Asian-American issues

thumb|300x300px|Jean-Léon Gérôme, [[The Snake Charmer, . Clark Art Institute.]] In art history, literature, and cultural studies, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects of the Eastern world (or "Orient") by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world. Orientalist painting, particularly of the Middle East, was one of the many specialties of 19th-century academic art, and Western literature was influenced by a similar interest in Oriental themes.

250px|thumb|Indian labourers in British Trinidad and Tobago; around 1890s

sentiment against China, its people, overseas Chinese, or Chinese culture

act of US Congress in 1882 that prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers

racist color-metaphor that represents East Asian peoples as an 'existential danger' to the West Europe and America

supervillain in a series of novels by the English author Sax Rohmer during the first half of the 20th century, based off ethnic stereotypes

fictional character

string of shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, United States

1924 United States anti-immigration law

hatred or fear of anything Japanese

thumb|Headlines announcing Surrender of Japan|Japan's surrender in [[World War II]] Jap is an English abbreviation of the word "Japanese". In the United States, Japanese Americans have come to find the term offensive because of the internment they suffered during World War II. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Jap was not considered primarily offensive. However, following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Japanese declaration of war on the US, the term began to be used derogatorily, as anti-Japanese sentiment increased. During the war, signs using the epithet, with messages such as "No Japs

slur for a Chinese person, especially a Chinese Australian or a Chinese American

view that a group that achieves a higher degree of socioeconomic success than the population at large

stereotype and stock character

Asian American nonprofit advocacy organization

series of rallies against violence and racism

US 1790 citizenship act

Gook ( or ) is a derogatory term for people of East and Southeast Asian descent. Its origin is unclear, but it may have originated among U.S. Marines during the Philippine–American War (1899–1902). Historically, U.S. military personnel used the word "to refer to any dark-skinned foreigner, especially a non-European or non-American."Roediger, David. (March 1992).

murdered in 1982 in Detroit, USA

Chinaman is an offensive term referring to a Chinese man or person, or widely a person native to geographical East Asia or of perceived East Asian ethnicity. The term is noted as having pejorative overtones by modern dictionaries. Its derogatory connotations evolved from its use in pejorative contexts regarding Chinese people and other East Asians, as well as its grammatical incorrectness which resembles stereotypical characterizations of Chinese accents in English-speaking associated with discrimination. The usage of the term Chinaman is strongly discouraged by Asian American organizations.

2011 book by Amy Chua

history of racial discrimination

public holiday in the Philippines

in the US and Canada

Japanese-American group of backup dancers

mountain in Alberta, Canada

ethnic stereotypes found in American society about East Asians

murder of elderly Asian-American man in California, United States

animosity toward China or Chinese people in the United States

US effort to prosecute alleged Chinese spies

sexual obsession with Asian people expressed by non-Asians

fictional character

United States Supreme Court case