ASAMST 20A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sugar Plantations In Hawaii, Tarak Nath Das, Watsonville, California
23 Jul 2018
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Similarities between koreans, asian indians, and filipinos and chinese and japanese migrants in late 19th and early 20th centuries. Labor: koreans labored in hawaiian sugar plantations; in mines, railroads, salmon. Sheries; as janitors and domestic workers; most are agricultural laborers: asian indians worked on railroads, in lumber mills, and as agricultural laborers. Filipinos worked on hawaiian sugar plantations; in alaskan canneries; as janitors, dishwashers, and houseboys; most worked as agricultural workers. All of these groups share the experience of agriculture labor. Anti-asian hostility: encountered racism in public places, e. g. restaurants, hotels, barbershops. Encountered white working-class violence: asian indians expelled from bellingham and everett, washington in 1907. In 1910, korean orange pickers are attacked by white farm workers in upland, Ca: anti-filipino vigilantism in yakima valley, wa and watsonville, ca (1928 and 1930) 1934 tydings-mcduf e act restricted filipino migrations to only 50 per year. Subjects of imperialism: korea colonized by japan (1910-1945) Before 1910, we see japanese approached in korea.
