Strangers From A Different Shore Chapter 7

Because the Koreans migrated largely independently (unlike the Chinese immigrants, who were often brought over in labour groups), they weren't forced to settle on the Hawaiian islands.  Because of this, the disappointment that came from the initial realization that America isn't as great as it was made out to be, many chose to migrate over to the mainland rather than integrate themselves into the Hawaiian community that other immigrants had established.  This again brings up the question of the impact of the labour colonies on settlement practices.  The Chinese communities formed on the Hawaiian islands were largely the result of the forced settlement through labour contracts.  The lack of this with Korean immigrants not surprisingly resulted in little settlement there.


I wonder how the cultural values of the duty to the family compared between Korean families in Chinese Japanese families.

On the Hawaiian Islands the Koreans seem to be strangers amongst strangers from a different shore because they had trouble fitting in

I wonder which ethnicity Asian immigrants were stereotyped more as Chinese or Japanese.

It would be interesting to compare the labor done by latin Americans today to the type of labor that was done by an Asian immigrants

It seems the Korean immigrants strived to become more westernized, due to the perceived failure of earlier Chinese Japanese immigrants by maintaining their old customs.

I would imagine that due to Japanese control over Korea, the stereotyping of Koreans as Japanese immigrants would have been more painful for Korean immigrants to endure.

It's odd that the migrants' passionate patriotism conditioned commitment to education, because today Korea it is viewed as a very education oriented society.Was always like this, or was this a major contributing factor to the societal quirk?

Did the anti-Japanese sentiment held by many Koreans make Koreans more appealing to Americans who also detested Japanese people?

There seems to be a contradiction, and that in the earlier part of this chapter, to cocky mentions that a prevalent attitude amongst Korean immigrants was that they had to become westernize , and abandon their traditional practices. However, in the rest of the chapter, to cocky describes how Korean practices were still a very active part in their life.