Bringing the Marginalized into Conversations about American Raciality - Erin Kane - Keely Gaeta - Emily Norris

'THE CHINESE MUST GO!' THE ANTI-CHINESE MOVEMENT ERIKA LEE

ANGEL ISLAND IS OFTEN CALLED THE ELLIS ISLAND OF THE WEST. HOWEVER, THAT PARALLEL ISN’T QUITE RIGHT. ELLIS ISLAND IS LOOKED AT AS A PLACE OF OPPORTUNITY AND WELCOME WHERE THE UNITED STATES’S IMMIGRANT HERITAGE IS CELEBRATED. ANGEL ISLAND, ON THE OTHER HAND, DOES NOTHING OF THE SORT. ANGEL ISLAND IS FILLED WITH EXAMINATIONS AND INTERROGATIONS WITH THE SEEMING GOAL OF KEEPING REPRESENTS HELPLESSNESS AND DESPAIR AMONG THE CHINESE. RACIAL STEREOTYPING AND PREJUDICE LOOMWITH EACH NEW IMMIGRANT AS THEY ATTEMPT TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES. THE ELLIS ISLAND OF THE WEST DOES NOT LIVE UP TO ITS NAME. IMMIGRANTS OUT. THIS IMMIGRATION BEACON

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