Chinese emigration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Waves of Chinese emigration (also known as the Chinese Diaspora ) have happened throughout its history. The mass emigration known as the diaspora that occurred from the 19th century to 1949 was ma...
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The word itself comes from two Chinese words, “koo” meaning to rent, and “lee” meaning muscle. The coolies are those who rent out their muscles, that is, unskilled laborers. In the four classes of China they rank with the third, being considered a higher class than the merchants but below the scholars and farmers.
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www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/chinhate.html
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The word "coolie" originates from India and during the 19th century it referred to wage earners, particularly those who worked for low or subsistence pay. Large numbers of indentured labourers were initially introduced to the We...
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But young Chinese men of the past century, called "coolies," were seen by many people as replacements for the African slave trade. ... Not that Chinese workers were openly called slaves, but the mid-19th century abolition of the slave trade (at least of most of the traffic from Africa to the Americas) created a need...
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www.texancultures.utsa.edu/txtext/chinese/chineselabor....
www.texancultures.utsa.edu/txtext/chinese/chineselabor.htm
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And you thought selling expensive, weird-tasting frozen yogurt was Pinkberry's biggest sin! ... The fro-yo chain, owned by Korean-Americans, is selling these Mandarin Juicers by Alessi that other Asians find offensive—they say they're reminiscent of so-called Chinese "coolies" and should be removed from stores.
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gawker.com/399139/pinkberrys-racist-scandal
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Derisively called "coolies" by their white overseers, these refugees from Southern China came to California desperate for any work that would help them feed their starving families back home. This picture book, cast as a story told by a modern Chinese grandmother, transforms the familiar ethnic slur into a badge of honor.
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www.amazon.ca/Coolies-Yin/dp/0142500550
www.amazon.ca/Coolies-Yin/dp/0142500550
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Derisively called "coolies" by their white overseers, these refugees from Southern China came to California desperate for any work that would help them feed their starving families back home. This picture book, cast as a story told by a modern Chinese grandmother, transforms the familiar ethnic slur into a badge of honor.
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www.amazon.ca/Coolies-Yin/dp/0613629361
www.amazon.ca/Coolies-Yin/dp/0613629361
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The Chinese contract laborers (called "coolies") were often shipped on American vessels. U. S. presidents from Pierce through Grant criticized the practice in their annual messages to Congress.
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www.harpweek.com/09Cartoon/BrowseByDateCartoon.asp?Mont...
www.harpweek.com/09Cartoon/BrowseByDateCartoon.asp?Month=February&Date=18
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called coolies—chiefly Indians and Chinese—were transported thousands of miles to provide, at their own cost, the workforce for mills, plantations, ...
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www.jstor.org/stable/2597852
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