AAS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Wen Ho Lee, Industrial Espionage, Alien Land Laws
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Court decisions banning citizenship: cannot distinguish asian from asian american or ethnic groups, foreigner racialization strong during times of economic uncertainty when immigrants or foreigners are scapegoated. Imprisoned for almost a year before trial, including solitary confinement: racial profiling, presumed foreignness; assumed allegiances to china, sherry chen (2014) Government hydrologist in ohio, accused of economic espionage: xi xiaoxing (2015) Physics professor at temple university, accused of sharing technology with. Beaten to death by two unemployed white automakers in detroit, mi, who mistook chin for japanese. Japanese car manufacturing booming, blamed for deterioration of us auto industry. Court did not consider a hate crime despite racial slurs; men served no jail time. All asian americans seen as the same and foreign; chin presumed to be. Historic examples: ozawa (1922) and thind (1923, alien land laws, cable act. Alien land laws: passed i(cid:374) (cid:373)a(cid:374)y states (cid:894)i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludi(cid:374)g ca i(cid:374) (cid:1005)9(cid:1005)(cid:1007)(cid:895) to (cid:271)a(cid:374) (cid:862)alie(cid:374)s i(cid:374)eligi(cid:271)le to (cid:272)itize(cid:374)ship(cid:863) fro(cid:373) owning property.
