Class Paper. California’s Apology to Chinese Americans

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California’s Apology to Chinese Americans
Introduction
On the 17th day of July, the Californian legislature made approval of a landmark bill that was directed towards apologizing to the Chinese-American community over the racist laws that were enacted back in the 19th century. The laws, most of which were repealed in 1940 were designed with the intent of barring the Chinese from owning property or land, marrying the whites as well as working in some of the public sector organizations. The new bill set forth measures that were directed towards recognizing the contributions of the Chinese communities in the state, with precision to their efforts in the building of the transcontinental railroad. The apology remains one of the latest waves of official laws and acts of remorse globally. However, one intriguing element regarding the apology bill lies in the fact that it failed to seek financial compensation for the Chinese who went through a series of atrocities as their civil liberties were denied. Asia Society analyzes the several cases that link present to past in relation to discrimination laws in the United States. For instance, the discrimination legislations implemented in 1980 in Monterey Bay, California, targeting the Vietnamese fisherman are similar to those implemented targeting the Chinese in the 1800s and 1900s. This audit seeks to underscore the cardinal elements in the Chinese execution bill that were involved in California’s apology to the Chinese Americans with the intent of determining the impact of the bill to the Chinese community.
California’s Apology to Chinese Americans
Historicity
The California Gold Rush, as alleged in the views of Duong, triggered one of the most extensive forms of mass migration in the history of the world. The global migration is believed to have contributed to the diversity of the state of California, an aspect that equally served as a foundation for the region's academic, economic, as well as cultural growth. The Gold Rush equally paved the way for the funding and workforce that led to the creation of the western lag and the transcontinental railroad. The Central Pacific region of the railroad, however, recruited the Chinese as a source of labor. Their white counterparts paid the Chinese immigrants and the Chinese in America low wages. The laborers equally worked under severe and grueling conditions to lay several thousands of tracks on the railroad (19). Once the railroad was completed, the Chinese in California were forced to transition to the other types of employment, efforts that saw them make contributions to the growth and development of the state.
However, the legislature later resorted to the enactment of discriminatory laws that targeted this community, an approach that was intruded at discouraging their migration into America. The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by the Congress in 1882, which restricted immigrants from China into the country for the next 60 years. The law underwent various amendments that prevented The Chinese laborers who had left USA from coming back into the country. Additionally, this was followed by years of racial hostility from the White Americans a...