est, page 457) The Korean Americans who came to the United States after the KoreanWar came in two separate streams. The first and smaller stream consisted of wives of military personnel and adopted children of middle class Caucasians. The larger second stream was a post-1965 phenomenon. The 1965 Immigration Act (Public Law 89-326) was signed into law onOctober 3, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson. This law ended what President Johnson called "a cruel and enduring wrong", the National Origins Quota System, which discriminated against Asians and other minorities. President Johnson declared that those who could contribute most to this country in growth, spirit, and strength wouldnow be the first to be admitted to this country. Family reunification provisions that dominates American immigration law aided the Koreans in achieving a family migration to the United States. The earliest Korean immigrants first settled in Hawaii but only a small percentage remain there. (A History of Multicultural America - Minorities Today, Page 31) Los Angeles, California has the largest concentration of Korean immigrants.Its Koreatown is located just west of the downtown business district, and stretches for miles. Small Korean businesses, often green grocers, also became a fixture in Eastern inner cities. (Encyclopedia of American Social History, Page 887) The American Dream is alive and well with Korean Americans, as proven by the Korean American grocery stores in New York. Their success is attributed to the same factors that make any group succeed; hard work, strong family ties, and aprofound emphasis on education. Some of these factors are uniquely Korean ways.Korean communities form gaes, or communal savings pools, to provide interest freeloans to new businessmen. Many Korean children boost their academic skills by attending a prep school after their regular school day, and on weekends.(Articles & Papers - Lan...
