Chapter 9- Chinese, Japanese, and French Canadians

Reading chapter nine was really interesting because I enjoyed reading about the different minorities from other regions. First, the book mentions about the Chinese of SF's Chinatown is the most famous investment that I believe the Chinese anywhere in the US have contributed most of there heritage to.  Most of Chinatown has to do with working, shopping, and socialized. They were overcrowded mainly in slum areas. The Chinese had provided shops, services, communal organizations, and entertainment to Chinatown. Most Chinese outside of California also were involved in mining. Agriculture was also a huge deal for the Chinese. The book has many interesting facts and information about the Chinese and I feel like they have so much to offer to our society today. We have Chinatown, cities such as Daly City and San Francisco have a huge population of Chinese people, Chinese New Year, horoscopes, the yummy food, history from 1800's to present day, some of the famous people in our society are of Asian decent, some of the prettiest arts and sculptures, and many more that we have adopted from the Chinese people. 

Secondly, The book states the first group of Japanese to come were the "political refugees in 1869" (Daniels 250). Japanese immigrants were very successful in the long run. The Japanese American community developed generational lines. Most Japanese were urbanized. There cultural organizations were unique. The Japanese government courage the Japanese to adopt to Western dress, educate their children was there top priority. "In the 1880's and 1890's many and perhaps a majority of Japanese worked at urban occupations, but by 1900 their economic focus was agriculture where it remained" (Daniels 253).  The Japanese Americans were very diveresed. Most of them began to practice Buddhism which I thought was very interesting, they brought their culture here and began to practice in the churches in America. Most of the Japanese's religion was Christian. Religion had showed a sense of difference and devotion for them. 

Lastly, the chapter talks about the French Canadians. Most of the goals for the Canadians were to make money and go back for farmland which I noticed shows a similarity with other groups that came to the America's made money, either sent remittances or send back money back home. I found it interesting how important religion was to the French Canadians and how many different ways they had called their people of worship. French and Irish were seen as "papist interlopers by nativists" (Daniels 262). The French Canadians had some similarities to the Germans and most from the Irish. 

I very much enjoy how the French incorporated there identity to Canada. I remember when I went to Ontario most things are written in French if you go to certain restaurants and the street names are very unique. They also have many French like buildings in the cities. There is a feel as if you are in France =] .