-Bring catagories for the syllabus
-Readings, films, field trips, speakers
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Week Six Discussion Questions
Here are some starter questions. Please answer one, or make up a question and answer it yourself. If you happen to think of a really good question, we might answer. :-D
1.At one point in the reading, N noted that many female workers feel obligated to remain “inside” and stick to domestic work in the manner perpetuated by their cultural traditions. What other factors might cause an undocumented worker to feel trapped in particular working situation?
2. There is a distinction between those who can hire and those who are hired. What is your take on this class difference situation as of now and then? Has there been any improvement since the publication of this reading? What factors do you think cause these differences? Do you have any personal experience with this issue?
3. In what ways do organizations such as Sakhi help the immigrant laborer? What should we focus on improving?
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
schedule
week 6- AF and JF
week 7- SP and RP
week 9- RP and JW
week 10- AF and JF
week 11- ID and CF
week 12- AF and JW
week 13- EO and JF
week 14- ID and CF
week 15- SP and EO
Sexuality Subtopics
= Post material you've researched on 'gender, sex, and sexuality' to decide subtopics
- Possibly look at posters, films, etc.
- Possibly look at posters, films, etc.
Syllabus
- Sexuality
= Using Pop Culture as a starting point or a section
-- Movies, Art, Literature
= Stereotypes of Masculinity, Femininity, Age, Gender, Sex, Sexuality, etc.
= Movements
= Find more substantial articles or books
-- use library as a resource or ask professors (from websites) for resources
= Definition of Sexuality (?)
= Title of Course?
-- Gender, Sex, and Sexuality
= Darrel Hamamoto
-- movement of creating 'yellow porn'
= Reasons: Spur discussion, generate interest, relates to other topics
For Next Time
= Research material to decide sub-topics
= Using Pop Culture as a starting point or a section
-- Movies, Art, Literature
= Stereotypes of Masculinity, Femininity, Age, Gender, Sex, Sexuality, etc.
= Movements
= Find more substantial articles or books
-- use library as a resource or ask professors (from websites) for resources
= Definition of Sexuality (?)
= Title of Course?
-- Gender, Sex, and Sexuality
= Darrel Hamamoto
-- movement of creating 'yellow porn'
= Reasons: Spur discussion, generate interest, relates to other topics
For Next Time
= Research material to decide sub-topics
March 9 - Missing Class
Jessica Fong and I will be missing class on Tuesday, March 9 due to a choral performance.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Week 5 - Discussion Questions
Hi guys! Sorry this is very late! Here are some discussion questions.
1. Masson and Guimary discuss Pio de Cano's influence in the Pilipino community in Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Although he became a leader in the Pilipino Pacific Northwest Labourer Community, he was criticised for opposing unions and exploiting workers. What were some of the benefits and the damages he brought to the community?
2. Discuss the social, ethnic, cultural and 'mechanization' factors that inhibited the cannery workers from forming effective worker solidarity. Give suggestions on how to alleviate these.
3. Many Pilipino groups had difficult interrace relations until Virgil Duyungan and Aurelio Simon were assassinated. Would Pilipinos unite against other racial groups if they had not been asassinated?
1. Masson and Guimary discuss Pio de Cano's influence in the Pilipino community in Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Although he became a leader in the Pilipino Pacific Northwest Labourer Community, he was criticised for opposing unions and exploiting workers. What were some of the benefits and the damages he brought to the community?
2. Discuss the social, ethnic, cultural and 'mechanization' factors that inhibited the cannery workers from forming effective worker solidarity. Give suggestions on how to alleviate these.
3. Many Pilipino groups had difficult interrace relations until Virgil Duyungan and Aurelio Simon were assassinated. Would Pilipinos unite against other racial groups if they had not been asassinated?
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Homework this Week
- Research syllabi for Asian American Sexuality, Education (and others if you want)
- Background Info
- Post any comments/ideas that you find or come up with here
- Blog Post!!
- Money if you want Kollaboration Tickets
- Post blog questions by Sunday at 4pm
- Background Info
- Post any comments/ideas that you find or come up with here
- Blog Post!!
- Money if you want Kollaboration Tickets
- Post blog questions by Sunday at 4pm
Possible Field Trips
- Tuesday Night Cafe (April 20)
- Little Tokyo-ness (food+karaoke)
- Kollaboration
- Field Trip with Day Laborers, Pomona Day Laborers Center (Possible Class Project)
- Fernando Pedraza Memorial in Rancho Cucamonga (May 5)
- Union Organization Headquarters
- Japanese American Museum (Special Exhibit Feb 23 - May 30)
- Urban Farms
- Caesar Chavez Pilgrimage (Pomona Day Laborers Center) - Spang
- May Day March
- Association for Asian American Studies National Conference (April)
- AIWA, KIWA, PWC (Event or Speaker)
APALA - Jessica
AIWA - Jessica
KIWA - Elaine
PWC - Alejandro (March 22 Speaker and May Day projects?)
- Little Tokyo-ness (food+karaoke)
- Kollaboration
- Field Trip with Day Laborers, Pomona Day Laborers Center (Possible Class Project)
- Fernando Pedraza Memorial in Rancho Cucamonga (May 5)
- Union Organization Headquarters
- Japanese American Museum (Special Exhibit Feb 23 - May 30)
- Urban Farms
- Caesar Chavez Pilgrimage (Pomona Day Laborers Center) - Spang
- May Day March
- Association for Asian American Studies National Conference (April)
- AIWA, KIWA, PWC (Event or Speaker)
APALA - Jessica
AIWA - Jessica
KIWA - Elaine
PWC - Alejandro (March 22 Speaker and May Day projects?)
Wk 4: Filipino Farmworkers and the UFW
Hi there! Sorry for the short notice on readings and questions, but there were some technical mishaps in the process!
Below are some questions for you to think about before class today. Reflect on your readings and how they deal with today's topic: Filipino Farmworkers and the UFW.
1. Highlight the significant aspects of the Filipino-Chicano coalition in the Farmworkers movement as described in both of the readings. What are the strong points? What are the weaknesses? Do you believe that a stronger coalition was necessary?
2. Both readings significantly emphasized the importance of coalitions in activism. First of all, can you recall any other events in history where a coalition between two different ethnic groups of people was necessary for a movement to occur/to make a difference in a movement's outcome? What about Asian American history specifically? Finally, do you believe that multiracial coalitions are necessary in today's society for groups of people to organize on a single topic?
3. Beginning on pages 144 and 145 of Coalitions, Race, and Labor, the author Rony puts a good amount of thought into describing Filipinos as a minority within a minority, and how the earliest issue to building the coalition was distrust of the two racial groups to each other. Chicanos did not trust Filipinos, while employers simultaneously attempted to keep Filipino farmworkers under their control by threatening to remove seniority from the workers. This is a prime
example of a majority group attempting to pitting minority groups against each other. Is this a common tactic of majority groups throughout either American or Asian American theory? What does this do to the common movement of the minority groups? What impact does this
have on the majority group? What impact does this have on the minority groups? Finally, what was the outcome in this specific situation?
4. Last week, we discussed language issues as a subset of Asian American labor issues, and focused mainly on first, language as a barrier to understanding and trust, and second, language as a freedom to express one's culture. This week's readings brought about a new concept of language, where language is used as a tool to organize, as well as a tool to prevent organization of workers. Discuss these issues as they applied to the Filipino-Chicano situation.
A good resource to check out might be the UFW website: http://ufw.org
Go over their mission statement, vision, about us stuff and just how they define themselves.
Yay!
Below are some questions for you to think about before class today. Reflect on your readings and how they deal with today's topic: Filipino Farmworkers and the UFW.
1. Highlight the significant aspects of the Filipino-Chicano coalition in the Farmworkers movement as described in both of the readings. What are the strong points? What are the weaknesses? Do you believe that a stronger coalition was necessary?
2. Both readings significantly emphasized the importance of coalitions in activism. First of all, can you recall any other events in history where a coalition between two different ethnic groups of people was necessary for a movement to occur/to make a difference in a movement's outcome? What about Asian American history specifically? Finally, do you believe that multiracial coalitions are necessary in today's society for groups of people to organize on a single topic?
3. Beginning on pages 144 and 145 of Coalitions, Race, and Labor, the author Rony puts a good amount of thought into describing Filipinos as a minority within a minority, and how the earliest issue to building the coalition was distrust of the two racial groups to each other. Chicanos did not trust Filipinos, while employers simultaneously attempted to keep Filipino farmworkers under their control by threatening to remove seniority from the workers. This is a prime
example of a majority group attempting to pitting minority groups against each other. Is this a common tactic of majority groups throughout either American or Asian American theory? What does this do to the common movement of the minority groups? What impact does this
have on the majority group? What impact does this have on the minority groups? Finally, what was the outcome in this specific situation?
4. Last week, we discussed language issues as a subset of Asian American labor issues, and focused mainly on first, language as a barrier to understanding and trust, and second, language as a freedom to express one's culture. This week's readings brought about a new concept of language, where language is used as a tool to organize, as well as a tool to prevent organization of workers. Discuss these issues as they applied to the Filipino-Chicano situation.
A good resource to check out might be the UFW website: http://ufw.org
Go over their mission statement, vision, about us stuff and just how they define themselves.
Yay!
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