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Korean and Jewish immigrants
Koreans immigration started late 1800’s when its former government, Chosun, was in the brink of Japanese occupation. However, it was only after immigration act of 1965 abolished the quota on Asian immigration when number of Korean immigrants increased in great numbers. Early Korean settlers are limited in terms of occupation and struggle to integrate into American society with its distinctive culture compared to that of local. Korean immigrants ventured out into the underdeveloped cities where most demographics were composed of minor ethnic population and run small businesses such as dry cleaners or convenience stores. This led into a conflict between Korean and other minorities such as Los Angeles riot in 1992, when African American people demonstrated its tension against Asian community and destroyed their private properties in response.
While Jewish peddler establish its distinctive culture based on its religious belief and code of conduct an developed its experience to take urban occupation in America, Korean immigrants also establish its cultural identity, which later influence its population to become more lucrative and prosperous, based on its conventional philosophical believes in its traditional ideology, Confucianism and Taoism. Confucianism once was a national religion in the former government of South Korea, Chosun dynasty. It penetrates deeply into South Korean culture and still its principle dictates cultural formation in many aspects. Confucianism is a philosophical teaching that emphasizes the importance of diligence, humbleness, and discipline. In its philosophical belief system, those values are the most important code of conduct one has to follow to success in its society. Taoism is similar to Confucianism in terms of its structure and it conveys that one can success no matter what he or she begin with and address the power of knowledge. The affiliation of two conventional belief systems on Korean culture is somewhat close to the influence of Judaism on Jewish culture especially when Judaism and Korean traditional ideologies provide similar philosophical guidance to people belongs to each culture and how they affects the formation of Jewish and Korean immigrants culture in America.
Koreans immigration started late 1800’s when its former government, Chosun, was in the brink of Japanese occupation. However, it was only after immigration act of 1965 abolished the quota on Asian immigration when number of Korean immigrants increased in great numbers. Early Korean settlers are limited in terms of occupation and struggle to integrate into American society with its distinctive culture compared to that of local. Korean immigrants ventured out into the underdeveloped cities where most demographics were composed of minor ethnic population and run small businesses such as dry cleaners or convenience stores. This led into a conflict between Korean and other minorities such as Los Angeles riot in 1992, when African American people demonstrated its tension against Asian community and destroyed their private properties in response.
While Jewish peddler establish its distinctive culture based on its religious belief and code of conduct an developed its experience to take urban occupation in America, Korean immigrants also establish its cultural identity, which later influence its population to become more lucrative and prosperous, based on its conventional philosophical believes in its traditional ideology, Confucianism and Taoism. Confucianism once was a national religion in the former government of South Korea, Chosun dynasty. It penetrates deeply into South Korean culture and still its principle dictates cultural formation in many aspects. Confucianism is a philosophical teaching that emphasizes the importance of diligence, humbleness, and discipline. In its philosophical belief system, those values are the most important code of conduct one has to follow to success in its society. Taoism is similar to Confucianism in terms of its structure and it conveys that one can success no matter what he or she begin with and address the power of knowledge. The affiliation of two conventional belief systems on Korean culture is somewhat close to the influence of Judaism on Jewish culture especially when Judaism and Korean traditional ideologies provide similar philosophical guidance to people belongs to each culture and how they affects the formation of Jewish and Korean immigrants culture in America.