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Link to final zine

https://issuu.com/csou3/docs/final_zine.docx 

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My plans and new pages of my zine

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Summary of Relational Analysis

Due to the Naval shipyard in Long Beach, California, the city holds significant historical relevance for the Asian American community.  With many Filipino sailors arriving from the Philippines through the Navy, they soon became the largest Asian population in the area.  The next largest were the Cambodians, many of whom arrived as refugees during the Khmer Rouge.  Similar to the Filipinos, the migration of Cambodians was largely due to the doings of the United States military.  During the Vietnam War, US bombings in Cambodia targeting the Viet Cong resulted in the destabilization of the Cambodian government, allowing the Communist Khmer Rouge to take control.  The American government, being extremely anti-communist, thus opened its arms to numerous Cambodian refugees.  However, upon arrival, the Cambodians were not welcomed as kindly as it had first seemed they would be.  Refugees were housed at Camp Pendleton, not having anywhere to go, and were met with harsh racism from white Americans.  The few Cambodians that already lived locally in the US sponsored many of the refugees and helped them settle in around Long Beach, slowly creating a Cambodian community.

-Connor Campigli

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Powerful Photos

The postcard from Filipino sailors is a good image to use in the zine.  With the picture you can explain how joining the Navy allowed them to travel, spreading the dish of lumpia.

-Connor Campigli

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Compelling Facts

Definitely include how the Filipino sailors were given all of the cooking and cleaning jobs in your final zine.  This itself shows that although apart of the same company in the Navy, the Filipino sailors were seen as inferiors.  Also, maybe add more about how the Filipino sailors were treated when they arrived in the United States, and go more in depth on the relevance of lumpia to the sailors.

-Connor Campigli

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Significant Quote

“So what the Filipinos were looking to escape was created essentially by the people that they were escaping to.”  This quote is good in that it identifies the oppressive cycle that the United States imposed on the Philippines.  Maybe use this quote along with a cartoon like picture of a Filipino sailor running to a corrupt looking US Navy image.

-Connor Campigli

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Zine Summary

Do You Know Lumpia History is a zine that focuses on the topic of Filipino sailors in the US Navy, and with them the dish of lumpia.  It explains how the United States naval bases in the Philippines impacted the lives of the citizens, and allowed Filipino sailors to migrate to America through the Navy.  The zine also covers how the Filipino sailors were often given more “feminine” jobs than white sailors, and also covers a relational analysis of Filipino and Cambodian immigrants in America.

-Connor Campigli

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Notebook 4

           I want to focus on the intersectionality between gender and race. I think a main point I want to emphasize is how the racism in the Navy assigned more feminine role to Filipinos and that translated to how Filipino men take on those roles as citizens in the United States.

           Another main point is the juxtaposition of the United States’ intervention with Cambodia versus with the Philippines and how it led to different avenues that would eventually become the same outcome.

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Page draft for zine

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Cover draft for zine

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Notebook 3

Relational Analysis

           Long Beach, California is a significant place for Asian Americans. Many Filipinos came to Long Beach because of the Naval shipyard there. As time went on, the Filipino population became the largest Asian group in the area. A close second are the Cambodians, who came as refugees during the Khmer Rouge. Like with the Filipinos, the United States also had a very large part in the migration of so many Cambodians.

           During the Vietnam War, the United States dropped a countless number of bombs in Cambodia targeting the Viet Cong, without regard for civilians. The bombing destabilized the government in Cambodia, allowing the Communist Khmer Rouge to take over. Since America was vehemently anti-communist at this point and felt like it was their duty to help out on their mission against the communists, they took in numerous Cambodian refugees. The refugees were brought to Camp Pendleton and did not really have anywhere to go, so the very few Cambodians already living in the United States sponsored many of the refugees and helped them settle in near where they lived. Word got out about this place that so many Cambodian refugees were settling in and soon a Cambodian community rose in Long Beach.

           A key difference between the experience of Filipinos in America and Cambodians in America was how they were treated when they arrived. When Cambodian refugees were arriving in the United States, the American government was cautious about letting the refugees settle into large communities. However, there was no such concern when Filipinos were migrating to America. A reason could be because Filipinos came to America through employment in the US Navy and were viewed as more American than the Cambodians. In comparison, Cambodians had no choice but to flee their homes that were no longer hospitable to them. They had a hard time assimilating, having to learn a new language and culture while dealing with the trauma they endured in their homeland as well as the unwelcomed feeling and racism in this new land.

           What I see from this is the mis-education of Filipinos from a long history of being under the control of the United States. America was not scared of letting Filipinos into the country because they have conditioned them to work for them. Filipinos think that they are using the United States to get away from extreme poverty and to get a better chance at life, but do they know that the United States made the Philippines that way? The US allowed wealthy landlords to keep monopolies over the land, keeping the general public poor. The US also made the Filipino people pay for the American run military bases in the Philippines. So what Filipinos were looking to escape was created essentially by the people that they were escaping to.

 Sources

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/04/khmer-rouge-cambodian-genocide-united-states/

https://sites.google.com/a/macalester.edu/refugees/cambodians/demographics

http://www.camchap.org/why-long-beach

http://www.infoplease.com/us/census/data/california/long-beach/demographic.html

http://scalar.usc.edu/works/asian-migration-and-global-cities/cambodian-migration-in-the-city-of-long-beach

http://www.gazettes.com/october-named-filipino-american-history-month/article_86050c42-c1e2-11df-8562-001cc4c002e0.html

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/philippines/tl02.html

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They are nervous because in a few minutes they will be allowed to enter "The Main Gate" to take a series of tests which will determine whether or not they can join the United States Navy. One or two of these 30 men will make it with the desperate hope of avoiding that sense of hopelessness which marks life in the Philippines.

Jesse Quinsaat, Letters in Exile

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Lumpia :D

http://www.dishmaps.com/filipino-lumpia/6609

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http://pinoykollektor.blogspot.com/2010/09/4-in-navy-postcards.htm

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Filipino sailors on a US Navy ship

http://pinoykollektor.blogspot.com/2010/09/4-in-navy-postcards.html 

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Notebook 2

           I want to stay with my topic of lumpia but change the theme to Globalization and Labor Circulations from War and the Figure of the Refugee because although the history of the Philippines has a lot to do with war, Filipinos were never refugees. I realized that my topic belongs to the Globalization theme because Filipinos were working with the United States Navy and they themselves were being globalized.

           There are many national binds between the United States and the Philippines. America acquired the Philippines as a colony from Spain as a result of winning the Spanish-American War in 1898. The US had a policy of “benevolent assimilation” where the United States would rule over the country while overseeing a transition to self-rule and independence. America had set up some governmental bodies and a public education system, but failed to do anything about the system that gave a few wealthy landlords control over most of the rural land and homes to many Filipinos. They gave the semblance of helping the Philippines, but other motives could have been at play. The United States also set up military bases that would remain under their control for nearly a hundred years.

           Another national bind is the legal citizenship of Filipino sailors who come to America by joining the American army. However, parallel to that is the right for Americans who were United States military personnel or United States nationals to be able to enter the Philippines as “non-immigrants” and no objections are to be made about their travels according to the Military Bases Agreement.

           Filipinos were able to willingly join the United States military under the Military Bases Agreement. However, most of the time they had the job of steward or to serve the highest ranking officer’s family. They were stuck with what was considered feminine duties because they were not seen as equals to the American sailors. Regular duties included cooking and cleaning aboard the ships or even watching the children of the officers and helping their wives at the bases. Filipinos, however, were proud of being a part of the American Navy because they had a much better life and could support their family in the Philippines. The Philippines had little job opportunities and conditions of the country in general were not great. As a result of this, Filipino men that came to America are often house husbands. Even today, it is more common for Filipino men in America to take care of the home and family.