19世紀初第一波華裔移民高潮中,到美國來修跨洲鐵路,在加州金礦淘金的祖輩華裔移
民們不勤奮嗎?結果他們等到的是什麼?1882 年的 Chinese Exclusion Act (排華法
案)。
20世紀初留在美國的祖輩華裔們靠著洗衣房,餐館等小手藝建立起了一個個中國城,他
們不勤奮嗎?結果,1924年白人再通過了個 National Origin Act, 乾脆把整個亞裔都
禁止移民了(by 1924, all Asian immigrants (except people from the
Philippines, which had been annexed by the United States in 1898) were
utterly excluded by law, denied citizenship and naturalization, and
prevented from marrying Caucasians or owning land)。National Origin of Act
1924, 還順便限制了下東歐和南歐的白人移民(主要是針對猶太人)。