Examples Of Racial Prejudice In America

Racial Prejudice in America: the Asians
The immigration is originally seen as a moving in a foreign country in order to start a new life or improve the way of living by finding new opportunities. However, this integration has always been an issue for the foreign race to the United States. Every races went through a long period of drastic prejudice before earning the right deserved. Not only were the Africans prejudiced but also were the Asians.
Two stories told by Bill D. Moyers, journalist and political commentator, about Huang accused of gathering illegally funds from foreign source and Ho lee accused of espionage pictured how the past can catch up with the present. Both Americans but with unfortunately Asian background that cost them to

be judge without relevant reasons and above all without proof. This stories had some repercussion on others Asian American working or affiliated to the government and any others accused of being potentials spy for their country. “From our research on the history of the Chinese in America, both Huang and Lee caught up in a panorama of prejudice that began when the firs Chinese arrived in this country looking for Gold Mountain.” (Bill D Moyers, 2008)
A leap in the 1800s show us how repressed the Asian population was. During the 1840 they were seen as inhabitants of another planet capable of working machinelike and as British had to make up the shortage of slave from Africa, the Asians were targeted. Asians people had to face a lot of discriminations. For example, the Chinese exclusion act in 1882 that prohibited Chinese from becoming US citizens. It was enacted in response to economic fears, especially on the West Coast, where native-born Americans attributed unemployment and declining wages to Chinese workers whom they also viewed as racially inferior.
Between criticism and prejudice on Asian’s culture, trade, religion and politics, the Asians people were highly disadvantage even if they were born in the country. This is only a hundred year ago that the Chinese fought back beginning by Wong King a twenty two years old cook that challenged the Chinese exclusion act to the Supreme Court: “Are Chinese children born in this country to share with the descendants of the Patriots of the American Revolution to exacted the qualification of being eligible to the presidency of the nation”( Bill D Moyers, 2008). Next, Yung Wing first Chinese to earn a diploma in an American university spoke up for the same exclusion act. His fight was successful; however, two countries which were the Massachusetts and the Connecticut vote against it. This act was only abolished thanks to President Lyndon Johnson: “… He signed into law immigration and nationality Act, which removed the previous quota system that had favored northern and Western European immigrants.” (Bill D Moyers, 2008)
To sum up, the United States or “land of immigrants” has a whole story hidden behind its population’s diversity. For example, the Asians had to suffer a lot of prejudice before being able to fight back and have the right that they have today. Another question would be: are those right acquired with the time enough to qualify the integration of immigrant total?