ASAMST 20AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Rowlatt Act, Everett, Washington, Shortage
11 Oct 2017
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Racial discrimination and exclusion in us gentlemen"s agreement. Asian indians, east indians, south asians, hindus (used negligibly) 18th, 19th century, british traders become rulers. Former soldiers re-migrated once they were placed in a colony -- they would emigrate to the us. Labor recruiters from canada to the punjab region. British subjects feared indians would battle for independence -- had to control number. Had to take an indirect route to us not direct. Double the distance from china and japan. Us asian exclusion movement was at its height. Labor shortage due to cel(chinese exclusion laws) and ga(gentlemen"s agreement) led to demand for south asian labor. Seen as a threat by white laborers. 1908 asian exclusion league -- dilemma in racial classification: Contributors to mankind through conquest, progress, and civilization. Chinese bachelor society stereotypes applied to asian indians. Lustful, diseased, lacked cleanliness, disregarded sanitary laws, stole, and insolent towards women. Japanese and korean exclusion leagues extended targets to include s. asians.
