SCA-UA 368 Midterm: Midyear Review 10/13

• School: New York University
• Department: Social and Cultural Analysis
• Course: SCA-UA 368
• Professor: T U Thuy Linh

Document Summary

1: anti-asian immigration and naturalization laws repealed, because it was wrong or because us needed to maintain its standing in the world, orientalism, mostly inaccurate ii. Asians were seen as inferior and savage (needed to be saved - white. Man"s burden: used to make westerners seem superior (a comparison, men were feminized and women sexualized iii. comes from fascination of asian goods, separation from white iv. The other - nonwhites: people who don"t fit the white category so they are seen as inferior, coolies (1840s-1860s?) i. ii. iii. iv. v. Immigration i. first wave was unskilled laborers (coolies); many stayed after their contract: many were forced ii. iii. gold rush brought a lot of chinese to california backlash, naturalization acts and exclusion act. 1. followed the law, hardworking, smart, quiet downplayed the discrimination that happened and was still somewhat happening insulted the other races (esp. African americans: used to show other races how whites thought they should act like.