HIST 2057 Chapter : Feb 11 Outline
Document Summary
A new racial order: nature of the new repressive, racial order, asians chinese and japanese exclusion. African americans in the south: situation by 1890s: increasingly popular form of racism. They thought each ethnic group was a race such as italian, and ect. 1882: chinese exclusion: makes it illegal for chinese immigration into the country. The us has tried to stop as much as possible asian immigration into the us. 90% of african americans live in the south at the turn of the century. Very few blacks are doctors and lawyers at all black colleges and select colleges. Most white hospitals wouldn"t let a black doctor work there. 80% of the middle class are teachers and preachers. Literacy rates, life expectancy rises in blacks: disfranchisement: taking away the right to vote by violence and intimidation. They defend this as stopping voter fraud and purifying the process. The poll tax: have to pay a tax to vote.
