To Arrange, or not to Arrange?

Based on the reading tonight compared to the other Asian ethnic groups, I'm getting the feeling that the Filipinos are remarkably dissimilar to the other types of nationalities we've been looking at.  For instance, there has been a lot of overlap between the Chinese and Japanese in particular over things like arranged marriage, settling down in California, keeping tightly knit as a community and bringing family over when financially possible.  Of course, not every immigrating Asian had this experience, but the majority seems to have.  They were coming here to work hard, take advantage of whatever opportunity they could find, save up enough to provide for the family overseas or bring brides and families to America.  The Chinese, Japanese, and even Korean mindset mainly held to this stance.

Compare this to the Filipino experience in America.  Again, they were enticed by the idea of coming to the "Land of the Free" in hopes of making a fortune in the US and were also disappointed like so many other Asians at the hostility felt towards them.  There are small overlaps in similarity with the Filipinos and other ethnic groups such as the Chinese in being sojourners and prostitute minglers, the Japanese as agricultural labor forces, and the Koreans in being assumed as "Chinese."  However, there are large enough differences between the Filipinos and the previously studied nations that could argue that the Filipinos had a completely different immigration experience based on their behavior.

For example, the Filipinos did not have arranged marriages or picture brides.  As a result, they became more and more attracted to the white women and were very effective in winning over many white girls.  This would of course anger the white males and could lead to a much more extreme hostility towards Filipinos over other races.  The Chinese, Japanese and Koreans seemed to prefer their own methods of marrying in instead of marrying out of their race.