Asians of various ethnicity comprise 95% of the total Asian and Pacific Islander population

History of Asian-Americans in Oregon

   

 1.  The Hawaiian Islanders were among the earliest Asian Pacific groups to migrate to the Pacific Northwest. Hawaiians came in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to work for fur-trading companies such as the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver.

2. The Chinese were the next Pacific Asian group to arrive in the Oregon Territory in the early 1850s. With the discovery of gold in southern Oregon in the early 1850s, hundreds of Chinese immigrants traveled to the Oregon Territory.

3. Throughout the latter part of the nineteenth century Chinese and Japanese laborers came to work in the railway industry. 

4. In the late 1880s, some Oregon residents resented Chinese labor and believed that the immigration and settlement of Chinese communities in the Pacific Northwest hindered jobs available to Euro-Americans. As a result, Chinese immigrants experienced hostility, persecution, and discrimination. 

5. In the early 1900s, Indians immigrated to Oregon as labors for the Pacific & Eastern Railroad Construction

 6. After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, anti-Japanese sentiment grew to an unprecedented height throughout the nation. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which forced citizens of Japan and Japanese American citizens living on the West Coast to leave their homes and relocate to internment camps.

  During the 20th century, other Pacific Islanders and southeastern Asian people immigrated to Oregon. 

Never in the history of the United States have so many people come from the same region in so short a time under such dire circumstances as did the Southeast Asian refugees in the decade after 1975.

1. Filipinos arrived during the 1920s

2.Koreans came to Oregon in the 1950s

3. Thai, Lao, Hmong, Iu-Mien, Cambodian, and Vietnamese immigrated to Oregon throughout the 1970s. 

4. Most of the Hills Tribe (Hmong,The Mien, The Kmhmu ) refugees came in the broad second wave of Southeast Asian resettlement in the early 1980s.

5. By 2000, in Oregon, there are 20,930 Chinese, 10,627 Filipinos, 12,131 Japanese, 12, 387 Koreans, 18,890 Vietnamese, 3,000 Laotians, and 7,976 Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders.  

By 2006, the population of Asian American in Portland area is  6.7% (0.4 % are Pacific Islanders).

 

Resource from the Oregon Historical Society

2009 "American Community Survey" census data on Asian-Americans

Key Points• No. of self-reported Asians

in Oregon: 137,749 (3.6% of population). 

•  41,846 attend school pre-k and up.

•  64% are foreign born•  35% of people 5 years old

and up speak English "less than well"

• Per capita income $25,125 

Source:

2009 selected population data from US Census

* The individual populations of each ethnic group covered by the term "Asian" are too small to accurately convey survey data.

 

Data Include Indian Asians, Pakistanis, Cambodians, Chinese, Japanese, Laotians, Vietnamese, Hmong, Thai, Bangladeshi, Korean, Filipino, Hawaiian and Pacific Islander.

Where do students of Asian/Pacific Islander descent go to school? http://www.ode.state.or.us/sfda/reports/r0067Select2.asphttp://www.clackesd.k12.or.us/about/maps/ESDsMapwithCountyNames.jpg

Portland Metro Area Students of Asian/Pacific Islander descent  2009/2010http://www.ode.state.or.us/sfda/reports/r0067Select2.asp http://www.portlandoctopus.com/portland-neighborhoods/

How does Oregon serve the Asian-American population?

ORS 329.492 (1):    "The department shall consult with theOregon Historical Society in the development of the academiccontent standards in Oregon Studies and in the preparation ofmaterials to support teacher training and classroom instructionin Oregon Studies. The materials shall include a balancedpresentation of the relevant contributions to society by men and women of African-American, Hispanic, Native American,Asian-American and other racial groups in Oregon."

Source: the Oregon Educational Act, 2003

How does PPS serve the Asian American student population?

According to the PPS website, the following schools offer either one-way (for native English speakers) or two-way (for non-native English speakers) immersion programs:                Japanese           K-5: Richmond           6-8: Mt. Tabor             9-12: Grant   * Hosford is the only Mandarin immersion middle school in the country, according to Asian Reporter

MandarinK-5: Woodstock

6-8: Hosford IMS*9-12: Cleveland

Other resources for Asian-American students in the Portland area:

•  The Baseline Essay series, developed by the ME/MC education program for PPS, details multiple aspects of culture and history of minority groups in Portland. Meant for teacher and students, by proxy affects student experience.

http://www.pps.k12.or.us/depts-c/mc-me/essays-4.php•  Asian-American Youth Conference: Held at a college

campus in Portland, schools send "ambassadors" to attend the conference where there is a college fair and career fair

The Model MinoritySource: Goyette, Kimberly & Xie, Yu. "Educational Expectations of Asian American Youths: Determinants and Ethnic Differences. Sociology of Education. Vol. 72, No. 1 (Jan., 1999), 22-36. Avail: Jstore.

- Asian American students score consistently higher on standardized tests...have higher GPA's, and attend four year colleges at higher rates than do white students. 

- Largely as a result of their higher educational achievement, the average family incomes of some Asian American groups surpass that of whites.

- Educators sometimes assume their Asian-American students possess skills that in fact they do not.

- Due to favorable socioeconomic and background characteristics, demonstrated academic ability, and parents' high expectations, Asian-Americans have been labeled the "model minority."

http://www.8asians.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/time-asianamwhizkids.jpg

"Model Minority" ProblemsThere is a large discrepancy between students from different areas that are still labeled as AIP. Many Eastern and Southern Asian American tend to perform higher than others, while Southeast Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders generally perform well below average (Table below).

http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/mf_asianfocus07.pdfhttp://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/08-0608-AAPI.pdf

Figure 9 shows that a significantly high proportion of AIP students (79%) speak a language other than English at home.

By the NumbersOther struggles of Asian American/Pacific Islander Students

• 30% go to high poverty schools, compared to just 18% of white students.

• Spanish is the most common language of students receiving ELL services but it is followed successively by Vietnamese, Hmong, Cantonese, and Korean. 

• Though Asian Americans score an average of 42 points higher on the SAT's than white students, they scored an average of 7 points lower in writing and 17 points lower in reading.

• 19% attend schools that have weak promoting power (less than 50% of freshman advance to senior status in four years) compared to 11% of white students.

•  Asian Americans are more likely than white or black students to attend schools with high concentrations of students receiving ELL services.

• In Oregon, 1 in 8 Asian/Pacific Islander children are born into poverty.

http://www.all4ed.org/files/AsianPacific_FactSheet.pdf

What Can We Do?

STICK TO THE BASICS OF GOOD EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES:

• Get to know your students as individuals. What do they exceed in? What are their weaknesses? How do

they learn best?

• Don't make assumptions based on preconceived notions of ability.