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

THE EXCLUSION OF THE CHINESE FROM PROPERLY ASSIMILATING INTO AMERICAN SOCIETY WAS EXTENSIVELY BREWING PRIOR TO THE EXCLUSION ACTS. VIOLENT ANTI-CHINESE SENTIMENT HAD A LARGE CONTRIBUTION INTO THE DISCRIMINATION THEY FACED. THE RAMPANT INTIMIDATION AND VIOLENCE AGAINST THE CHINESE FOSTERED A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT, MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR THE CHINESE TO FEEL

COMFORTABLE IN THE “COUNTRY FOUNDED BY IMMIGRANTS”. THE AMERICAN DREAM SIMPLY DID NOT APPLY TO THE CHINESE.

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