ANTHRO 169 Study Guide - Final Guide: Coolie, Sonoran Desert, Chino Cloth
17 Jul 2018
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+abolition of slavery no more cheap labor. +must return to home at own expense after contract. ~some coolies became merchants, shop owner, land owners. By all intents and purposes, replaced/alternative to slave trade in latin america competitive racism. The phenomenon that occurred when one race was the target of racism because of social/economic competition restaurant) +mexican locals resent them for taking away jobs. +compete with racially distinct sonoran men (tall and white) *insult to man if women choose chinese man. *irony: attacked by people who use their business. *avoid because lower ethnic profile and not in retail trade. +chinese take middle/working class jobs (grocery store, laundry, bank, +chinos cimarrones used for fugitive slave and runaway coolie. +exception: japan look out for citizens in brazil (had military power) *chinese make money and take it out of the community (send to china) +offer jobs, religious tolerance, better life, and land. +given land that was only surrounded by gauchos.
