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The Chinese-American Community
A look at issues in the Chinese-American community at the beginning of the 20th Century.
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| 1,250 words
| 4 sources
| MLA
| 2008
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on Dec 01, 2008
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Asian Studies
(Asian American)
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This paper examines difficulties and issues faced by the Chinese-American community at the beginning of the 20th Century, particularly addressing how these immigrants were perceived as a lower grade of human being. According to the paper, they were not held out as being the equal of fellow Americans and could be subjected to discrimination as a consequence of this. Various examples of institutionalized racism are cited, especially in court cases of the time. The paper concludes by stating that if Chinese communities were inward-looking and insular during this period, it is hardly difficult to see why.
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"The decades and years immediately preceding the 1924 Immigration Act (the 1900s, the 1910s, the early 1920s) were difficult ones for Chinese Americans - as they were for Asian-Americans in general. Specifically, they were perceived as a lower grade of human being; in essence, they were not held out as being the equal of fellow Americans and could be subjected to discrimination as a consequence of this. During this time, institutionalized racism was very apparent: in Ekiu Nishimura v. United States (1892), the Supreme Court ruled that a sovereign nation (America)..."Cite this Term Paper:
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The Chinese-American Community (2008, December 01)
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"The Chinese-American Community" 01 December 2008.
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