Normandie's The Injustice To The Chinese

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Imagine being in a situation of leaving all your belongings and family in search of better economic opportunity in a different country. Many of the Chinese did just that and beyond, but there was one restriction called the Chinese Exclusion Act that was eventually passed that excluded them from American territory. Despite all of this, there was people who understood why the Chinese sought American soil and opposed Chinese Exclusion. James De Normandie’s “The Injustice to the Chinese: A sermon Preached to the First Church” and Liang-Cheng’s “Note from the Chinese minister to the Secretary of State on Chinese Exclusion and the Anti-American boycott” show two different perspectives from two authors while still showing opposition of Chinese exclusion. …show more content…

A majority of United States citizens considered themselves to be Christians. The passage of the Geary Law of 1882 undermines the Christian nation’s goal of spreading the Word of God. Offering spiritual offers in one hand and a picture of political and social life full of falsity and dishonesty did not accomplish that. By treating the Chinese people poorly, they fail at drawing more people to the Christian religion. According to De Normandie, The Golden Rule is a fundamental rule that should be followed by Christians daily. All followers of Christ must obey The Golden Rule, but in 1882, it was a strict question of who actually followed it. There was a strict hypocrisy issue because of the fact that these actions were not Christian-like! De Normandie referenced Chinese philosopher, Confucius, in his sermon continually. Confucius emphasized upon the necessity of good men in office. By having poor leaders in office who have no sense of honor between nations, a nation can end up with this type of discriminatory leadership. The United States’ goal of spreading the gospel as a Christian nation, was undermined because of the decision of excluding the Chinese from the United States. By enforcing Chinese exclusions Christians are not being …show more content…

James De Normandie preached that the United States should seek to be a Christian nation. The natural action of going out and teaching all nations is one of those who are sympathetic with their fellow people. This is true because the mission of Christianity is to spread the gospel with other nations. De Normandie said that “sincerity is one Christian grace that must be greatly given hope to public and private life.” The United States can be the righteous nation it ought to be if it seeks sincerity and openness of other perspectives. Chentung Liang-Cheng argued that the United States must seek fairness and equality. With heavy immigration regulation and racism against the Chinese, the United States is not the land of the free, home of the brave. The United States must earn trustworthiness by following its own Constitution and Bill of Rights. They fail to do this due to the fact that they violated the treaty of 1880 in numerous ways including increased regulation and discrimination of the five exempt classes of Chinese. The United States must seek to be a Christian nation with good morals and must follow their own Constitution and Bill of

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