“U.S. Empire-building and Anti-Asian Racism: A Historical Perspective” by Richard T Chu from tomboy Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 4 min 1 sec
✓ Published: 29-Sep-2020

Description:
From the Chinese exclusion laws to anti-Chinese/China discrimination during the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. has historically treated the Chinese and other Asians as a racialized “other,” both within American society as well as in the global stage. The lecture demonstrates how such xenophobia against Blacks, Indigenous Peoples, and other peoples of color, stems from a racist ideology based on the principles of “Manifest Destiny,” “White Man’s Burden,” “American exceptionalism,”