Western Eyes

1600 Indentured

servants and need for a labor force

1670 Black Codes

1770 American Revolution

1770-1860 Political Stalemate 1870 Reconstruction

1876 Segregation

Asian Immigration Begins

Where we are in the class

The European Concept of Race 1800s

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

German anthropologist, physiologist, and comparative anatomist

His research in the measurement of craniums led him to divide mankind into five great families—Caucasian, Mongolian, Malayan, Ethiopian, and American

What criteria did Johann use to develop “race?” Critique his identification system. Which are

you?

The Five Races- the Caucasian or white race, the Mongolian or yellow, the Malayan or brown race, the Negro or black race, and the American or red race

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9-AWsA5BOI

History and the Mongolian

If Mongolians migrate to America in the 1800s would that make them racially American or would they remain Mongolian? What would change biologically?

Relations of Rescue

1. Who assimilated the Chinese?2. Why?3. What assumptions and judgments were

made about the Chinese?4. Did race matter more than gender?5. Connect to Sound and Fury and the

Enslavement reading.

Chinese Immigration and Labor 1865

The Chinese teams were organized into groups of 20 under one white foreman; as the difficulty of construction increased, so often did the size of the gangs. Initially, Chinese employees received wages of $27 and then $30 a month, minus the cost of food and board. In contrast, Irishmen were paid $35 per month, with board provided

Toward the end of the line, Crocker was so convinced of the skill of his Irish and Chinese workers that he decided to try for a record by laying 10 miles of track in one day

America Story of US: Heartland

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xwip7r_america-the-story-of-the-us-heartland-6-12_people

Immigration Restriction Sheet

Identify two of interest

1600 Indentured

servants and need for a labor force

1670 Black Codes

1770 American Revolution

1770-1860 Political Stalemate 1870 Reconstruction

1876 Segregation

Asian Immigration Begins

Nativism is the political position of demanding a favored status for certain established inhabitants of a nation as compared to claims of newcomers or immigrants

Jack Soo October 28, 1917 – January 11, 1979 (Japanese)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAJHmakicYs

I’m Asian American And…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNBUqpanTxc

1. What issues will the Chinese confront in America?

2. Compare one similarity to another group.3. Compare one difference to another group.

Compare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dFcYWpWfS8

Which is more frightening?

The Asian Drag Queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FEi6fMeLvw

Western EyesAsian Blepharoplasty

1. What issues will the Chinese confront in America?

2. Compare one similarity to another group.3. Compare one difference to another group.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyGunEq_LA0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWOUyFOYR2Ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ9JHrEhSjMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LonCJXeidUk

Sanford and Son

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG1gW_zKfv8

What is the relationship between Sanford and his worker?