Panel Talk: Chinese Exclusion Laws and Being Muslim American in Post 9/11
Saturday, July 22 at 3pm; Oakland Asian Cultural Center
388 Ninth Street, Suite 290. Oakland, CA 94607
Panel Presentation: Chinese Exclusion Laws and Being Muslim American in Post 9/11
Author Beth Lew-Williams, The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America
Author Sylvia Chan-Malik, Being Muslim: A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam
With Moderator Michael Chang, Lecturer Comparative Ethnic Studies, J.D. UCLA, Ph.D. Ethnic Studies, U.C. Berkeley. Sponsored by Eastwind Books of Berkeley and Oakland Asian Cultural Center Literary Series. MORE INFORMATION
In 1882, the United States launched an unprecedented experiment in federal border control--which promptly failed. The Chinese Must Go examines this formative moment when America's lackluster attempt to bar Chinese workers provoked a wave of anti-Chinese violence across the U.S. West. In 1885 and 1886, white vigilantes in over 150 communities used intimidation, harassment, bombs, arson, assault, and murder to drive out their Chinese neighbors. This little-known outbreak of racial violence had profound consequences. Displacing tens of thousands of Chinese immigrants, the expulsions reshaped America's racial geography. In response, the federal government not only overhauled U.S. immigration law, but also transformed its diplomatic relations with China. The Chinese Must Go recasts the history of Chinese exclusion and its importance for modern America.
Saturday, July 22 at 3pm; Oakland Asian Cultural Center
388 Ninth Street, Suite 290. Oakland, CA 94607
Panel Presentation: Chinese Exclusion Laws and Being Muslim American in Post 9/11
Author Beth Lew-Williams, The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America
Author Sylvia Chan-Malik, Being Muslim: A Cultural History of Women of Color in American Islam
With Moderator Michael Chang, Lecturer Comparative Ethnic Studies, J.D. UCLA, Ph.D. Ethnic Studies, U.C. Berkeley. Sponsored by Eastwind Books of Berkeley and Oakland Asian Cultural Center Literary Series. MORE INFORMATION
In 1882, the United States launched an unprecedented experiment in federal border control--which promptly failed. The Chinese Must Go examines this formative moment when America's lackluster attempt to bar Chinese workers provoked a wave of anti-Chinese violence across the U.S. West. In 1885 and 1886, white vigilantes in over 150 communities used intimidation, harassment, bombs, arson, assault, and murder to drive out their Chinese neighbors. This little-known outbreak of racial violence had profound consequences. Displacing tens of thousands of Chinese immigrants, the expulsions reshaped America's racial geography. In response, the federal government not only overhauled U.S. immigration law, but also transformed its diplomatic relations with China. The Chinese Must Go recasts the history of Chinese exclusion and its importance for modern America.