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A Plea for the Chinaman: A Correspondent’s Argument in His Favour
"Every just person must feel his or her sense of justice outraged by the attacks which are being made by public men upon the Chinese who come to this country. It is a shame because the persecutors have every weapon in their hands and the persecuted…
A White Woman Who Married a Chinaman
One of the first pieces of fiction written about Chinese people in North America, from 1910. Tackles the controvery surrounding intermarriage/miscegenation in America, which was illegal in many states. The story of Minnie, a white woman in the early…
Her Chinese Husband
One of the first pieces of fiction written about Chinese people in North America, from 1910. Tackles the controvery surrounding intermarriage/miscegenation in America, which was illegal in many states. Sequel to "A White Woman Who Married a…
Leaves from the Mental Portfolio of an Eurasian
"I give my right hand to the Occidentals and my left to the Orientals, hoping that between them they will not utterly destroy the insignificant “connecting link.” And that’s all." Autobiographical essay by Sui Sin Far, the first Chinese North…
