3 ms·

Asians do not have a historical baggage in USA. Do they face similar racism/bias in general (ignore temporary surge like now by Corona)?

RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago
> Asians do not have a historical baggage in USA. They were pretty abused and stereotypes in the 1800’s. The transcontinental railway was built in large parts by Chinese workers, but if you look at the famous photo when the two lines come together and are joined by the Golden spike, there are not present. Also, there were some pretty racist cartoons about Asians in popular periodicals. Not to mention the interning of Japanese Americans during WWII. So I think it would be incorrect to say that Asians do not have a historical baggage in the USA.
kinkrtyavimoodh 6y ago
You'd be surprised at how wrong that is. Asians used to face a lot of discrimination in the US and very institutionalized one, not just of the "making fun of them by calling them Ching Chong" variety. There is a long and storied history, but it is never brought up because it provides some rather uncomfortable cognitive dissonances when trying to explain how Asian-Americans today are so much better off but other discriminated-against groups aren't. So you see the common trope where Asian-Americans and Indian-Americans are just passed over when talking about historical injustices because they don't fit the narrative. The link below has a full history but, one of many points— In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act—the only United States Iaw to prevent immigration and naturalization on the basis of race—which restricted Chinese immigration for the next sixty years. The "Chinese Must Go" movement was so strong that Chinese immigration to the United States declined from 39,500 in 1882 to only 10 in 1887. https://asiasociety.org/education/asian-americans-then-and-now https://asiasociety.org/education/asian-americans-then-and-n...
pkaye 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_America...
dntbnmpls 6y ago
> Asians do not have a historical baggage in USA. This is simply not true. Though we associate lynchings with blacks, the first mass lynchings in the US was of asians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_massacre_of_1871 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_massacre_of_1871 The first non-native pogrom was of asians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Springs_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Springs_massacre > Do they face similar racism/bias in general (ignore temporary surge like now by Corona)? They were denied citizenship and the right to own land. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Alien_Land_Law_of_1913 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Alien_Land_Law_of_1... They were banned from immigrating to the US - the first and only national and racial group to have ever been banned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924 Dumped into concentration camps - once again the first and only ethnic/racial group to have been put into concentration camps in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_America... All non-whites faced racial abuse and discrimination. Even white people faced racial abuse and discrimination. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_14,_1891_New_Orleans_lynchings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_14,_1891_New_Orleans_lyn...

RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago

> Asians do not have a historical baggage in USA. They were pretty abused and stereotypes in the 1800’s. The transcontinental railway was built in large parts by Chinese workers, but if you look at the famous photo when the two lines come together and are joined by the Golden spike, there are not present. Also, there were some pretty racist cartoons about Asians in popular periodicals. Not to mention the interning of Japanese Americans during WWII. So I think it would be incorrect to say that Asians do not have a historical baggage in the USA.

kinkrtyavimoodh 6y ago

You'd be surprised at how wrong that is. Asians used to face a lot of discrimination in the US and very institutionalized one, not just of the "making fun of them by calling them Ching Chong" variety. There is a long and storied history, but it is never brought up because it provides some rather uncomfortable cognitive dissonances when trying to explain how Asian-Americans today are so much better off but other discriminated-against groups aren't. So you see the common trope where Asian-Americans and Indian-Americans are just passed over when talking about historical injustices because they don't fit the narrative. The link below has a full history but, one of many points— In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act—the only United States Iaw to prevent immigration and naturalization on the basis of race—which restricted Chinese immigration for the next sixty years. The "Chinese Must Go" movement was so strong that Chinese immigration to the United States declined from 39,500 in 1882 to only 10 in 1887. https://asiasociety.org/education/asian-americans-then-and-now https://asiasociety.org/education/asian-americans-then-and-n...

pkaye 6y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_America...

dntbnmpls 6y ago

> Asians do not have a historical baggage in USA. This is simply not true. Though we associate lynchings with blacks, the first mass lynchings in the US was of asians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_massacre_of_1871 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_massacre_of_1871 The first non-native pogrom was of asians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Springs_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Springs_massacre > Do they face similar racism/bias in general (ignore temporary surge like now by Corona)? They were denied citizenship and the right to own land. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Alien_Land_Law_of_1913 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Alien_Land_Law_of_1... They were banned from immigrating to the US - the first and only national and racial group to have ever been banned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924 Dumped into concentration camps - once again the first and only ethnic/racial group to have been put into concentration camps in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_America... All non-whites faced racial abuse and discrimination. Even white people faced racial abuse and discrimination. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_14,_1891_New_Orleans_lynchings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_14,_1891_New_Orleans_lyn...