Lesson 4
VI.
1. They found those Korean-Americans isolated and helpless, and recognized the attacks as a threat to Asians as a whole. For many Asian-Americans, the riots represented as an assault on their faith in America.
2. The total population of Asian-Americans is about 7.3 million. Nearly 2.5 million arrived during the 1980s. The fastest increasing groups are Koreans and Vietnamese. About half of Asian immigrants settle on the Pacific coast while hundreds of thousands move on to New York and dozens of cities in between.
3. They were brought to the United States in the 1860s to work on continental railroads as coolies. They were ill-treated and vilified as a “population befouled with all the social vices”. In 1887, there occurred the Snake River Massacre in Oregon, in which 31 Chinese were robbed and murdered.
unity 教程4. Asian families earn an average of $35,900 per year, more than the average for white families. However, as the Asian family is larger, their per capita income is actually less than that of white people.
5. They are called the “model minority” because of their superiority to other races in habits of study and work. They are said to embody the American Dream of hard work, thrift and success. Asians, however, rebel against the model-minority label as another insidious stereotype. They think that it is a subtly racist excuse not to help underprivileged Asians and to hold back even average Asians on the ground that they already have “natural” advantages.
6. Because they believe that Asian-Americans have accepted the white mainstream culture and white people love them for everything the blacks are not.
7. They are making great efforts to preserve and acquire the Asian culture by improving their original language proficiency, attacking the model minority image and Asians who forget their original culture.
8. The main obstacles are skin color and lack of English proficiency.
9. The Indo-Chinese group is most noted for street gang activities. The main cause is unemployment.
10. The ties within each small Asian group are close and family connections are strong. A key link in the system is rotating credit association. However, many Asians lack a larger sense of unity and bring ancient rivalries from native countries. Most Asian support groups are based on nationality or even smaller units.
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Outline
I. Impact of the Los Angeles riots
(1—2)
1. Korean sufferings and helpless state
2. Assault on Asian-Americans’ faith in America
II. Racial bias against Asian-Americans
(3—7)
1. Asian immigrants’ uglified image in the past
2. Present model-minority label and its harmful effects
3. Resentment against Asians for their success and behavior
4. Asians’ isolation from the rest of the society
5. Boycotts and assaults on Asian businesses
III. American culture’s influence
(8—12)
1. Fast increase of Asian immigrants wishing to realize the American Dream
2. Second generation’s tendency to abandon Asian values
3. Identity crisis resulting from two cultures’ pull
4. Young people’s efforts to preserve the original culture
5. The least assimilated group: Chinatown residents
IV. Discrimination against Asians
(13—17)
1. Hurdles for assimilation
2. Glass ceiling
3. Unemployment
V. Similarities and differences between Asians and Blacks
(18—21)
1. Similar sufferings
2. Similar spiritualities
3. Asian-Americans’ less difficulty in shrugging off the legacy of discrimination
4. First-generation Asian immigrants’ incredibly hardworking and thrifty character
VI. Asians’ ties and political status
(22—24)
1. Close community ties
2. Lack of a larger sense of unity
3. Underrepresentation at all government levels
VII. Author’s view concerning the development of Asians’ sentiment
(25)  Unlikely to become a wider political movement
Lesson 6
Answers to the Questions
V. 1. B  2. B  3. B  4. C  5. D
VI.
1. Because they regard First Amendment freedom as essential American rights and will not allow any restriction on it.
2. Because it holds the view that the reform will place restriction on individual rights and therefore should be fiercely resisted.
3. Because the situation is not the same as before. In the 1950s, McCarthy and his inquisitors trampled the free expression of left-wing view; and so for the next two decades or so it was essential to defend the principle of free speech at every opportunity. Now the free speech is not in jeopardy, it should not be rigidly defended.

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