Chapter six examines the anti-Chinese sentiment with the emerging class antagonism and turmoil between white capitalists and workers. The unwelcomed arrival of Chinese immigrants brought along their own social organizations such as the huiguan, fongs, and tongs. These types of social organizations secured areas of employment and housing for Chinese immigrants in California. This social structure that was unknown to Anglos led them to also categorize Chinese on the same level as Indians by depicting them as lustful heathens whom were out to taint innocent white women. These images were also perpetuated onto Chinese women, thus, also sexualizing them as all prostitutes.
Though the law was discriminatory and prejudiced, it did not cause or make the Chinese community Chinese immigrants like Chin formed the communities and controlled their
Charles Guiteau is convicted and executed for the shooting of President Garfield. In 1882, Arhutr creates a tariff commission to review taxes and duties paid on foreign imports into the U.S. The Mongrel Tariff of 1883 reduced duties by nearly 1% and serviced no one, leading to a massive debate on tariffs for decades to come. The Chinese Exclusion Law of 1882 is the first piece of American legislation to outlaw a group from the U.S. based on ethnicity.
People believed that the Chinese were taking jobs away from hard-working
The act also required that any Chinese person who left the U.S. after already entering must have certifications from the Chinese government in order to re-enter. This
This was a really interesting and informative chapter to read because I had no idea how big of a role the Chinese played in American History. I wasn’t surprised when I was reading about how “white” laborers demanded that certain companies to not hire any Chinese people. I though to myself “here we go again”, but I was happily surprised when I read about what the President of the Central Pacific Railroad had to say about these demands. The President of the company Leland Stanford had nothing but positive things to say about his Chinese workers. He often referred to them as quiet, peaceful, reliable, and willing to learn all the different kinds of work.
Also, the Chinese said that others were not hired for jobs because the Chinese were more honest, industrious and steady, compared to
During the McCarthy era Chinese immigrant Tung Pok Chin’s persecution by the FBI caused him to hastened his Americanization. As a father, and a Chinese immigrant who had lived in the U.S for over 20 years, Chin had no choice but to assimilate. In the fall of 1949, the Chinese leader Mao Zedong, declared China as a communist nation which created hostile for Chinese Americans. Therefore, Chin was forced to precipitate a demonstration of his patriotism with the U.S. Chin differed from other Chinese immigrants because he had taught himself English, and had also served in the navy. Despite his act of patriotism prior to 1949, historical conflicts between China and the U.S made it inevitable for Chin to face prejudice.
There are so many other reasons and because of this conflict, but one that was sad for children caused much hurt in their little hearts. Many Chinese immigrants were children and when they first came to America they felt alone and scared, they left their only home they ever knew behind them for a better life for their family. Many Chinese family moved into neighborhoods where mostly white people lived, many didn 't know what to think of the chinese at first. But soon many chinese children went and tried new things, many soon started to befriend american children. Both kinds of children had no clue that it wasn 't right to be friends with the other but they soon both payed a heavy price.
Thesis: The Chinese Exclusion Act. A document that was first signed in 1882 by President Chester A. Arthur. This was and still is important because it was the first law that restricted immigration into the United States. This document was signed because Congress was concerned about keeping white “racial purity,” even though the Chinese population consisted of only 0.002 (two thousandths) percent of the whole population.
The Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 was the largest setback to Canadian immigration laws because it restricted chinese immigration, imposed a $50 fee to enter Canada, and if an immigrant was found sick they would be deported back to their national origin. Many of the “white men” had believed that the amount of Chinese immigrants was too high so they imposed the act to restrict them. Certain people such as Chinese diplomats, government representatives, tourists, merchants, “men of science”, and students were exempt from the
I agree with the article “U.S. Schools Expelled 8,000 Chinese Students”, that many Chinese students have the cheating problems during their abroad years. The reason causes them have those problems is the difference between different education systems. Many Chinese students might over use the same words or information from others, which is plagiarism for American education system, but it’s ok for Chinese education system. In addition, some Chinese students might don’t know about how to use citation and quotation in the writing, it will cause them plagiarize in the writing assignments. After reading article about the cheating problems among the Chinese students, knowing American education system is a way to avoid the problem.
In 1895, Japan took over a large part of China and so did the Europeans in the late 1890s due to China’s leaders’ lack of power to control their nation by opening up its doors for them to trade and them taking an advantage of it. Many of the US business and government leaders worried they were not give equal opportunity to trade with them so they proposed the Open Door Policy with China. The policy stated all nations will be allowed to trade freely in and with China. Europeans this to be the benefit of the US and would take away their power in China so they did not accept. Later European accepted the Open Door Policy after more than 200 foreigners were killed in the Boxer Rebellion.
Japanese internment camps made us question who was really an American and it relates to today’s issues. Internment camps were similar to concentration camps or prison and Japanese-Americans were put into them. Even though they were considered Americans, they were still treated unfairly by other Americans. So who is American?
It all started when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, causing the U.S. citizens to be extremely furious and unite the support of media to create propagandas. The Japanese are portrayed with slanted small eyes and buck teeth- undermining the intelligence of their race; moreover, they were even dehumanized and depicted as animals. The U.S media was very biased when comparing the Chinese to the Japanese. While the Chinese man had an amiable appearance and a slender body, the Japanese had an unpleasant frown on his face and was described as short and stout (Miles). The article “WWII Propaganda: The Influence of Racism” also states that “The Chinese man’s occupation implies that he helps people, while the title of Japanese warrior alludes to danger and disloyalty,” (ibid).
