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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"The Yellow Peril"”.
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Nevada's odd response to the "Yellow Peril": Asians and the Western ineligible alien land laws
On November 4, 1924, the voters of Nevada amended the state constitution to bar foreigners from owning land. A mere twenty-two votes decided the outcome of the election. This was the first step toward the passage of an ineligible alien land law that would have prevented land ownership by Japanese …
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Asian and Asian American Racialization through Legislative Language in the 2023 State Alien Land Bills
This thesis analyzes how Asians and Asian Americans are racialized through the 2023 State Alien Land Bills. Previous scholarship has shown that Asians and Asian Americans are racialized through "yellow peril," "model minority myth," and "forever foreigner" tropes but little existing sociological …
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Between the Devil and the Deep Sea: The Korean American War for Independence (1910-1945)
<p>From 1910 to 1945, while the Korean peninsula was a protectorate- and eventual colony- of the Empire of Japan, Koreans in the United States began an arduous process to maintain their sense of identity in a new land, and struggled to have a voice in a society that rejected their race. As a people …