ASIA AM 10W Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bhagat Singh Thind, Japanese Americans, Chain Store
18 Apr 2018
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Direct quotations are directly from the professor"s slides. Asian americans are not passive: they engage in varied forms of resistance at different levels. Small scale: individual actions, tied within larger networks. Even though the gov"t ban immigration, they fight against it by using the loophole in the immigration policy. They exerted political power through us judicial system and challenged discriminatory laws and policies. They were involved in legal court cases since the late 19th century, which were instrumental and had strong impact on the current society. Reason: an ordinance states that a permit is required for people to operate laundry rooms in wooden buildings. The decision of us supreme court: this ordinance violates the 14th amendment"s equal protection clause, which states that citizens and non-citizens are equally protected under the law. Challenge the scott act: chinese labor weren"t allowed to go back to us unless they had proof of enough property.
