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The U.S. once banned Chinese immigrants — and it paid an economic price - Publication Date |
- Oct 31, 2024
- Episode Duration |
- 00:09:25
In 1880, the Chinese were the biggest group of immigrants in the western U.S. But Sinophobic sentiments crystallized into racist policies and eventually the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The rationale was that banning Chinese laborers would boost job opportunities for U.S.-born workers. Today, an economist explains how the Chinese exclusion laws affected the economies of western states and what it says about our current debate over immigration and jobs.Read the
working paper co-authored by Nancy Qian.A digital scan of the photo album in the California Historical Society's collections is
available here.For more on this period of history,
check out At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration during the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943 by Erika Lee.
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