Transcontinental Sex Discrimination

The Chinese immigrants faced a tremendous hostility, despite amounting to only a small fraction the total. foreign-born population in the United States in the late 19th century. They were charged with taking away jobs, corrupting white women, and threatening American civilization. In 1882, the U.S. passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred Chinese laborers, prohibited all Chinese immigrants from becoming naturalized citizens.

There were multiple reasons why the Chinese experienced discrimination, most reasons coming from the fact that the Americans felt threatened by the presence of these foreign people they have never had experience with before. The Chinese stole jobs by working for cheap, they had an extremely different culture than the westerners, and the Americans did not like them; this made them targets of discrimination. As stated in the Chinese Exclusion Act, "...the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be, and the same hereby,suspened" (DOC 1). This quote shows an example of one of the unfair laws made against the Chinese because they were disliked by the Americans. The Chinese Exclusion Act made them easier to be cruel towards.

Lately the United States media has been focused on the unfair treatment many people receive based on their skin tone, whether it is the recent police brutality against African Americans or the focuses the 2018 presidential election has put on illegal immigration. Unfortunately the media has avidly avoided any subject that may be considered reverse discrimination also known as reverse racism. Reverse discrimination is a phenomenon in which members of majority groups receive unfair treatment in attempt to remedy earlier discrimination against minorities. Many people believe that reverse discrimination is becoming more prevalent part of modern society, by creating equal opportunity’s this issue can be easily reduced.

“Walmart to ban woman who told customer to 'go back to Mexico,' called another the N-word”(O’Sullivan 1). This is unfortunately the headline of a recent hateful event that happened in Arkansas, United States.

For much of the time that the Chinese have been in America, they have faced discrimination and animosity. However, World War II changed much of that. When Japan became the U.S.’s enemy after Pearl Harbor, the Chinese in America found themselves in a position of opportunity to expand their economic and social influence. They distinguished themselves from the Japanese as much as possible, accepting and sometimes contributing to the racialization of the Japanese. After Japanese internment, Chinese merchants took over formerly Japanese-owned businesses. Furthermore, white perceptions of Chinese Americans changed due to the alliance between the U.S. and China, leading to the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Acts in

Has New York City discriminated against minorities and females for almost a half a century? The local 1180 of the Communications Workers of America believe so and have convinced the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to suggest the City of New York pay a quarter of a billion dollars to its affected employees in back pay and damages. In her article EEOC: New York City Owes Underpaid Minority Female Employees $246 Million. Erin Durkin of the New York Daily News City Hall Bureau exclaims “In its decision issued Monday, the EEOC said there was evidence the city discriminated against minority women who work as administrative managers — and it could be on the hook for up to $246 million in back pay and damages.” (Durkin) Although there

Women have been victim of gender discrimination for centuries, and this fact remains increasingly pertinent still today. In U.S. history we have seen that much of the heavy lifting or more important jobs have always been taken by men, and front desk jobs like receptionists and secretaries have been considered primarily jobs fit for a female. This has stemmed from a long history of being in a culture where the men are the bread winners. The man of the house has always been considered the one who has the responsibility of bringing home the money and supporting the family and the woman raises the kids and does household duties. Although, this was less true for women who were widowed or separated or whose husbands had a job that brought in inadequate

Many people would say, “So it is possible, members of the LGBT community can successfully adopt children in South Dakota.” But that is not my point here. The fact that this community is being discriminated against in the first place is disgusting. Someone so cruel and so unaccepting of other people just because they are different than them, to so much of an extent where they are going to keep a child from finding a home, is someone that needs to be stopped. Someone who promotes this kind of behavior should not be able to be in office. They are the main reason we can not get America to see each other as equals. Starting to accept people for who they are is the first step in making America a better place to live for everyone.

Since the birth of America, many different people from all around the world flocked to North America in hopes of making a good life for themselves, or their families. Many came from the west, as well as a large amount came from the east. Most of these eastern immigrants hailed from China. These people were welcomed with open arms and kindness for a short time, at least at first. Afterwards, there was a long period of racial tension, due to social differences. How did the Chinese immigrants integrate themselves into the American culture, and what difficulties did they face? One thing is sure; the Chinese have stood fast throughout history, and made their place in American society.

Discrimination has been prevalent throughout American history. This can be presented through the civil rights and women suffrage movements. The process to establish laws to advocate rights for people of color or women, has been a slow and painful struggle. The national government eventually made laws to prevent social injustice and to expand equality. Nonetheless, the relationship between race and gender has created a racial gap in socio-economic status. Skin color still matters in 21st Century America.

In the 19th century, there was a great influx of Chinese citizens into the United States to work in the goldmine, agricultural plantations, and in different factories. The Chinese population grew significantly in the US, and this brought resulted to pressure among the non-Chinese workers (Blumenfield, 2013). There were also claims that there were a

I agree with your point of view on this topic. It should not matter what gender you are or what racial background you come from. I believe that we live in a world now that wants to please everyone, and prove that there is no discrimination being done, but then you are basically being discriminated against if you are not a women or of a minority race. I think the fear that you will be accused of being unfair and discriminating has a lot of companies worried, so they make up a number quota so that no one feels offended.But what about someone who has tremendous work ethic and a very qualified work background, who applies for a job and yet is looked over because they are not a minority race? Like your work place, race and gender should be left

Throughout my life, thus far I have faced little to no oppression, based off of the different social entities with which I identify. Conversely, privilege is a word that I am very familiar with. I identify with the majority of “norms” that have been set for my location, being from the small town of Bowmanville, Ontario, located in the grand country of Canada. Words that describe me include; white, cisgender, heterosexual, able bodied, upper-middle class, and a woman. This does not exhaust the terms in which I identify with, however as the list would go on, they would demonstrate a lack of discrimination, other than perhaps my gender identification; female. This however has not been a substantial obstacle for me in particular, which I will

All around the world people are being discriminated; some are discriminated because of their race, while others are because of their gender, such as women. In today world, it is no different than it was 10,000 years ago. Women are still sold into prostitution, forced to marry someone they don’t love, have no right for abortion or birth control, have little or no access to education, and have to fully rely on men. This is not fair at all, women should have right’s, they didn’t before here in the United States, but now they do (even though it still exists here). If women can have right’s here in the United States they should be able to else ware. In all discrimination against women is unfair, and unjust, because here in the U.S it is

Today, labor market is gradually opening and growing up. But during the course of my work, I find some companies usually present many requirements such as sex, age and study experience etc. In fact, every demand is a kind of employment discrimination. The sex discrimination of employment the female encounter is especially extrusive. At present, females of China more and more fall in a weak position in employment market.