Thursday, December 8, 2016

Canan's Journey To America

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Diversity
3. Immigration
4. Discrimination
5. Reflection 



Introduction: The person I chose to interview was my friend's mom, Canan Ho. I chose Canan Ho because she is like my second mom, I've known her since I was 12 years old. I admired her because she immigrated to the United State at a very young age and she did not know how to speak nor understand english. This is a video about Canan's journey to America, from suffer through racism, inequality, and mistreatment. I hope you guys enjoy a little insight on her life!      

Chinese grasped the opportunity to claim U.S citizenship and used their new status to send for their sons and daughters. -AJA Chinese America Women Defense Worker. (pg. 142)                                                                                

                                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We6GNINEKjI


The picture is Canan's family before she moved to the United States for her education and her career, they were born in Vietnam and raised in China. Canan grew up with her siblings and cousins. Growing up, Canan's family were not wealthy and it was very hard for her mother to take care of her children.


Diversity: The friends, co worker and people that she met based on their ethnicity, gender, language, and their religion has taught her a lot. Getting to know each one of them and learning their history background. People with different opinions, backgrounds, religious beliefs, political beliefs, sexual orientations, heritage, and life experience.



California's booming economy, increasingly centered on high technology, demanded a more educated, specialized work force. -Competing Visions: A History of California. (pg.316)



The Chinese experience in America began with dreams of gold, as legends of instant wealth in California lured hopeful adventurers across the Pacific Ocean. Those dreams soon lost their luster, though; these sojourners found mostly hard times and persecution, and scrambled to survive in a strange country.
Only through decades of struggle, isolation, and slow progress were Chinese Americans able to find a secure place in the life of the nation. Today, though, a new surge of growth and cultural vitality promises to transform the Chinese American community, and to reshape American life for future generations.

                                         

Immigration: Canan's journey happened when she was 18 years old when she moved to the United State. Canal's sister paid for her expense when she lived in San Francisco but she need to pay her sister back when she get a stable job. It was a very easy processed for Canan to become a citizen in U.S because her sister is already married in L.A for about 6 years. 15 years later, she met her husband in San Francisco and decided to marry him then have kids together. When she immigrated to the United State, she found a job that related to the clothing industry. Most of the time she spent was working at a clothing construction is sewing, a seam is where two or more layers fabric, leather, or other materials are held together with stitches. Seems are classified by their types such as plain, lapped, abutted, or French seams. 

Being employed in a defense industry gave some Chinese American women a sense of belonging— of finally being accepted by American society. -AJA Chinese America Women Defense Worker.  (pg. 147)


When Canan moved to the United State, she had a hard time speaking english, so she went to school and hired a tutor to help her. She studied day/night trying to learn english as her second language and she finally decided to go to school to become an esthetician for her major career. 


Discrimination: Lets be honest, the problem that most people were facing when immigrated to the United State is not known for being multilingual. So imagine arriving here in U.S.A, unable to speak english. Try getting a job, making friends, or even completing a basic tasks like buying food or filling out forms was the challenging part.


The war create a favorable climate for Chinese Americans to be accepted by American society.. -AJA Chinese America Women Defense Worker. (pg.140)



Reflection: Looking back through her journey, she do not regret anything at all. She wishes her children to finish school and stay healthy. Chinese immigrants wanted to improve their lives that had to barrow money to come to the US. 

 

"Many of us made sacrifices to live in the US, the changes that we made, and the language that we need to learn to get a better job."-Canan Ho

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