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November 6, 2008Chueng-Ryong Ji
KSEA President-Elect
International Migration and Network ofKorean-American Scientists and Engineers
Outline
• Demographic Background in US & Brief History of Immigration• Personal KSEA Experiences• Reflection on KSEA Activities• Concluding Remarks
Demographic Background in USPopulation ClockU.S. 303,634,416World 6,656,772,73604:17 GMT (EST+5) Mar 15, 2008US Total Population = 281.4 M (April 1,’00)Asian Population = 11.9 M (~4.2%) = 2.7 M (Chinese) +2.3M (Philipino) +1.9M (Indian) +1.2M (Korean) +1.2M (Vietnamese) +1.1M (Japanese) +….In 1990, US Total Population = 248.7 M Asian Population = 6.9 M
~13% increase~72% increase
Median Age•US total = 35.3 yrs. •Asian only = 32.7 yrs.•Asian combo = 31.1yrs.
WWII
WWI
WWII
WWI
Pearl Harbor Attack1941Executive Order 9066Roosevelt-Ford1942-------1976
Early History of Asian Immigration1600s: Chinese & Filipinos reach Mexico1763: First Filipinos in America1790: First Asian Indians in US1820: First Chinese in US1848: Gold Rush in CA (Opium War 1842-1852)1882: US-Korea First Treaty1886: US approved Korean Immigration1898: Philippine & Hawaii annexed to US1902: King Kojong recognized approval of immigration1903-05:6701man+677woman+465children to Hawaii1905: Kongnip Hyop Hoe, Kongnip Shinpo1906: San Francisco Earthquake1907: Japan-US ``Gentlemen’s Agreement”1914-18: WWI1939-45: WWII (Nazism failed)
Evening Bulletin in Hawaii
Feb.26,1903``They appear to be hard workers, yet they
are paid the least. … would work tenhours from dawn to sunset for sixty-ninecents a day.”
1906~1924: Korean ``picture brides”``Korean men insisted on marrying Korean women only.”
After WWII1950-53: Korean War1956: CA repeals its alien land law; Dalip Singh Saund elected to Congress from CA1962: Daniel Inouye-US senator; Spark Matsunaga-US Congressman from Hawaii1964: Patsy Takemoto Mink-first Asian American woman to serve in Congress1965: Immigration Law abolishes ``national origins”; Asians become equal footing with others in US.1974: March Fong Eu elected as CA’s secretary of state1975: Vietnam War ends.1979: Diplomatic relation with People’s Rep. of China1982: Vincent Chin clubbed to death by two Euro-American men1987: Korean immigration peaked1990: Immigration Act of 1990; Korean immigrants ~18K/yr.
Personal Experiences in KSEA2007-08: Vice President, Chair of National Contest Committee & Scholarship Committee2006-07: Program Chair of US-Korea Conference (UKC2007)2004-07: Elected Councilor of Group A1998-01: Elected Councilor of Group A1992-94: NC-Chapter President1989-99: Organizer of NC-Chapter Workshops & Technical Symposiums
Motivations & Difficulties~1903: Earn money and live a better life.~1980: Prospects of a higher standard of living; Better opportunity for child education.• Language barrier (different from Indians & Philippines)• Cultural shock (unfamiliar with American customs)• Economic restriction & political inequality• Not a large enough group (different from Chinese & Japanese)• Exclusion from Chinese/Japanese-American organizations
•Little choice but to join non-ethnic or multi-ethnic mainstream groups•Learning from other cultures and from their own 2nd generations•Understanding difficulties of others
Major Activities• US-Korea conference (UKC) on science,
technology, and entrepreneurship• National math & science competition (NMSC)• Young generation technical & leadership
conference (YGTLC)• Scholarships for undergraduate and graduate
studentsWA(1) WI NE(3) OR(1) IL(1) IN NJ(1) NW Region(1) MO CA(5) MD(1) SW Region(1) AL(1) NC(1) TX(2+1) MS(2) GA(1+1)
Raleigh, North CarolinaJuly 16-19, 2009
Science Contest Snapshots
Rocket Challenge
Egg Drop Contest
Raft Rally
Members by Ages
Age
14%
11%
23%32%
18%2%
Over 60
50-60
40-50
30-40
20-30
Below 20
Visions for Greater KSEA
• To become a premier association to promotethe application of science and technology forthe general welfare of society
• To foster the international cooperationespecially between the US and Korea
• To represent the majority of ethnic Koreanscientists and engineers in the US
(Korean-American Scientists & Engineers Association)
Concluding Remarks
• First generation was the seed for the next generation.• Being a role model has been very
difficult.• However, we stood up on our own
cultural root and the heritage from ourmotherland.