SOCIOL 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Asian Americans, Shared Experience, Immigration And Nationality Act Of 1965
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Early immigration: 1st large scale chinese in mid 1800s. British imperialism / opium war / increase of domination of chinese = push factor: foreign miner"s tax first taste of discrimination. Revellion = attacks or death consistent theme: when experiencing injustice, asian americans fought back. There was typically no consequences perpetuated terrorization: transcontinental railroad (1865) The railroad company starved them so as to end the strike. Anti-chinese / asian movement: economic competition racial / ethnic hostility. The chinese labor was no longer needed so they were more directly competing for jobs against white people. This resulted in a seriously hostile social environment. Chinese exclusion act (1882: banned all subsequent immigration from china, prevented chinese already in the u. s. from becoming citizens. They were essentially ghettos least desirable place of cities. Opened up their own stores to sell to each other. Identified themselves as collectively chinese (as opposed to by village or clan) Advantages + disadvantages of enclaves: creating businesses establishing community.
