American History Essay America did not live lived up to Emma Lazarus poem, “The New Colossus” which was engraved on the Statue of Liberty. America was the complete opposite of the poems purpose. In this essay, evidence and examples from nine different articles, websites, and films will show why America as a whole did not live up to the poems expectations of a free land for all. First, in the Film “War On the Weak” (Dunaway, 2007), the film describes a time period in which Americans came up with a certain program called Eugenics, which was the study of different types of humans and how they impacted society. The different types of people were usually of specific races and social classes. Eugenics became a program in America that believed
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In most of the images, Chinese people where shown in very stereotypical and racist ways. For example, in the photo from Harpers Weekly article in 1871, A Chinese man was shown cowering under Lady Liberty arms and white Americans congregated in large numbers in which they look like they want to hurt the Chinese man (1871,page 147). There are also fliers behind the Chinese man, which read “Importation of Chinese Barbarians” and “ The Chinaman works cheap because he is a barbarian”. These quotes show that there was a lot of hatred towards the Chinese for many things including the stereotypes about how Chinese men take American jobs for cheap. Also from another article in the Harpers weekly in 1886, in which a photo of an Anti-Chinese riot which took place in Seattle Washington Territory. This photo shows that Americans were show to be very agitated by the presence of the Chinese and wanted them removed, which is the complete opposite of the poem from Emma …show more content…
The community mostly consisted of white citizens but a smaller community was created amongst Tulsa, which mostly consisted of African American citizens. A conspiracy was started about a young African American boy who was falsely accused of a crime against a white woman he did not commit. This conspiracy led to the start of a riot in the town, which consisted of white men. The riot escalated when white and black men began to attack each other and destroy the town of Tulsa. Throughout the night of the Riot most, if not all, of the buildings in the African American part of Tulsa were burned to the ground and the National Guard had to take action against the rioters. This film clearly shows racial profiling and very cruel and aggressive actions against African Americans in the Town of Tulsa, which is also the opposite of how Emma wanted Americans to
In most of the images, Chinese people where shown in very stereotypical and racist ways. For example, in the photo from Harpers Weekly article in 1871, A Chinese man was shown cowering under Lady Liberty arms and white Americans congregated in large numbers in which they look like they want to hurt the Chinese man (1871,page 147). There are also fliers behind the Chinese man, which read “Importation of Chinese Barbarians” and “ The Chinaman works cheap because he is a barbarian”. These quotes show that there was a lot of hatred towards the Chinese for many things including the stereotypes about how Chinese men take American jobs for cheap. Also from another article in the Harpers weekly in 1886, in which a photo of an Anti-Chinese riot which took place in Seattle Washington Territory. This photo shows that Americans were show to be very agitated by the presence of the Chinese and wanted them removed, which is the complete opposite of the poem from Emma …show more content…
The community mostly consisted of white citizens but a smaller community was created amongst Tulsa, which mostly consisted of African American citizens. A conspiracy was started about a young African American boy who was falsely accused of a crime against a white woman he did not commit. This conspiracy led to the start of a riot in the town, which consisted of white men. The riot escalated when white and black men began to attack each other and destroy the town of Tulsa. Throughout the night of the Riot most, if not all, of the buildings in the African American part of Tulsa were burned to the ground and the National Guard had to take action against the rioters. This film clearly shows racial profiling and very cruel and aggressive actions against African Americans in the Town of Tulsa, which is also the opposite of how Emma wanted Americans to