The discussion in this chapter examines the struggles of the Filipinas/os community to build a unified movement behind the Filipino center in the wake of the demolitions and destruction of Little Manila to build crosstown freeway. It also discusses how Filipino center "illustrate how racial or ethnic communities in urban places struggled over space, power, and resources in wake of postwar urban redevelopment." At first, forming this opposition to the redevelopment project was a struggle because there were so many factors that hinder actions from the Filipinas/os communities. Among the community itself, there was an internal struggle of differences that slightly hinder them from gathering together and strongly working together to tackle this issue within their communities. For instance, "many of them did not think they had enough power or resources to be politically influential." Much of the community was still divided by the ethnic organizations since World War II such as "mutual mistrust, language differences, class, generation, and status (i.e. newcomers and old-timers). However, with a new leadership from the second and third generation along with a mix of newcomers, the community began to unite together to make their voices heard.
With the unity and work of "strategic alliance of progressive old-timers, educated postwar immigrants, and second and third generation Filipina/o American college students" the community was able to come together to challenge the white and Filipina/o power structure in Stockton. This marked one of the major beginning movements that sparked a larger movement throughout the West Coast in 1960s-1970s.
Due to the 1965 Immigration Act, many Filipinas/os were able to reunite with their families. It also allowed a larger wave of immigrants with professional backgrounds to arrive in the U.S. Among these groups, Filipinas nurses dominated with some doctors and other educated professionals. This increase in the Filipinas/os population contributed widely to their fight and movements for power.
Much of the struggles discussed in this chapter, also share similarities with other Asian American communities as well. For instance, much of the what the Filipinas/os went through in fighting for their communities, we later see the Hmong and other groups doing the same in their small communities. According to my analysis of my community issue, I see that there's clearly a strong link between the issues presented within the FIlipinas/os community and those in my Hmong community. At first, some of the differences divided the groups but when they realized that looking at it from the larger picture, the issues affected everyone regardless of class, status, and generation. The only way to truly tackle the issue to work in unity and share ideas and problem-solving strategies to approach the situation, which was very similar to what the Filipinas/os did for their own community.
With the unity and work of "strategic alliance of progressive old-timers, educated postwar immigrants, and second and third generation Filipina/o American college students" the community was able to come together to challenge the white and Filipina/o power structure in Stockton. This marked one of the major beginning movements that sparked a larger movement throughout the West Coast in 1960s-1970s.
Due to the 1965 Immigration Act, many Filipinas/os were able to reunite with their families. It also allowed a larger wave of immigrants with professional backgrounds to arrive in the U.S. Among these groups, Filipinas nurses dominated with some doctors and other educated professionals. This increase in the Filipinas/os population contributed widely to their fight and movements for power.
Much of the struggles discussed in this chapter, also share similarities with other Asian American communities as well. For instance, much of the what the Filipinas/os went through in fighting for their communities, we later see the Hmong and other groups doing the same in their small communities. According to my analysis of my community issue, I see that there's clearly a strong link between the issues presented within the FIlipinas/os community and those in my Hmong community. At first, some of the differences divided the groups but when they realized that looking at it from the larger picture, the issues affected everyone regardless of class, status, and generation. The only way to truly tackle the issue to work in unity and share ideas and problem-solving strategies to approach the situation, which was very similar to what the Filipinas/os did for their own community.