Yellow Peril & Asian Male Threat | Asian American Poll

YELLOW PERIL & ASIAN MALE THREAT
(Updated Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 05:07:30 PM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

Which best describes the way in which Asian males are perceived as a threat by other American males?
Potential physical/martial threat | 8%
Economic/workplace threat | 42%
Incipient sexual/romantic rival | 13%
Intellectual/cultural threat | 23%
No real threat | 14%

Which factor contributes most to the perception of Asian males as a threat?
Growing numbers of AM/WF couples | 18%
High concentrations in top colleges and professions | 41%
Flashy displays of personal wealth | 24%
Power and wealth of Asian nations | 8%
History of Asian wars | 9%

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One of the darkest episodes in Los Angeles history was the 1871 "Chinese Massacre." The event was preceded by simmering anti-Chinese bigotry and, within Chinatown itself (presently where Union Station is located), conflict between two competing tongs (gangs). On the evening of October 24, several white constables entered Chinatown to break up an argument between members of the tongs. Whether by anger or accident, a white man ended up dead by gunshot wound. Shortly thereafter, a mob of 500 non-Asian Angelenos began hunting down and assaulting every Chinese they could find. After five hours, the mobs had killed 19 Chinese men and boys (only one of the victims might have been implicated in the death of the white man). Dead bodies were hanged near the railway where the mobs took joy in shooting at the corpses. One victim, 14 year old, Tuck Wong was barricaded inside a house during the rampage. The white mobs shot their way through the door and dragged the frightened boy out. They immediately bashed his head numerous times across the brick walls leaving him dead. Chinese homes and businesses had also been looted. Eleven white men including Sheriff James Burns and prominent Angeleno Robert Widney had attempted to stop the mobs but were themselves overwhelmed. The mob even shot and killed one of the white men who was trying to protect the Chinese. The incident drew national attention and provoked a grand jury investigation. Seven men were held responsible and convicted for the riots, but only one actually served any jail time.

Whenever I travel up and down along the West coast, I can't help but imagine that for every mile of railway, there must be a dead Chinese man buried underneath.

I can go on with more, but it is pointless...

My forefathers fought racism by preservering, working hard and seeing to it that we make a good life for ourselves and our families.

I often visit the Chinatown in L.A. When I drive near the massacre site to work in downtown every morning, there isn't a day when I don't get the chills just imagining the massacre that took place 130 years ago.

May they all rest in peace...
just one Chinaman Sunday, January 06, 2002 at 18:35:21 (PST)

"There is a difference here: mainly if you stay out of trouble in China, you are out of reach. But, in the United States, the law finds you if you are at the mercy of rogue and racist cops."

True. In China no one bothers you. As a black American who does not speak Chinese, I wandered into homogeneous Chinese neighborhoods but no one bothered me or what I was doing there. Here in the US, I roam into a white neighborhood, I am always harassed or frequently detained.

"How many "accidental shootings on duty" or "sentencings found to be wrong thanks to DNA testing" can we prove how corrupt and racist the law is in the USA?"

There is corruption in China, but there is perhaps more police corruption in Louisiana and Mississippi including bribery, pay offs and kickbacks. Law enforcement in Louisiana thrive on racism and corruption.
African American Sunday, January 06, 2002 at 12:55:55 (PST)

WWWLAG......
Would love to compare notes with you....i'm female, on the west coast of US...way to go girl! :-)
heartbroken in LA emptymeyer@hotmail.com Saturday, January 05, 2002 at 21:59:35 (PST)

World Traveller,

>>>The Chinese soldier represents the government that still arrests without citizens' rights and incarcerates without due process of "constitutional" laws. There is something wrong when one feels fear from police or soldier when one has done nothing wrong.<<<

Do you even know how many blacks, Hispanics and Asians are arrested year after year because of police misconduct and frame up in the United States for no other apparent reason because of racism or that the police "had to get his job [lost due to transmission error]

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