The Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 - 1943 (61yrs)

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Istimewa nya pendatang cina di mata caucasian.
Another little history lesson you never heard of.
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As the debate over immigration heats up once more, a bit of history is in order: The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) was the first major law restricting immigration to the United States. It was enacted in response to economic fears, especially on the West Coast, where native-born Americans attributed unemployment and declining wages to Chinese workers whom they also viewed as racially inferior. Signed into law on May 6, 1882, by President Chester A. Arthur, it effectively halted Chinese immigration for ten years and prohibited Chinese from becoming US citizens. Through the Geary Act of 1892, the law was extended for another ten years before becoming permanent in 1902.

After the Gold Rush of 1849, the Chinese were drawn to the West Coast as a center of economic opportunity where, for example, they helped build the first transcontinental railroad by working on the Central Pacific from 1864 to 1869. The Chinese Exclusion Act foreshadowed the immigration-restriction acts of the 1920s, culminating in the National Origins Act of 1929, which capped overall immigration to the United States at 150,000 per year and barred Asian immigration.

The law was repealed by the Magnuson Act in 1943 during World War II, when China was an ally in the war against Japan. Nevertheless, the 1943 act still allowed only 105 Chinese immigrants per year, reflecting persisting prejudice against the Chinese in American immigration policy. It was not until the Immigration Act of 1965, which eliminated previous national-origins policy, that large-scale Chinese immigration to the United States was allowed to begin again after a hiatus of over 80 years.

A few examples of anti-Chinese violence:
1. In 1871 in Los Angeles a brutal race riot left roughly 20 Chinese men dead, after white residents ransacked Chinatown there.
2.  In 1885, in Wyoming, European immigrant mine workers rioted against Chinese workers (who were paid less than white workers and who had historically been recruited as strikebreakers), killing 28 Chinese miners,destroying 75 of their homes.
3. In 1886, virtually every Chinese resident of Seattle was rounded up in an attempt to remove them from the city.
4. In 1887, 31 Chinese gold miners were murdered by bandits in Oregon, and no one was prosecuted for the murders.
(Image: "Massacre of the Chinese at Rock Springs, Wyoming" From Harper's Weekly housed at the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley)

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When people talk about immigration don’t forget the first major anti immigration law passed - the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.  My father’s U.S. citizen papers lists him of the “yellow race.”

Building on the 1875 Page Act, which banned Chinese women from immigrating to the United States, the Chinese Exclusion Act was the first law implemented to prevent all members of a specific ethnic or national group from immigrating.

The act was initially intended to last for 10 years, but was renewed in 1892 with the Geary Act and made permanent in 1902. It was repealed by the Magnuson Act on December 17, 1943, which allowed 105 Chinese to enter per year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act

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Ooops May 12, 2008.......oh we here celebrate Malaysia baru

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The act to exempt chinese for citizenship for more than 60yrs. They stay as stateless

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Racial riot in Chinatown, LA in 1871 , a catalyst and turning point for congress to pass the act.
So this was their May 13

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Why only chinese?
Not happening to jews, arabs, africans, indians, pinoys, japs, koreans in the USA......why caucasians why?

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What kind of chinese is this? Only Chinese in Malaysia

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Malaysian Chinese pun tak selamat.....Kat Malaysia syurga cina pendatang.

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/01/452198/malaysian-left-brain-dead-racist-attack-new-york-city-restaurant#utm_source=insider&utm_medium=web_push&utm_campaign=nstjan19_-_42&webPushId=MzUyNA==

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