The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement in California

Gollan, Robin; Saxton, Alexander

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“…For example, early state policy supported vigilante murder of Indigenous peoples, setting the stage for all later rural growth (see Lindsay, 2015). Anti-Chinese populism, with origins in 19th century San Francisco, introduced he notion that white workers as 'the people' were being undermined by the Chinese 'Other' (Saxton, 1971). The "Valley of Heart's Delight," also known as the Santa Clara Valley, became a fruit production bonanza only because of labor by Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and other (mainly Asian) immigrants; when these workers organized themselves, as they often did, race-based reactionary movements emerged (Tsu, 2013).…”

Section: California: Testing-grounds For Authoritarian Populist Tacticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agrarian origins of authoritarian populism in the United States: What can we learn from 20th-century struggles in California and the Midwest?

Wit

Roman-Alcalá²,

Liebman³

et al. 2021

Journal of Rural Studies

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Section: California: Testing-grounds For Authoritarian Populist Tacticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agrarian origins of authoritarian populism in the United States: What can we learn from 20th-century struggles in California and the Midwest?

Wit

Roman-Alcalá²,

Liebman³

et al. 2021

Journal of Rural Studies

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“…It was this racism that distorted market mechanisms by flooding labor markets with false information about the lack of abilities of Chinese workers. Popular discourses represented the Chinese as members of a pagan and inferior race whose competence levels could never match those of white workers (Rubenstein, 2000;Saxton, 1971). When Chinese workers actually proved otherwise, they were then rebuked for having a "slave-like" mentality that undermined competitive forces in the wage markets (Saxton, 1971).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Popular discourses represented the Chinese as members of a pagan and inferior race whose competence levels could never match those of white workers (Rubenstein, 2000;Saxton, 1971). When Chinese workers actually proved otherwise, they were then rebuked for having a "slave-like" mentality that undermined competitive forces in the wage markets (Saxton, 1971). It was common for union leaders to even argue that Chinese workers were "riceeating men" as opposed to white workers who were "beef-eating men," and therefore deserving of lower wages since rice was far more inexpensive than beef (Lake and Reynolds, 2008).…”

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True colors of global economy: In the shadows of racialized capitalism

Prasad

2021

Organization

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This paper unpacks the notion of racial capitalism and highlights its salience for Management and Organization Studies. Racial capitalism is a process of systematically deriving socio-economic value from non-white racial identity groups, and has shaped the contours and trajectories of capitalism for over 500 years. Drawing on the contributions of W.E.B. Du Bois, Bourdieu, and a number of labor historians, we argue that whiteness operates as symbolic capital and status property in market conditions, and is therefore responsible for perpetuating economic inequalities along color lines all over the world. We demonstrate how the extra value placed on whiteness can create a shadowland of split labor markets, colorism, and transnational patterns of expropriation that systematically disadvantage populations of color.

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“…Sumner's fellow senators, voting 30 to 14 against removing the word "white" from the naturalization act, represented the declining national commitment to equal rights irrespective of race, creed, color, or national origins (Saxton, 1971). The movement to redeem the principle of constitutional equality inherent in the Revolutionary generation and the Declaration of Independence had made important strides (i.e., the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments) during the immediate post-Civil War years.…”

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A Tale of Two Browns: Constitutional Equality and Unequal Education

Anderson

2006

Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education

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Derrick Bell (2004) begins his recent book on Brown v. Board of Education by recounting graduation day at Yale University in May 2002, when his long-standing mentor and friend, Judge Robert L. Carter, received an honorary degree. During the ceremony, Yale's president reminded the audience of Judge Carter's long and distinguished career as a federal judge, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) civil rights attorney, and partner in a large law firm. "When, though," Bell writes, "Yale University president Richard Levin announced that Judge Carter was an important member of the legal team that planned and argued the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education . . . the audience leaped to its feet and, with great enthusiasm, applauded and cheered." As he stood and joined the applause, Bell wondered to himself: "How could a decision that promised so much and, by its terms, accomplished so little, have gained so hallowed a place . . . that its mere mention . . . sparked a contained but very real demonstration" (pp. 1-2).Derrick Bell is not alone in wondering why Brown commands such "awe and respect" in a nation where racial and ethnic groups remain separate and unequal in its public schools. Indeed, the ethnic disparities in academic achievement, the resegregation of public schools, and the

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The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement in California

Cited by 4 publications

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Agrarian origins of authoritarian populism in the United States: What can we learn from 20th-century struggles in California and the Midwest?

Agrarian origins of authoritarian populism in the United States: What can we learn from 20th-century struggles in California and the Midwest?

True colors of global economy: In the shadows of racialized capitalism

A Tale of Two Browns: Constitutional Equality and Unequal Education

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