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Chinese Immigration Chapter Summary

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Ch. 1
The main subject of this chapter is to introduce the racial discrimination Asian-Americans suffered simply because of their skin color. The author argues in this chapter that Americans are frequently subject to assume that Asians are foreigners, having no knowledge of their past or family. A specific piece of evidence that the author uses to support his case is the example of when he went to college and was invited to dinners for foreign students, despite the fact that his family had lived in America for three generations.
Ch. 2
The main subject of this chapter is the false idea of prosperity that many Asians believed lay in America before they came over. The author argues in this chapter that people migrating from Asia had a rude awakening when they landed in America and discovered how poorly the minorities were treated. A specific piece of evidence that the author uses to support his case is the question of a young immigrant: “Why had I left home?...I looked …show more content…

The author argues in this chapter that Chinese families were unjustly separated in America because the husbands needed work and Chinese woman were not allowed into America. A specific piece of evidence that the author uses to support his case is the men who looked for loopholes in the law, attempting to bring their families from China to America.
Ch. 7
The main subject of this chapter is the hardships that Koreans suffered as they migrated to America after the earthquake in 1906. The author argues in this chapter that Americans treated the Koreans just like the Japanese, often confusing the two races while continuing to utter racial slurs about them. A specific piece of evidence that the author uses to support his case in the example of the history teacher who called all Asian students “Japs”, even though the person that the teacher was referring to was a Korean student, completely different from a Japanese.
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