Blog Post #5

All Man Are Not Created Equal: Asian Men in U.S. History

By reading the article “All Man Are Not Created Equal: Asian Men in U.S. History”, I notice that Asian men are struggling with their masculinity by losing economic ground and power both in public and at home. When Asian men live in their county, usually most of them are dominant. For example, they have a good job, earn more money, have power and are respected by other people. But as immigrants of color in the U.S., they lose their positions. They don`t have good economic supporting which forces them to work in “feminized” job, such as domestic service. As domestic servants, they become the subordinate of the white people which makes them lose their power in public. They can`t do what they want to do before as immigrants. They need to do what they want them to do in order to get paid.  In the article, it says that “…he worked as a domestic servant for a white family who treated him like a cat or a dog” (Espiritu 34). It seems that the white people don`t even give them the equal relationship as a human. Also, because of the wartime internment, they lose their economic ground and the dominant authority over their wife. They don`t have any their own businesses for themselves and their next generation, so they have to work back in labor market. They are not the only breadwinners for the family. Instead, their wives can also support the family. It mentions that “…women`s earnings comprise an equal or greater share of the family income…..these shift s in resources have challenged the patriarchal authority of Asians men.”(Espiritu 38-39). In other words, Asian men are no longer having more power than women at that time.  They are not treated as they want to be as a man.

work cited:

Espiritu, Yen Le. "All Man Are Not Created Equal: Asian Men in U.S. History". Men`s Lives. 5th ed. Ed. Michael S. Kimmel and Michael A. Messner. New York: Allyn&Bacon, 2001. 33-41.Print.