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ModuleTwoAssignmentExamplar-211.pptx
Chinese Immigration in America
Name:
Southern New Hampshire University
Cultural Stereotypes
Chinese Stereotypes
Stereotypes plague the world with implied thoughts and misperceptions about different cultures. Chinese immigrants have been stereotyped as intelligent and hardworking but unassertive and non-threatening. Many people view Chinese immigrants as weak and quiet. The various forms of media have portrayed them as small, apologetic people that struggle with English, when in all actuality they are more intelligent and more academically inclined than many other cultures.
San Gabriel Police Department
Primarily Asian-American community in Los Angeles, with limited Asian representation in the police department
Law enforcement personnel were caught using mocking Asian accents and racial slurs
The Asian-American officers get passed up for promotions regardless of education and tenure
Blatant discrimination against Asian-Americans serving in the police force
Police Department is getting sued for discrimination
Fellow officers are suing the San Gabriel Police Department for racial discrimination against Asian-Americans. According to an article by Chris Fuchs (2017), the community is 66% Asian population but the police force does not represent this statistic. The officers that on the force have been witnessed mocking the Asian community as well as the officers that work beside them. There is a law suit forming against the police department because the Asian-Americans on the force are being passed up for promotions even if they are more deserving than the officers receiving them.
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South Brooklyn Manhunt
Commander instructs officers to focus on Black and Hispanic offenders
“Think of white and Asian people as ‘soft targets’ (Goldstein and Southall, 2019).
Officers feared retaliation because of quota system
“Encouraged to enforce low-level violations against black and Hispanic people” (Goldstein and Southall, 2019).
Clear racial disparity and bias
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Chinese Immigration Timeline
In 1849-1882, the California god rush drew in upwards of 25,000 Chinese immigrants to work the mines and try to take advantage of the opportunities in America. During this time period, the United States formed the Burlingame-Seward Treaty with China, which eased immigration restrictions and allowed for trading with China. Following the Burlingame Treaty, the United States tried to suspend and control the immigration of Chinese immigrants with the Angell Treaty. After the gold rush concluded, the United States implemented the Chinese Exclusion Act that halted immigration from China into the United States. However, when Ellis Island opened, Chinese immigrants took the opportunity to enter the United States on the east coast. Going back to the west coast, the San Francisco earthquake and fires created another opportunity for Chinese immigration because a bunch of the records were lost in the incident. Finally, the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 was enacted to repeal previous laws restricting the immigration of people to America. (History of San Francisco’s Chinatown, 2017).
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1849–1882
Chinese immigration started for the California gold rush.
1868
Burlingame-Seward Treaty
1880
Angell Treaty
1882
Chinese Exclusion Act
1890
Ellis Island
1906
San Francisco Earthquake
1965
Immigration and Naturalization Act
Cultural Biases and History
Chinese immigrants were viewed as cheap laborers because they needed to make money to save and send back to their families in China. Therefore, they would accept less money for the same job as their white counterparts.
Local white men started to resent the Chinese immigrants because they were trying to unionize and felt the immigrants were taking their jobs.
Because so many immigrants were trying to come to the U.S., the government started to implement laws and immigration acts to limit laborers from China from coming into the United States. There were exceptions to the rules for other professions and students.
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The gold rush formed the opinion that the Chinese were hard workers but cheap labor.
The large increase in Chinese immigration made locals resent the immigrants and caused issues between the whites and the Asians.
The Chinese were getting in the way of white men finding solid work and decent pay because of the lower rates the Chinese would accept.
The U.S. started implementing limitations and bans on the number of immigrants allowed from China, including the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
Communication Concerns for Chinese Immigrants
Many language issues arise with immigration.
Not all immigrants speak English fluently.
With Chinese often being stereotyped as struggling with English, communication barriers and biases exist.
Biases could influence the way people try to communicate with Chinese immigrants.
Law enforcement may struggle trying to communicate with Chinese immigrants due to the language barriers.
Immigrants may also struggle with understanding law enforcement personnel when dealing with police matters
References
Fuchs, Chris. (2017). Asian-American cops sue police department alleging racial discrimination. Retrieved from https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna824136
Goldstein, J. and Southall, A. (2019). ‘I Got Tired of Hunting Black and Hispanic People’. Retrieved from https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/nyregion/nyc-police- subway-racial-profiling.amp.html
History of San Francisco’s Chinatown. (2017). Retrieved from https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/san-Francisco-chinatown
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