Overcoming Forced Transformation
Overcoming Forced Transformation
Behind each Hawaiian tradition, each Korean military wife, and each diligent Filipino nurse lays a history of unseen obstacles. The gender-discriminating and racist obstacles these Asian American and Pacific Islander women went through created the path for the senses of agency, resistance, and resilience used to overcome harsh, life changes. What these women have gone through to get to where they are today not only helped shape who they are, but also has transformed our understanding of women’s history. Hawaiian hula tradition is seen across the media as a beautiful, cultural dance done to entertain a crowd. Indeed, it is incredibly beautiful, but it is much more than entertainment. The hula and many other …show more content…
Filipino nurses in the Philippines were excited to take this opportunity because they had learned English and trained to be professional nurses. Plus, the economic issues had encouraged Filipino nurses to pursue successful nursing opportunities in America. However, when they came to America, becoming a nurse was far harder than they had ever imagined. The United States imposed changes among the requirements for a nursing license. The Filipino nurses continuously had high failure rates among examinations for their nursing license. Even when nursing organizations were created to help the Filipino nurses, they “Had little power to affect exploitative recruitment practices and the high failure rate on American licensing exams,” (Choy, 341). This did not stop the Filipino women, though; they created alliances that fought for all Filipino women in America against “Discrimination in any area – whether in employment, housing, education, and others,” (Choy, 343). More and more organizations were being created by these women to ensure equal rights and to stop racial discrimination within the medical field. With slow progress, the Filipino nurses in America show us a great aspect of resilience. No matter what it took, they fought hard to get an equal medical career in America. Each obstacle these Asian American and Pacific Islander women have overcome and the paths they took to overcome them has allowed us to notice the true meanings of actions, adjustments to the unfair norms, and persistence towards an equal life throughout women’s history. Agency, resistance, and resilience were used to allow these women to become successful in a world full of discrimination. Their experiences shaped their lives and transformed our understanding of their history from now
Behind each Hawaiian tradition, each Korean military wife, and each diligent Filipino nurse lays a history of unseen obstacles. The gender-discriminating and racist obstacles these Asian American and Pacific Islander women went through created the path for the senses of agency, resistance, and resilience used to overcome harsh, life changes. What these women have gone through to get to where they are today not only helped shape who they are, but also has transformed our understanding of women’s history. Hawaiian hula tradition is seen across the media as a beautiful, cultural dance done to entertain a crowd. Indeed, it is incredibly beautiful, but it is much more than entertainment. The hula and many other …show more content…
Filipino nurses in the Philippines were excited to take this opportunity because they had learned English and trained to be professional nurses. Plus, the economic issues had encouraged Filipino nurses to pursue successful nursing opportunities in America. However, when they came to America, becoming a nurse was far harder than they had ever imagined. The United States imposed changes among the requirements for a nursing license. The Filipino nurses continuously had high failure rates among examinations for their nursing license. Even when nursing organizations were created to help the Filipino nurses, they “Had little power to affect exploitative recruitment practices and the high failure rate on American licensing exams,” (Choy, 341). This did not stop the Filipino women, though; they created alliances that fought for all Filipino women in America against “Discrimination in any area – whether in employment, housing, education, and others,” (Choy, 343). More and more organizations were being created by these women to ensure equal rights and to stop racial discrimination within the medical field. With slow progress, the Filipino nurses in America show us a great aspect of resilience. No matter what it took, they fought hard to get an equal medical career in America. Each obstacle these Asian American and Pacific Islander women have overcome and the paths they took to overcome them has allowed us to notice the true meanings of actions, adjustments to the unfair norms, and persistence towards an equal life throughout women’s history. Agency, resistance, and resilience were used to allow these women to become successful in a world full of discrimination. Their experiences shaped their lives and transformed our understanding of their history from now