Question

What does the term "Oriental" sociohistorically signify? Integrate Chapter 1 from the textbook

""Oriental' is for Objects and 'Asian' is for People: Asian Americans as the Racialized Other"

when discussing the layers of social meanings attached to the term, "Oriental." How has it been

employed and applied to Asian Americans? How have Pacific Islanders figured into this label

and social reality? What role has "race" and the "racialization process" played in contributing to

the proliferation of this label and all of the layers of social meanings attached to this term.

Discuss and incorporate Angelo Ancheta's notion of "foreigner racialization" and "perpetual

foreigner" status of AAPIDAS. How have laws and case law informed these processes and labels

for AAPIDAS?