Please read CHAPTER TWO of the book “American Immigration” by David Gerber and answer the following in two short paragraphs.
There has been a resurgence of anti-Asian attacks in broad daylight in San Francisco, CA in recent days. What are some of the similarities between the two eras (1870s and today)? Keep in mind what historians like to say: History does not repeat itself. It rhymes.
If the outcome of the ethnic-based protest during the 1873 Depression was the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, what might have been different if it had been class-based and not ethnic-based? Think about who benefits the most from an ethnic-based protest movement? How and why do they benefit?
