Questions and Topics We Can Help You Answering;
Using the source and materials that I gave you!!! Do not use outside source. Thank you
The following are questions to encourage you to think about your assigned
readings (and lecture). Your essays should reflect, insofar as possible, your own
ideas, analyses, etc. You should rely primarily on the works assigned in
class. Do not forget to make references wherever appropriate. Be
comprehensive in your answers. I shall be looking for your ability to synthesize
material, to be critical, and to be original. Use the questions below as outline to
your answer.
1. (5 P)
How and why Korean immigrants came to be the most entrepreneurial ethnicity?
Include the debate over the sources of Korean American entrepreneurship.
2. (10 P)
A. Draw upon DY Kim’s article, “The Pursuit of Elite High Schools and Colleges
among Second-Generation Korean Americans” and my lecture notes on
Educational Practices.
How do Korean American family and community emphasize the educational
performance and career choice of college students. Provide concrete examples
of such practices.
B. Drawing upon Lew’s article: “The ‘Other’ Story of Model Minorities,” explain
why there is a wide range in educational experience among Korean American
youth.
3. (12 P)
Use the following two articles. Discuss both the strengths and weaknesses of
each article. How could each article be improved?
• Kim, Sharon: “Shifting Boundaries within Second-Generation Korean
American Churches”
• Min, Pyong Gap and Dae Young Kim: “Intergenerational Transmission of
Religion and Culture’
4. (13 P)
The Los Angeles Civil Unrest in spring 1992 were among the most violent and
destructive events in twentieth-century urban America.
A. Use my article, “Changing the Business Plan” and the film, “Wet Sand.”
What were some of the ways Korean immigrant merchants in South
Central experienced the Unrest?
B. Since 1992, how have Korean Americans’ racial relations with Blacks and
Latinos transformed? In what ways?
Use the following two articles.
• Park, Kyeyoung: “Analysis of Latino-Korean Relations in the Workplace”
• Park, Kyeyoung: “The Racial Cartography of Blacks, Latinos, and
Koreans”
5. (Answer either A or B of Question 5; 5 P)
5A. We had a guest speaker from KIWA. How would you explain to a friend
programs and activities (or campaigns), and visions of KIWA?
5B. Deann Borshay Liem produced a documentary about Korean adoption: First
person plural. In relation to the theme of this course, discuss what is at issue
here.
Once again, DO NOT USE OUTSIDE SOURCE, USE THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS!!!! Thank you.
