The first group of Koreans to the United States officially came to Hawaii in 1903, Dr. Horace Allen was a medical doctor who developed his close relationship with King Kojong. He is one of the influential Americans who initiated and made possible the Korean labor immigration to Hawaii.
102 Korean migrants arrive in Hawaii, they involved Hawaii sugar plantation labor.
102 Korean migrants arrive in Hawaii, they involved Hawaii sugar plantation labor.
Korean American is one of the ethnic minority groups residing in 
the United States. The United States' first Korean American, Peter Chang, is born in October. His life is the history of Korean immigrants. His mother boarded one of Korea's first immigrant boats, the Gallic, in 1903, well into pregnancy, and gave birth to Chang at the Crusaders Hospital in Oakland near San Francisco, as Chang became the first Korean-American.
Chang considers himself 100 percent Korean and 100 percent American. He is a citizen of the United States, but he cannot escape from being a Korean, which is what makes him a quintessential "Korean-American."
"My father (Chang Hong-bong) was a ginseng trader who escaped to the United States to flee Japan's imperialism, but he also disliked the racism of America that only gave Asians dirty bottom work," Peter Chang explained. "So he took the family to Shanghai, China, and went back and forth between China and Australia selling ginseng before he met with a sea accident."
While Chang was working as a waiter at a restaurant in Shanghai, he met a Mr. Cunningham, the U.S. consul-general in Shanghai, who helped the 18-year old who spoke fluent English get on a boat to the United States. En route, he learned navigation skills and earned an AB certificate as soon as he got off the boat.
Chang enlisted in the U.S. Navy and became a sailor in 1922. He wanted to enter the U.S. Naval Academy, but he was not given the chance to apply because of racial discrimination. Chang chose torpedo school and submarine school and graduated both at the head of his class. Afterward, he became a torpedo specialist in the U.S. Navy.
the United States. The United States' first Korean American, Peter Chang, is born in October. His life is the history of Korean immigrants. His mother boarded one of Korea's first immigrant boats, the Gallic, in 1903, well into pregnancy, and gave birth to Chang at the Crusaders Hospital in Oakland near San Francisco, as Chang became the first Korean-American.Chang considers himself 100 percent Korean and 100 percent American. He is a citizen of the United States, but he cannot escape from being a Korean, which is what makes him a quintessential "Korean-American."
"My father (Chang Hong-bong) was a ginseng trader who escaped to the United States to flee Japan's imperialism, but he also disliked the racism of America that only gave Asians dirty bottom work," Peter Chang explained. "So he took the family to Shanghai, China, and went back and forth between China and Australia selling ginseng before he met with a sea accident."
While Chang was working as a waiter at a restaurant in Shanghai, he met a Mr. Cunningham, the U.S. consul-general in Shanghai, who helped the 18-year old who spoke fluent English get on a boat to the United States. En route, he learned navigation skills and earned an AB certificate as soon as he got off the boat.
Chang enlisted in the U.S. Navy and became a sailor in 1922. He wanted to enter the U.S. Naval Academy, but he was not given the chance to apply because of racial discrimination. Chang chose torpedo school and submarine school and graduated both at the head of his class. Afterward, he became a torpedo specialist in the U.S. Navy.
Likewise, Perter Chang's experience could be one of the examples of the racial discrimination in the American society. Even he has spent his all life in the United States, he cannot escape from being a Korean. Thus, the reason why many ethnic minority groups to be a model minority.
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