1. June 24, 2005 Kou Yang – Japan Studies Institute 2005 Japanese and American Minorities: A Comparative Study of Minority Experiences Kou Yang Ethnic and Gender Studies California State University, Stanislaus

2. June 24, 2005 Kou Yang – Japan Studies Institute 2005 The Project  To enable students to compare and contrast the experiences of Japanese minorities and those of minorities in the United States through the discipline of Ethnic Studies.  Ethnic Studies: culture, history, and perspective (interdisciplinary studies) –Students are asked to look at the experiences of minority groups from both the majority and minority perspectives.

3. June 24, 2005 Kou Yang – Japan Studies Institute 2005 Japan and The United States

4. June 24, 2005 Kou Yang – Japan Studies Institute 2005 Project Assignment  Term Paper: compare and contrast the experiences of Japanese minorities and those of the minorities in the U.S. –Do library research –Write a term paper –Present it in class  Sub-topics to be included: 1. Historical Background; - Colonization and annexation - Migration/immigration patterns 2. Educational, socio-economic and political experiences. 3. Minority policies. 4. Prejudice and stereotypes of minorities. 5. Minority-majority relations.

5. June 24, 2005 Kou Yang – Japan Studies Institute 2005 Preparing Students for the Project  Session 1: Introduction –Introduction –Race, Ethnicity and Minority (from Students' knowledge) Film: The West – The Speck of the Future and the People  Session 2: Ethnic Studies and Minority –Ethnic Studies (Interdisciplinary Studies) History Culture Perspective (of the ethnic groups being studied) –Race, Ethnicity and Minority (from literature) –Three Common Patterns of Race/Minority-Majority Relations Film: Farewell to Manzanar

6. June 24, 2005 Kou Yang – Japan Studies Institute 2005 How people become minority and majority?  Session 3: How people become minority and majority?  The Three Common Patterns –Colonization –Annexation –Immigration.

7. June 24, 2005 Kou Yang – Japan Studies Institute 2005 Major Minority Groups in The Unites States  Session 4: American Minorities –African Americans –Asian Americans –Chicanos/Latinos –Native Americans –Others

8. June 24, 2005 Kou Yang – Japan Studies Institute 2005 Japanese Minorities Session 5 – Japanese Minorities –Burakumin (2.5M) –Zainichi Chosenjin (Koreans- 700,000) –Ainu (50,000) –Okinawan (500,000) –Nikkeijin (Latin American- Brazilian, Peruvian (275,000) –Konketsuji (Hafu; Daburu) –African American –Jews Films: Go and A Sea Turtle and a Boy Source: Michael Weiner

9. June 24, 2005 Kou Yang – Japan Studies Institute 2005 Japan Source: World Fact Book

10. June 24, 2005 Kou Yang – Japan Studies Institute 2005 Arigatoo Sayonara