Tag Archives: Chinese American

The Jews and the Chinese and the Humanities (Podcast)

Posted on July 8, 2011 by bigWOWO

A Chinese guy who isn't me; a Jewish guy who isn't Hertsel

This is a podcast that I’d been hoping to do for a while. On this podcast, my good friend Hertsel and I discuss the Jews, the Chinese, and the humanities. It’s about fifty minutes, and it’s 46.2 MBs. Download it here, or listen to it here:

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Chinese Men Fighting in the Civil War

Posted on April 21, 2011 by bigWOWO

I had no idea–Chinese Americans actually fought in the Civil War.  There were Chinese men on both sides of the battle, both in the North and the South.  There weren’t many–only 58 soldiers out of the 200 Chinese people in the U.S. at the time.  At least one Chinese American fought with distinction:

Corporal Joseph Pierce, who as a child was brought to the United States from China by his adoptive father, fought in several major campaigns of the war including Antietam and Gettysburg. He was honored by having his picture displayed at the Gettysburg Museum.

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California Apologizes to Chinese Americans

Posted on July 22, 2009 by bigWOWO

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(Thanks to D in HK for sending this!)

On July 17th, 2009, the California legislature approved a bill that apologized for racist laws against Chinese Americans during the mid nineteenth century.  According to the article:

The laws, some of which were not repealed until the 1940s, barred Chinese from owning land or property, marrying whites, working in the public sector and testifying against whites in court. The new bill also recognizes the contributions Chinese immigrants have made to the state, particularly their work on the Transcontinental Railroad.

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