SOCIOL 2E06 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Placer Mining, Unfree Labour, Ronald Takaki
30 Mar 2016
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Sociology 2e06 race and ethnic group relations. Chapter 26 & 24 (rar), chapter 7 (iac) Chapter twenty-six: they can be hired in masses; they can be managed and. The consignment of indians and mexicans to different group positions in the social structure of anglo california vividly illustrates how the racialization process helped structure the imposition of white supremacy in the state. Although each ethnic group was racialized differently, neither was ever seen as the equal of white americans. The chinese immigrants who first arrived in california during the 1850s came from the agricultural district of kwangtung province in southeastern china. Although indentured chinese workers were typically advanced approximately , they were routinely required to pay upward to . European americans found much about chinese immigrants distasteful physical appearance, language, manner of dress food, religion and social customs. These early images of the chinese found fertile soil in the u. s. , where they were further expanded upon by other racializing american commentators.
