Normalized xenophobia against Asians
Xenophobia against Asians have been going on for a long period of time, yet it seems that there is nothing done to prevent this. As early as 1882, the 10 year Chinese Exclusion Act discriminated against immigrated Chinese laborers who came to America seeking cheap job opportunities. The chinese were only 0.002 percent of the nation's population, yet Congress passed this act to maintain “white purity.” This timeline provides key highlights throughout American history showing the various Acts, Orders, and attacks to the Asian population from then till present time. Xenophobia against Asians should not and can not be normalized, and it is our duty to bring awareness and information to the public for this to stop.
Definition of xenophobia
xen·o·pho·bi·a
/ˌzenəˈfōbēə,ˌzēnəˈfōbēə/
noun
dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.
Source: google
The Timeline
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)- prohibited the immigration of chinese laborers. Lasted 10 years.
Sometime in the late 19th Century - xenophobic remarks on the uncleanliness of chinese citizens grow in San Francisco, California.
Early 20th Century- Filipinos were criticized for their “unclean bodies” (more on the foreign and dirtiness of other asians)
1942 - Executive Order 9066 authorized the military to evacuate “all persons deemed a threat from the West Coast” to relocation centers. This affected more than 110,000 Japanese Americans and Canada and Mexico went on to issue a similar order as well.
2015-now: kpop groups have gained lots of attention and have become a global sensation but are facing hate through a language barrier and derogatory comments made. kpop idols have been criticized for wearing makeup and hate comments such as “are you sure they are men” have surfaced. they do not fit the traditional western “normal”.
COVID-19 pandemic 2020- outbreak of virus caused hundreds of racist attacks against asian americans for supposedly “bringing the virus to the country”. (we can include a certain thing that happened like the story on how an asian woman got acid poured on her or elderly asian men are getting beat up)
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