Other children are offended by a funny accent, unfamiliar body language, and foreign expressions. Oriental characteristics such as yellow skin, black hair, slanted eyes, and a flat nose are seen as different and can ellicit prejudice from the mainstream children. It is not unusual to read about unfair treatment of Asian American children by school principals or police when they are involved in fights with white students. First-generation immigrant adults experience many barriers to equal opportunity in the areas of employment, education, welfare, housing, health, and politics. For instance, due to language difficulty and lack of experience or training in this country, most minority people are hired in the highly unfavorable peripheral jobs characterized by low wages, low skills, and poor job security.
Many professionals complain about discriminatory practices of promotion against minority people.
It is urgent to remove the institutional discrimination and racism in the United States. The Presbytery of Midwest Hanmi has 28 churches with 3,535 members.