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Contents Preface IX Acknowledgments xiii Introduction Filipino Settlements in the United States 1 Chapter 1 "We Have to Show the Americans that We Can Be as Good as Anybody" 37 A. B. SANTOS AND JUANITA SANTOS Chapter 2 "I Was Used to the American Way of Life" 53 RUTH ABAD Chapter 3 "Sometimes, I Am Not Sure What It Means to Be an American" 65 CONNIE TIRONA Chapter 4 "My Dream Is to Be Able to Give Something Back to My Country and My People" 81 LUZ LATUS Chapter 5 "My Experience Is Atypical" 93 PAZ JENSEN Chapter 6 "I Sacrificed My Five-Year College Education to Become a Steward" 105 LEO SICAT Copyrighted Material vii viii • Contents Chapter 7 "I Only Finished First Grade" 117 NEMESIA CORTEZ Chapter 8 "International Medical Graduates Are Tested Every Step of the Way" 127 EDGAR GAMBOA Chapter 9 "PASACAT Became My Whole Life" 143 ANAMARIA LABAO CABATO Chapter 10 "I Knew that I Wanted to Be a Naval Officer" 157 DANIEL GRUTA Chapter 11 "I Offended Many Filipinos Because I Was an FOB" 169 DARIOVILLA Chapter 12 " I Could Not Cope with Life" 181 JOEY LAGUDA Chapter 13 "Everybody Seemed to Be Either White or Black, a Full Race" 193 LISA GRAHAM Bibliography 205 Copyrighted Material ...

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