During the time, the Chinese Immigrants has been excluded from the United States at one point. The Chinese Exclusion Act was a federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur in 1882. It stopped Chinese Immigrants coming to the United States. It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the country. Some people might say that the law was passed is because of Economic tension, such as cheap labor, however, in my opinion the main reason that causes the law was racial tension.
To start with, One of the main causes is Chinese were less than human. The “Political Cartoon, 1871” by Thomas Nast assert “coolie, slave, pauper, rat-eater” (Doc b). The American thinks that Chinese Can’t stand as a human, but a slave or even sub-human. It shows the racist from the white man against Chinese man. Although, The text also mentioned “ Importation of Chinese, barbarians” (Doc B). It infers that the whites wondering the Chinese people do things that they know is wrong, but they still do it, usually they won’t listen. Whites call them evil, and savage. Another main point is Chinese were non-Christian. Some …show more content…
For example, In the “Anti-Chinese Play,” 1879, The document mentioned “I telly you, white man big fools; eaty too muchee, drinky too muchee, and talkee too muchee.” (Doc A) The play have shown what Chinese feels about Whites, they thinks that White man were drunkards, White man are’nt doing what they should be doing but being lazy and drunk. Another example from the text is “Chinaman plenty work, plenty money, Plenty to eat. White man, no works, no money, die-sabee?” The Chinese has shown their opinion of the whites that they are not intelligent to work hard, because of that, the Chinese will take thier job. They also use bad words such as “sabee”, which means stupid or idiot. Both Example have proved that the Chinese were racist against
To start with, One of the main causes is Chinese were less than human. The “Political Cartoon, 1871” by Thomas Nast assert “coolie, slave, pauper, rat-eater” (Doc b). The American thinks that Chinese Can’t stand as a human, but a slave or even sub-human. It shows the racist from the white man against Chinese man. Although, The text also mentioned “ Importation of Chinese, barbarians” (Doc B). It infers that the whites wondering the Chinese people do things that they know is wrong, but they still do it, usually they won’t listen. Whites call them evil, and savage. Another main point is Chinese were non-Christian. Some …show more content…
For example, In the “Anti-Chinese Play,” 1879, The document mentioned “I telly you, white man big fools; eaty too muchee, drinky too muchee, and talkee too muchee.” (Doc A) The play have shown what Chinese feels about Whites, they thinks that White man were drunkards, White man are’nt doing what they should be doing but being lazy and drunk. Another example from the text is “Chinaman plenty work, plenty money, Plenty to eat. White man, no works, no money, die-sabee?” The Chinese has shown their opinion of the whites that they are not intelligent to work hard, because of that, the Chinese will take thier job. They also use bad words such as “sabee”, which means stupid or idiot. Both Example have proved that the Chinese were racist against