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Primarily about acts committed in the 19th c., but the article also mentions that 1924-1948, a U.S. citizen who married a Chinese person would lose their citizenship.
In addition, before and during WWII, Chinese shopkeepers would post signs in their windows that they were Chinese, because many racist Americans did not differentiate between the Japanese and other peoples of Asian descent. Not, of course, that what they did to the Japanese was right either. But at least it helped to limit the vandalism and theft somewhat :P
If we look at U.S. history, it is not hard to see why there are still problems today with prejudice regarding race, religion, gender, sexual preference, etc. I am of course not tarring all Americans with the brush of prejudice (which would include me, after all), but for those who don't understand how it can exist today, well, the answer is that it has always been here.
Primarily about acts committed in the 19th c., but the article also mentions that 1924-1948, a U.S. citizen who married a Chinese person would lose their citizenship.
In addition, before and during WWII, Chinese shopkeepers would post signs in their windows that they were Chinese, because many racist Americans did not differentiate between the Japanese and other peoples of Asian descent. Not, of course, that what they did to the Japanese was right either. But at least it helped to limit the vandalism and theft somewhat :P
If we look at U.S. history, it is not hard to see why there are still problems today with prejudice regarding race, religion, gender, sexual preference, etc. I am of course not tarring all Americans with the brush of prejudice (which would include me, after all), but for those who don't understand how it can exist today, well, the answer is that it has always been here.
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Date: 2011-08-25 11:28 pm (UTC)