Brutal Realities Of Being A Chinese Railroad Worker In The 1800s
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Date: 2022-12-29
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Jason
So white people were employing cheap Chinese labor, and the white citizens blamed the people making shitty money? Why not get angry at the employers for bypassing living wages for white people? They should've lobbied the government for a minimum wage, or at least a racially blind wage instead of getting mad at the poor bastards who were getting such terrible pay, as though the Chinese were psyched to get paid way less.
Also, the old timey Chinese are always depicted as staying very Chinese instead of trying to assimilate. Is this because if they tried to dress in American clothing and eat American food it was looked down on? I wonder if they tried to learn English. It's definitely going to frustrate the locals if you come from a very different culture and don't try to integrate into the place you moved to. Like always, I want to hear both sides of the story. This video only touches on caricatures.
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So white people were employing cheap Chinese labor, and the white citizens blamed the people making shitty money? Why not get angry at the employers for bypassing living wages for white people? They should've lobbied the government for a minimum wage, or at least a racially blind wage instead of getting mad at the poor bastards who were getting such terrible pay, as though the Chinese were psyched to get paid way less.
Also, the old timey Chinese are always depicted as staying very Chinese instead of trying to assimilate. Is this because if they tried to dress in American clothing and eat American food it was looked down on? I wonder if they tried to learn English. It's definitely going to frustrate the locals if you come from a very different culture and don't try to integrate into the place you moved to. Like always, I want to hear both sides of the story. This video only touches on caricatures.
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bluemoondiadochi
Dont get confused, this IS the essence of the anglo democracies; ANYTHING is permitted if it gains enough traction with significant portion of population and institutions. Never forget that. it's about voting blocks, not principles.
same for segregation, and concentration-camping of asians during ww2, or discrimination against irish, or against arabs, or attempts of racial dilution of aborigines in australia, or trail of tears of native americans, it's the same persistent pattern over and over again.
Anglos built a scale where a compass should be.
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Dont get confused, this IS the essence of the anglo democracies; ANYTHING is permitted if it gains enough traction with significant portion of population and institutions. Never forget that. it's about voting blocks, not principles.
same for segregation, and concentration-camping of asians during ww2, or discrimination against irish, or against arabs, or attempts of racial dilution of aborigines in australia, or trail of tears of native americans, it's the same persistent pattern over and over again.
Anglos built a scale where a compass should be.
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E. K.
My sister had Chinese-American neighbors in her Dallas, Texas suburb whose ancestors had originally immigrated to California to work on the railroad in the 1860s. They were met with such an incredible amount of prejudice, that they moved eastward to Texas and started restaurants and were successful in other enterprises as well. They had a family history book published that included many photographs. They also wore Ten Gallon hats and had charming Texas accents!
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My sister had Chinese-American neighbors in her Dallas, Texas suburb whose ancestors had originally immigrated to California to work on the railroad in the 1860s. They were met with such an incredible amount of prejudice, that they moved eastward to Texas and started restaurants and were successful in other enterprises as well. They had a family history book published that included many photographs. They also wore Ten Gallon hats and had charming Texas accents!
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Jason
it's not chinese. it's cantonese or toisanese. Those were my ancestors. Get history correct. Northerner chinese, shang hainese, and the rest were never here. My village is very small with 1. 3 million. here another thing. My ancestors never spoke a lick of mandarin nor cantonese. Only toisanese. WOAH. But whatever. Oh we're still suffering now a lot of discrimination. This severely incorrect history.
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it's not chinese. it's cantonese or toisanese. Those were my ancestors. Get history correct. Northerner chinese, shang hainese, and the rest were never here. My village is very small with 1. 3 million. here another thing. My ancestors never spoke a lick of mandarin nor cantonese. Only toisanese. WOAH. But whatever. Oh we're still suffering now a lot of discrimination. This severely incorrect history.
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Moebym
My family has an intimate connection with railroads, as my grandmother was the very first female train conductor in Mainland China, so I have known about the Chinese rail workers on the Transcontinental Railroad for some time. Thank you for covering this topic in so much depth for those who weren't aware of this sorry chapter in American history.
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My family has an intimate connection with railroads, as my grandmother was the very first female train conductor in Mainland China, so I have known about the Chinese rail workers on the Transcontinental Railroad for some time. Thank you for covering this topic in so much depth for those who weren't aware of this sorry chapter in American history.
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Kevin
Humans so often hurt whatever the thing is that I call my soul. We are all equal, and I await the day it dawns on the rest of the world, that human beings can do anything, we just have to trust and rely on each other and get things done together, what we can do together would change everything in a positive way that would benefit us all as species.
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Humans so often hurt whatever the thing is that I call my soul. We are all equal, and I await the day it dawns on the rest of the world, that human beings can do anything, we just have to trust and rely on each other and get things done together, what we can do together would change everything in a positive way that would benefit us all as species.
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redlips
I'm Sicilian and the Sicilians went through terrible treatment when they came to America and built the railroad they made friends with the Chinese but they were killed alongside the Chinese there is a mass grave near the Appalachian mountains where they built railroad and hundreds of bodies were found being Chinese and Italian
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I'm Sicilian and the Sicilians went through terrible treatment when they came to America and built the railroad they made friends with the Chinese but they were killed alongside the Chinese there is a mass grave near the Appalachian mountains where they built railroad and hundreds of bodies were found being Chinese and Italian
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Viwern
The saddest part is that Chinese people are still discriminated in the US today. A lot of people still think we stink, our food smells but on the other hand, people fetishize us and with the rise of KPOP, many Caucasian women want our slanted eyes that were once mocked. The discrimination doesnt end no matter how hard we work
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The saddest part is that Chinese people are still discriminated in the US today. A lot of people still think we stink, our food smells but on the other hand, people fetishize us and with the rise of KPOP, many Caucasian women want our slanted eyes that were once mocked. The discrimination doesnt end no matter how hard we work
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redlips
Please do more history on the Italians that came to America and how they were treated people have this image that they were all gangsters and that's just not true they were poor immigrants that were treated like dirt by the Irish English and the Americans every country is just about raped our country Sicily Italy.
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Please do more history on the Italians that came to America and how they were treated people have this image that they were all gangsters and that's just not true they were poor immigrants that were treated like dirt by the Irish English and the Americans every country is just about raped our country Sicily Italy.
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akh2ogeek
The Chinese Massacre in Rock Springs, Wyoming is just one example of how the Chinese were treated. Luckily this has been taught in the towns schools and is a large portion of the town museum. In some aspects I think its there to help remind us how ugly people can be and that it cannot be repeated.
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The Chinese Massacre in Rock Springs, Wyoming is just one example of how the Chinese were treated. Luckily this has been taught in the towns schools and is a large portion of the town museum. In some aspects I think its there to help remind us how ugly people can be and that it cannot be repeated.
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citizen
European politicians in usa and all over the world are very hypocritical, now after years of losing colonial lands, they start to pretend they love protect human rights. for other races living in the world. however actually inside their mind is always devil. hating people different from them.
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European politicians in usa and all over the world are very hypocritical, now after years of losing colonial lands, they start to pretend they love protect human rights. for other races living in the world. however actually inside their mind is always devil. hating people different from them.
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Hatsunama
I wish you would extend the videos like 5 SECONDS so I can actually look at the next 2 videos you're suggesting. It's impossible to read and decide in the 2 seconds you give us
I usually can't even get my phone out of my pocket before the next video starts on it's own
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I wish you would extend the videos like 5 SECONDS so I can actually look at the next 2 videos you're suggesting. It's impossible to read and decide in the 2 seconds you give us
I usually can't even get my phone out of my pocket before the next video starts on it's own
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Shari
During WWII my dad was on the USS San Fransco. He told me stories of liberating two large cities in China and how wonderful the people were to the sailors. There can always be kindness. Governments and fat cats forget that, but commoners can always be kind.
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During WWII my dad was on the USS San Fransco. He told me stories of liberating two large cities in China and how wonderful the people were to the sailors. There can always be kindness. Governments and fat cats forget that, but commoners can always be kind.
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Nunya
rich been doing it to the poor since day one, and while history doesnt always repeat, it sure does rhyme. people at the top want the division, easier to rule. if everyone united against the usurpers, they couldnt rule, theyd be just as powerless
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rich been doing it to the poor since day one, and while history doesnt always repeat, it sure does rhyme. people at the top want the division, easier to rule. if everyone united against the usurpers, they couldnt rule, theyd be just as powerless
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Cheryl
I recently watched a Bonanza episode where the Chinese cook wanted to marry a white woman. It was denied because laws were in effect outlawing interracial marriage. I had no idea that happened back then until I watched that particular episode!
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I recently watched a Bonanza episode where the Chinese cook wanted to marry a white woman. It was denied because laws were in effect outlawing interracial marriage. I had no idea that happened back then until I watched that particular episode!
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CaRoKaZi
The blacks are always screaming about reparations and slavery never even existed in the west except for the Chinese and other Asians because who can tell the difference. Then they say Asians arent minorities. Its all a racket
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The blacks are always screaming about reparations and slavery never even existed in the west except for the Chinese and other Asians because who can tell the difference. Then they say Asians arent minorities. Its all a racket
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Delta
The cruelest crime in the construction of the railways was when Nobel tried his explosives in blasting the Rocky Mountain through. Chinese railways labour were perished hundreds, no corpse in one piece was ever found!
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The cruelest crime in the construction of the railways was when Nobel tried his explosives in blasting the Rocky Mountain through. Chinese railways labour were perished hundreds, no corpse in one piece was ever found!
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Alan
I would love if you could do a segment on Mexicans / Latinos in the US!
I know immigration started not so long ago in the 20th century, but don't often see any highlight and I would love to learn more about it!
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I would love if you could do a segment on Mexicans / Latinos in the US!
I know immigration started not so long ago in the 20th century, but don't often see any highlight and I would love to learn more about it!
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Dr.
Good presentation. The Chinese suffered tremendous inequalities and suffered from horrific racism in their settlements like in San Francisco. There were also issues in terms of not being able to testify in court.
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Good presentation. The Chinese suffered tremendous inequalities and suffered from horrific racism in their settlements like in San Francisco. There were also issues in terms of not being able to testify in court.
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KemetBrotha17
A lot of people don't know that Asians went through hell in America like every other person of color but the older genetations tend to not speak up. I'm very glad this generation is different.
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A lot of people don't know that Asians went through hell in America like every other person of color but the older genetations tend to not speak up. I'm very glad this generation is different.
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