Lured by the American Dream

Released on by P. James Paligutan
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  • Lured by the American Dream Book Detail

  • Author : P. James Paligutan
  • Release Date : 2022-10-25
  • Publisher : University of Illinois Press
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Pages : 288
  • ISBN 13 : 0252053605
  • File Size : 5,5 MB
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Lured by the American Dream by P. James Paligutan PDF Summary

Book Description: Starting in 1952, the United States Navy and Coast Guard actively recruited Filipino men to serve as stewards--domestic servants for officers. Oral histories and detailed archival research inform P. James Paligutan's story of the critical role played by Filipino sailors in putting an end to race-based military policies. Constrained by systemic exploitation, Filipino stewards responded with direct complaints to flag officers and chaplains, rating transfer requests that flooded the bureaucracy, and refusals to work. Their actions had a decisive impact on seagoing military’s elimination of the antiquated steward position. Paligutan looks at these Filipino sailors as agents of change while examining the military system through the lens of white supremacy, racist perceptions of Asian males, and the motives of Filipinos who joined the armed forces of the power that had colonized their nation. Insightful and dramatic, Lured by the American Dream is the untold story of how Filipino servicepersons overcame tradition and hierarchy in their quest for dignity.

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Lured by the American Dream

Lured by the American Dream

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Starting in 1952, the United States Navy and Coast Guard actively recruited Filipino men to serve as stewards--domestic servants for officers. Oral histories an