Chapter 4- This chapter is about the deculturalization and globalization of Asian Americans in American. Large numbers of Chinese came about in the 16th to 20 centuries, to the United States; migrating from places like: South Asia, South American, Caribbean and Japan. Chinese diaspora created sub-ethnic groups that impacted globalization for the Chinese population and others. The Gold Rush brought the first Chinese migrants to the United States, in the 1850s. Chinese immigrants were hired to build the transcontinental railroad at wages that were about one-third less than would have been paid to white workers (page 72). Asian Americans didn’t understand why they wasn’t granted citizenship under the Naturalization Act, like the Native Americans. Naturalization Act of 1790, was to grant everyone citizenship. …show more content…
California denied citizenship to Asians. The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, denied entrance into the United States of all Chinese laborers for ten years while exempting merchants, students, teachers, and diplomats (page 74). George Hcar and William Moore believed that Asian Americans should be granted equal rights and citizenship. William Moore believed that everyone was welcome to come and basically have the same human rights as the ones who was here before us. United States vs. Bhagat Singh Thind, argue that Asian were Caucasian, therefore they should be granted citizenship, but the Supreme Court stated, that Asians weren’t Caucasian; denied citizenship once again due to the fact not being an descendants from Europe. The year 1952, mark a change Asian Americans dealing with the issue of citizenship. The Mo Carian Walter Act, restricted the 1790 Naturalization Act allowing equality among all including