| A | B |
|---|
| 1.5 generation | Also termed the 'ilchomose,' today they are middle-aged, remain bilingual and bicultural, and tend to form the professoinal class in the Korean American community. |
| AJAs | Americans of Japanese ancestry in Hawaii. |
| blaming the victim | Asian Americans have achieved success, varying from previous categorization. |
| boat people | Vietnamese refugees who fled in 1975 and were joined by more than a million running from the later fighting and religious persecution that plaged Indochina. |
| glass ceiling | The barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified worker because of gender or minority membership. |
| gook syndrome | David Riesman's phrase describing Americans' tendency to stereotype Asians and to regard them as all alike and undesireable. |
| Haoles | Hawaiian term for Caucasians. |
| Hmong | Wausau is a community located in rural Wisconsin, best known, perhaps, for the insurance company bearing its name. To sociologists, it is distinctive for its sizable population of Southeast Asians. |
| ilchomose | The 1.5 generation of Korean Americans--those who immigrated into the United States as children. |
| Ka Lahui Hawaii | This organization is seeking to have Hawaiian native people receive federal recognition similar to that accorded mainland tribes; to date, that recognition has not occurred. |
| kye | Rotating credit system used by Korean Americans to subsidize the start of businesses. |
| middlemen minorities | Groups such as Japanese Americans that typically occupy middle positions in the social and occupational stratification system. |
| model or ideal minority | A group that, despite past prejudice and discrimination, succeeds economically, socially, and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites. |
| panethnicity | The development of solidarity among ethnic subgroups as reflected in the terms "Hispanic" or "Asian American." |
| Viet Keiu | Vietnamese living abroad such as in the United States. |
| yellow peril | A term denoting a generalized prejudice toward Asian people and their customs. |
