Problem
I. Why do you think that the Chinese were the first people to be legally prohibited from immigrating to America? Use info from the films and documents to theorize about this, and quote/cite as needed.
II. Consider these primary documents: Bill Ong Hing's chapter, the 1790 law, and the 1882 law. Select one sentence from each document that stood out to you, and share them. What was compelling about these sentences to you and why? Was anything unclear about them to you? What further questions do you have?
III. Why were the Chinese invisible, not found in the stories told, although their presence was pervasive and economically important to the United States?(e.g., Chinese presence is erased from the celebratory picture of completion of Transcontinental Railroad; and not found in pictures of workers in archives.)
IV. Can one connect the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act to current conversations on migration? Post links to relevant news stories.
V. How has COVID changed the conversation.... or has anything truly changed?? Post links to news stories. Consider the rise in anti-Asian sentiment... it is not new! I hope you and your loved ones/elders have kept safe. #StopAsianHate