Chinese Rights Violations In The Canadian Pacific Railway

In Racial Fault Lines: The Historical Origins of White Supremacy in California, Tomas Almaguer (2009) describes how race and racism coincides to facilitate the birth of white supremacy in California during the late nineteenth century. The idea of racial formation allowed groups to establish their power and privilege over defined racial lines. For each of the three racialized groups presented Chapter one combines the historical and sociological framework to describe the transformation of Mexican California. Through highlighting the historical accounts of racialized groups, fear of potential threats to white workers creates white supremacy. He continues by describing the peopling of Anglo-CA from 1848-1900 with the immigration of Irish, German,

Throughout the period of the Building of the Canadian Pacific Railroad there were many causes and consequences that played a part during the building of the Railroad. The timeline started in 1871, British Columbia entered Confederation with a request of a transcontinental railway connecting it to the rest of Canada. Macdonald, prime minister of Canada, began looking for investors to finance the railroad The Canadian Pacific Railroad was born. In 1872, the Pacific scandal occurred. Canada had its first election since confederation.

When the Chinese Immigration Act in 1923 came into place, this meant that new immigrants were not allowed to enter the country if it wasn’t under a special circumstance. This split up new families for newly wed young men, and also slowed the community growth of the Chinese community in Canada when they banned Chinese immigrants from entering Canada. Most Chinese men entering Canada were poor, seeking wealth in the Gold Rush and with the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. After having to pay the head tax, many immigrants

Freedom of Speech, the right to vote, and the right to equality in public places. These are all basic rights that everyone in this world should have. All over the world, including in Australia discrimination of these rights occurred for the native people of the land. This happened because of their race and skin colour.

Eventually, the United States repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act by President Roosevelt signing the Magnuson Bill in 1943. [1] Though the repeal of the Act ended white American worker and legislator's discrimination of the Chinese it proves that the U.S. was wrong to implement the exclusion. That is because it did not work. In fact, it had a positive impact on the Chinese communities with unity, support, workmen ship, courage, and pride. They became strong-willed and overcame the obstacles of the exclusion law with the paper system and the formation of China town networks.

Laws that limit human rights or go completely against a person’s

The Canadian Government and Society made a social and economic mistake of the Internment of Japanese Canadians and should still be embarrassed to this day. The Japanese Canadians were not allowed to defend themselves. The Japanese in Canada were considered guilty of who they were, not due to anything they have done. This created a violation of Japanese Canadian rights as Canadian citizens. The Canadian Governments Internment of Japanese Canadians was not an act of war, instead a Human Rights Violation.

• There was an influx of Chinese immigrants in nineteenth century because Chinese immigrants were willing to work for lower wages while Caucasians were not. As a result, hostility towards Chinese erupted because Americans felt Chinese were robbing them of their job (Brimner, 16). •

People like foreigners and women were presented with challenges on their journey. In fact, in 1882 the campaign to restrict immigration created the federal Chinese Exclusion Act, which stopped the Chinese from migrating for 10 years. This prevented the Chinese from achieving the American Dream for that time period. Also, the government placed a tax on immigrant mining, charging them $500 a month, in this time (Maranzani). Women also had a difficult time during the Gold Rush.

If the american child 's parents found out that they were hanging out with a chinese child then they would be forbidden to ever see them again, some never had a chance to say goodbye to the other child. As each bad rumor came out about the chinese,more american parents became more protective of their children. The chinese did so much for not only their people but for other immigrants to, they fought for their rights and future even if it meant dying for the others who were having miserable lives. The immigrants from the past helped people today by opening people 's eyes to show them that everyone is the same, we all bleed,get sick,make mistakes,and show emotions.

The California Gold Rush was amongst one of the many attractions that America offered. However, the Chinese immigrants had many difficulties on their way to following the American Dream. An obstacle they had to overcome was the laws of their imperial monarchy of the time, the Qing dynasty of China. Their rule, which lasted from 1875 to 1908, had opposing views on the working class of China migrating to America and is what postponed immigration for many Chinese people. Those who were able to immigrate were second and third class and often came without much wealth, enduring the poor living conditions on their transportation, with small cabins and terrible food.

The act of racism has been present in every society throughout history. Discrimination of other groups based on their different descent and ethnicity. These forms of hatred and negativity are based off old fashion values and traditions. People of different cultures believe there’s is superior, this belief in superiority may take the form of ethnocentrism or prejudice. In early Vancouver, the Chinese and First Nations experienced this disparagement first hand.

The improvement of the rights of the Canadian Immigrants Canada, as one of the biggest immigration countries, welcomes people from all over the the world and forms a representative multicultural atmosphere in today’s society. Over these few decays, the country has always been consummating the laws to provide immigrants equal rights and freedoms, and better treatments they could receive. However, Canadian immigration laws were not unprejudiced and it eventually caused a “legal discrimination” before 1976. The legal rights of the immigrant groups have improved significantly because of the demands of developing the country, the influences of the wars, and the globalization of the world. Since 1880s, more immigrants and foreigners came to Canada because of the railway construction project.

The Chinese immigrants, however, were not the only ones to receive such hate and discrimination. This eventually spread towards Japanese and many other groups of Asian immigrants. However, instead of banning them altogether, the government just segregated them under the San Francisco Segregation order in the year of 1906. However, the Japanese government got involved and spoke out against this treatment. As a result, this would lead to the compromise of the Gentlemen’s agreement.

However, the distinct regional factors in each province impacted the specific challenges and opportunities faced by Chinese immigrants during the 1970s and 1980s. VI. Changes in immigrant communities over time   The Chinese Canadian community underwent significant changes during the 1970s and 1980s, driven in part by evolving political and social conditions in Canada. One major shift during this time was a growing political engagement among Chinese Canadians. Chinese Canadians have increasingly formed organizations and associations to advocate for their rights and interests, such as the Chinese Canadian National Council and the Chinese Canadian Joint National Affairs Committee.