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"Erasure and Recognition: The Census, Race and the National…
"Erasure and Recognition: The Census, Race and the National Imagination"
1870, Chinese went from being used to classify a nationality to a color
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the census was what first classified Chinese as a race; society had not clearly defined what they thought Chinese to be a classification of or which group it fit into
1850 & 1860, unsure of how to label Chinese; a population that they are looking to control
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Chinese population was growing at a much faster rate than the rest of the population.. leading to a a demand for further documenation of the Chinese specifically
people were uncomfortable with the number of Chinese people filling jobs and their was mass anxiety over their dominance in the workforce
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scientific racism targeting the Chinese population imerges with public fear and distain for Chinese population (mainly in Claifornia)
seen as inferior to the white race, lumped in with mulattoes and blacks
"routinely liked to both blacks and Indians, and in that comparison seen as incompatable with Reppublican governance" pg.1734
new studies in frenology, craniometry, ethnology immerged trying to scientifically prove the infeririority of non-white races
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