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Summary Of The Four Prisons And The Movements Of Liberation

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Racism toward Asian Americans existed, primarily, during 1965 through late 1975s and continues to exist. The proof that racism exists was an example of a hate crime that happened in 1982 against a Chinese American in the U.S. The proof of this hate crime was a video shown in class called, “Who killed Vincent Chin.” Therefore, Glenn Omatsu author of, “The Four Prisons and the Movements of Liberation,” describes the history of the struggle of racism a social movement of ups and downs for Asian Americans. Omatsu discussed the internment camps in his essay that happened in World War II, when the Japanese Americans struggled against racism along with other Asian Americans, and further describes the fight to end racism through political activism. Japanese American activists joined the battle against all racism in in America by being activists with the leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and others, even though Asians did not receive high profile recognition they still rose above this …show more content…

Therefore, Omatsu describes where the struggle against racism stands for Asian American with this description, “… racism lies in the realm of attitudes and “culture” and not institutions of power.” Omatsu states that Asian Americans efforts to end racism through political activism, led to a better life for everyone during history leading up to 1980s. Additionally, he made the point that he believes people of color can rise above racism through the way they were brought up. “Omatsu believes the people of color can rise through merit, which they contend can be measured objectively through tests, grades, and educational attainment”(Omatsu p 210). Omatsu talks about for Asian Americans who struggled with many ups and downs through this period and how they overcame the racism that had to do with the internment by gaining merit with hard work, and

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