Chinese Exclusion Act

Chinese Canadian Museum Takes Highlights of Feature Exhibition “The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act” on the Road

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Thursday, April 18, 2024
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Chinese Canadian Museum (CCM) is pleased to announce they will be taking highlights of their feature exhibition The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act on the road across Canada this May in recognition of Asian Heritage Month. A special video tour of the national exhibition located in the museum’s historic Wing Sang Building has been produced especially for this East Coast tour.

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  • Photo: Curator Catherine Clement presenting the Chinese Canadian Museum’s feature exhibition “The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act” during the museum’s grand opening on July 1, 2023.
  • VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Chinese Canadian Museum (CCM) is pleased to announce they will be taking highlights of their feature exhibition The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act on the road across Canada this May in recognition of Asian Heritage Month.
  • As Canada’s first Chinese Canadian Museum, the museum provides a meaningful and transformative experience for all, connecting Canadians to the diverse and eclectic stories and contributions of generations of Chinese Canadians, past and present — with an eye to the future.
  • Catherine Clement is an award-winning community curator whose work focuses on uncovering and sharing the lesser-known stories of the Chinese Canadian community.

Defying the Storm: Chinese Americans Rally for Justice and Equality in Miami, FL

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Monday, December 18, 2023
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MIAMI, Dec. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In a historic gathering at the Torch of Friendship on December 16, elected officials, and individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds united against injustice, protesting Senate Bill 264. Enacted in July, SB264 restricts property ownership in Florida for those affiliated with China or the Chinese community, the Communist Party, or other countries of concern, marking a troubling return to discriminatory policies reminiscent of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

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  • The latter prohibits faculty at Florida's public universities from hiring Chinese graduate students and postdocs for research work.
  • Reflecting on the historical discrimination faced by Chinese Americans, dating back to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, leaders of the Chinese American community stood resilient and united against the unconstitutional and unfair legislation.
  • The rally opened and closed with a powerful group sing-along of the civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome," symbolizing the collective strength and determination of Chinese Americans to overcome adversity.
  • Together, we will rise above our current challenges and welcome a new day of renewal," affirmed the media group.

Stand With Us for Justice and Unity: Oppose Unconstitutional Legislations

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Friday, December 15, 2023
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Their participation lends significant weight to this critical cause and grassroots movement, amplifying the urgency and importance of opposing discriminatory laws and standing for justice and equality.

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  • Their participation lends significant weight to this critical cause and grassroots movement, amplifying the urgency and importance of opposing discriminatory laws and standing for justice and equality.
  • SB 264, a legislation imposing a restrictive property purchase ban for certain community members, has raised significant concerns.
  • Violations of this ban could result in severe civil and criminal penalties, including imprisonment of up to 5 years.
  • SB 264, imposing property bans and penalties, and SB 846, hampering research, collaboration, and academic freedom, stand as stark examples of legislations that erodes fundamental principles of equality and inclusivity.

Finalists for 2023 Webster Awards Announced

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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Plus tickets now on sale for the Nov. 14th Gala Dinner/Awards Evening

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    VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 12, 2023 /CNW/ - Finalists in the 14 categories for the 2023 Webster Awards, Western Canada's preeminent journalism awards, were announced today.
  • All finalists will be celebrated, and the winner in each category will be announced during the November 14th Webster Awards which this year will be a live, in-person gala dinner awards evening at the Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, no-host reception 4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. with dinner and the awards beginning at 6:00 p.m.
    Finalists announced for 2023 Webster Awards - Nov. 14 event featuring Lisa LaFlamme
    This year's event will feature Lisa LaFlamme, in a fireside chat hosted by CBC Vancouver's Gloria Macarenko.
  • The 2023 finalists announced today and detailed below were chosen by the Webster Awards jury, all members who are independent of the Jack Webster Foundation and its board.
  • Webster Award partners are Oh Boy Productions, Glacier Media, and the Vancouver Sun and Province.

From Chinatowns to ethnoburbs and beyond, where Chinese people settle reflects changing wealth levels and political climates

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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Ethnoburbs defy the traditional assumption that Chinese immigrants arrive poor and have to settle in urban Chinatowns before earning enough money to move to the suburbs.

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  • Ethnoburbs defy the traditional assumption that Chinese immigrants arrive poor and have to settle in urban Chinatowns before earning enough money to move to the suburbs.
  • Instead, educated and wealthy Chinese immigrants arriving in the past few decades have settled in upper- to upper-middle-class neighborhoods.
  • Shifting Chinese immigrant settlement patterns reflect the changing profile of Chinese immigrants and the effects of globalization and geopolitics.

Changing Chinatowns

    • Chinatowns – inner-city, compact Chinese residential and commercial quarters – represent the prototypical ethnic enclave, a geographic area with high concentrations of a particular ethnic group.
    • A number of Chinatowns were displaced in the name of urban development or because of violence.
    • Since the repeal of those policies, the fate of Chinatowns in different locations has varied dramatically.
    • Some intentionally developed Chinatowns, like the one Las Vegas opened in 1995, are commercial plazas with mostly restaurants and shops.

Emergence of ethnoburbs

    • Another type of immigrant community has been emerging since the 1960s as a result of changing immigration policies: ethnoburbs.
    • Then, during the second half of the century, the center moved steadily eastward as large numbers of new Chinese immigrants directly settled in the suburban San Gabriel Valley, signifying the emergence of an ethnoburb.
    • For example, ethnoburbs in Silicon Valley emerged with high-tech industries attracting skilled and affluent Asian Americans who are highly politically involved.

Ethnoburbs are different from Chinatowns

    • Residents in ethnoburbs are more racially and socioeconomically diverse, suggesting greater potential for racial tensions and class conflicts than traditional ethnic enclaves.
    • Many ethnoburbs have supplanted Chinatowns as the commercial and cultural centers of contemporary Chinese diasporas.
    • Obviously, not all Chinese people live in Chinatowns or ethnoburbs.

Geopolitics and integration

    • Recent decades have seen increasing anti-Asian hate amid rising geopolitical tensions with the People’s Republic of China, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
    • The long-term effects of these trends on Chinese diasporas are unclear.
    • We hope that ethnoburbs will not become, like historical Chinatowns, the only refuge for Chinese immigrants to live.
    • Learning from history’s mistakes is key to building a fair and just society for all, the Chinese diaspora included.

A century after the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese women still face challenges in Canada

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Friday, July 7, 2023
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This July marks a century since the Chinese Exclusion Act was introduced in Canada.

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  • This July marks a century since the Chinese Exclusion Act was introduced in Canada.
  • However, this does not mean that Chinese people, and Chinese women in particular, no longer experience racism, sexism and class discrimination in Canada.
  • The Chinese Exclusion Act and other discriminatory measures had profound and lasting impacts on Chinese women and family formation in Canada.

Nation-building and Chinese labour

    • From 1880 to 1885, 17,000 Chinese labourers worked under contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia.
    • When the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed in 1885 and cheap Chinese labour was no longer needed, a head tax of $50 was levied by the state to deter poor labourers from entering Canada.
    • With few Chinese women around, families could not be formed or settled permanently in Canada, and the Chinese population was effectively kept low.

The exclusion act

    • The racist exclusion of Chinese immigrants culminated in July 1, 1923 with the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which excluded Chinese from entering Canada.
    • Read more:
      A white riot in Vancouver: Tracing the steps of the 1907 anti-Asian mob

      The act effectively stopped Chinese people, particularly Chinese women, from coming into Canada.

Family separations continue

    • As a result, many immigrants lack the support that comes with having parents and other family members close by.
    • Immigrant women seeking to raise a family in Canada must reckon with a dire shortage of regulated affordable child care facilities, and a lack of subsidized child-care spaces for working mothers in Canada.
    • Some women resolve to send their children back to the home country to be taken care of by grandparents or other family members.
    • Without an integrative anti-racist, anti-sexist approach and structural changes, many Chinese families in Canada will continue to suffer simply for wanting to call Canada home.

Chinese Canadian Museum officially opens to the public on July 1

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Friday, June 30, 2023
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Chinese Canadian Museum is pleased to officially open its doors to the public on Saturday, July 1, 2023. Located in the historic Wing Sang Building at 51 East Pender Street in Vancouver Chinatown, the Chinese Canadian Museum provides a meaningful and transformative experience for all, connecting everyone to the diverse and eclectic stories and contributions of generations of Chinese Canadians.

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  • VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Chinese Canadian Museum is pleased to officially open its doors to the public on Saturday, July 1, 2023.
  • “We are so proud to officially open the Chinese Canadian Museum and welcome visitors to explore, discover and learn about the stories and journeys of so many Chinese Canadians who sacrificed so much to help build the country into what it is today,” says Grace Wong, Board Chair for the Chinese Canadian Museum.
  • The Journeys Here, a painted wall mural by Chinese Canadian artist Marlene Yuen, highlighting Chinese Canadian journeys and experiences past to present.
  • “The Chinese Canadian Museum is opening doors for Canadians to learn about the incredible contributions and history of the Chinese Canadian community, whose stories are woven into the fabric of our country.

Asian folktales offer moral lessons that help reduce racial prejudice in children

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Monday, June 26, 2023
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As the story goes, both are constantly bombarded by their fears despite their efforts to avoid them.

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  • As the story goes, both are constantly bombarded by their fears despite their efforts to avoid them.
  • The moral of the tale is revealing and contains a powerful anti-racism message: What you hate becomes your fate.
  • As an educational linguist and a psychologist who specialize in children’s literacy development, we know that reading such folktales about people from different ethnic groups reduces prejudice in young children.
  • By age 4, children learn stereotypes against certain groups of people, and by age 7, children of color internalize stereotypes.

A significant step in combating anti-Asian hate

    • The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II demonstrate the long history of abuse that continues today.
    • According to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, hate crimes against Asians in the U.S. increased by 339% during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • In March 2018, we held a workshop to introduce this book to 25 Lowell public school elementary school teachers.

Moral lessons

    • Many Asian countries, such as Korea and Vietnam, use folktales as part of an ethics education that is part of their core curricula.
    • First, folktales often contain explicit moral lessons on honesty, wisdom, good deeds and perseverance.
    • The story ends with community members explaining the moral lesson: If you are a good person, you will have good outcomes.
    • Minjeong Kim has received funding from Creative Economy Grant of University of Massachusetts to conduct research cited in this article.

Chinese Canadian Museum Receives $5.18 Million From Government of Canada

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Chinese Canadian Museum has received $5,179,000 from the Government of Canada in support of its building and space renewal at its new permanent location. The museum, located at the historic Wing Sang Building in Vancouver Chinatown, is preparing to open its doors to the public on July 1st.

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  • “We thank the Government of Canada for this funding at a pivotal juncture in the Chinese Canadian Museum’s development,” said Dr. Melissa Karmen Lee, CEO of the Chinese Canadian Museum.
  • “This funding provided by the Government of Canada comes at an important time in our collective history,” said Grace Wong, Board Chair of the Chinese Canadian Museum.
  • A painted mural by Chinese Canadian artist Marlene Yuen, highlighting Chinese Canadian journeys and experiences past to present.
  • is proud of the commitment it made in 2018 to establish Canada’s first Chinese Canadian Museum.

Another Example of Yellow Privilege?

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In his upcoming book, "Beyond the Bamboo Curtain" Michael Lee explains why Asians in the U.S. enjoy more privileges than other minorities.

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  • In fact, in early 2023, DeSantis rejected a new AP African American history class, claiming it "lacks educational value."
  • Dr. Lee explains how Asians in America have been granted something called "Yellow Privilege" which is almost as good as "White Privilege", but not quite.
  • In Michael's book, he explains many of the facts surrounding Yellow Privilege including:
    The public relations campaign that created Yellow Privilege.
  • How Yellow Privilege is used to take the spotlight off inequalities that Blacks and other groups in America have suffered.