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[|The Chinese in California, 1850-1925] “Anti-Chinese Movement and Chinese Exclusion” http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml/theme9.html

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Hi, Christina! I'm so glad to have the opportunity to work with you. I will be teaching all day on Tuesday, but I will be online at some point on Tuesday evening. Then I will have a flexible schedule for the rest of the week. I've read through the information for 3-C-1. I'm looking forward to working on the assignment with you! Darlene

Hi Darlene, I am glad to work with you as well. I left you a message on the PLS site about me being away from the 20-26 of June. If you don't mind me getting started now that would be great. Would you like to choose the two images we will be working with and then I can add my notes and research the context? If I don't hear from you by tomorrow afternoon- I will go ahead and choose the images and get started. I hate to be a pain, but really need to do as much of this work as possible before I leave. Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks, Christina 6/17/12

Hi Christina! I can certainly appreciate your situation. I sent you a response via "Messages" last night, but I will repeat some of it here. Tonight I will be working on my graduate course; I have a lot of prep/correcting to do, since tomorrow is the last day. I should be home before 6:00 tomorrow evening, possibly earlier. At that point I will be free to work on our assignment. I will post a message to you here when I'm good-to-go tomorrow. I think it would be a good idea for us to choose our images so that we can think ahead. I think "Welcome to All" would be a good choice. I think any of the last three would probably work well. Your thoughts? I will check here later this evening while I'm working on the laptop to see if you've checked in. We'll get there! I can make this assignment my first priority once I've finished my grad class tomorrow. Chat with you soon!

Darlene 6/18/12 6:18

Hi ‍Christina! ‍

I'm home and ready to get started. I'm going to look over the material again so that I'm ready to "chat." Do you have a preference, as far as the images are concerned?

Darlene 6/19/12

Christina,

I copied the Venn Diagram from Resources to get us started. I was surprised to see info on it when I downloaded it. Since I don't think that info is yours, I was going to delete it but decided to wait, just to make sure. I did not put that information in but we can certainly look at it and see if any applies to our comparison. The part about "the typical portrayal of Chinese culture applies to the second cartoon I chose. Everything else would probably have to come out.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and choose "Welcome All," and I'll brainstorm some ideas for that. When you're ready, please let me know the other image that you would like to analyze. I know you're eager to get moving on this.

Hi Darlene, Thank you so much for getting back to me. I can appreciate how much work you have been doing with your class and am sure you are relieved it is over. I think the 2nd cartoon we should use is "Ching" Cartoon from Harper's Weekly.

Darlene

"Welcome All" -- __Basic Interpretation__: Immigrants from various countries/different social classes look happy as they are boarding "ark." America depicted as refuge for everyone. Uncle Sam is welcoming all with open arms. Immigrants escaping war/ominous buzzards (persecution). America = ark, safe haven from storm. Messages on the signs represent promise of a better life. I agree with your basic interpretations- Possible questions: Who told Uncle Sam to build the "arc" (as god told moses) - was it a sense of obligation or pressure from political parties that opened the floodgates for immigration. Can we tell what nationalities these characters should be from? I see a typical rendering of a Chinese person, possibly someone from the Middle east in the far right corner with the white wrap on the head. Sign listing "free" opportunities for immigrants almost as a sales pitch to get them to come.

Additional __Possible Interpretations__: Signs list idealistic positives but the reality of hardships not represented. Uncle Sam (US government) is welcoming them. . . could be representative that immigrants are dependent on U.S., which may have been a concern of nativists. Ark adds a biblical connotation, complete with the 2 by 2 procession, which gives America a certain "moral high ground" above the rest of the world, when the reality was far different.

Quote on bottom right: " We may safely say that the present influx of immigration to the United States is something unprecedented in our generation." This could be a commentary on how lax immigration laws and regulations were at the time. Possibly identifying the government or "Uncle Sam" as being false advertisers. Listing of Free rights and opportunities is a falsehood- possible artist/publication is trying to illustrate how the government is advertising to encourage immigration without letting possible immigrants (refugees???) know what they are really in for. I think we need to know more about the publication- Puck- and immigration laws/issues during the 1880's when this cartoon was published.

"Ching"- __:__ Chinese man represented typically for the time period. Stating that he advertises the "same as the Americans" will bring him more business is a rational- sensible thing to do, however could be meant as a dig for "copying" or misrepresenting his product. Young boy hiding around corner waiting to mess with the message could be american public or typical citizens reaction to having Chinese people do business in their towns.

Should we Compare/Contrast using some points from the NARA Cartoon analysis sheet such as:

Objects/Symbols

Characters (adjectives describing emotions/actions)

Message

Which Special Interest Group would agree/disagree with cartoon?

I will go ahead and add some elements to the Venn Diagram you have uploaded and you can make changes as you see fit. I will try to touch base throughout the week to stay on track with this project.

Thanks!

Hi Christina! Yes, I am glad the grad class is over, only because working on both courses was a bit challenging. It was a great group though, so I really enjoyed working with them. For some reason, I could not add info to the Venn after you saved; therefore, I started a new one. I think we need to attempt to find more similarities, and I agree that perhaps we should consult a source to augment our understanding. After that, I think we will be ready to blend our 2 Venns into a final copy. Enjoy your vacation! Darlene

Hi Christina! I spent the day (Wednesday) working on the other assignments. I'll get back to this tomorrow. Hope you are enjoying your vacation! Darlene

Hi Christina! I added a resource which I consulted this evening. I think we're on the right track with our interpretations. At this point, I think we're ready to blend our ideas. Since you're on vacation, I'd be happy to blend the two Venns into one. I can't add to yours, though; therefore, I would need to copy and paste to the one I started. Just let me know what you think. I hope your vacation is going well! Darlene

Christina,

Do you want me to merge our work into a final copy of the Venn Diagram and upload it? Just let me know. If I haven't heard from you by tomorrow afternoon (Saturday) I will go ahead and do that. Enjoy your vacation!

Darlene

Hi Christina,

I blended our ideas for the final copy of the Venn Diagram and posted it, since the deadline is approaching. I hope your vacation is going well. Have a great weekend!

Darlene

Hi Darlene, I have had some trouble accessing our pls site to view the pictures as well as this site. I am able to access it for a short time today. I will review the venn and add any comments and you can add them to the venn as I can't edit it from here. Thank you for your patience and hard work! Christina

Other similarities: Immigrants are seen as needing to rely on the goodwill and acceptance of Americans for their success. Chinese man in "Ching" will not succeed in his business ventures unless community has more tolerance. Immigrants in "Welcome" are seen as relying on handouts from uncle Sam and bringing little or nothing of their own resources for self sufficIency. Basically, both cartoons leave one with a sense that immigrants cannot succeed in America without the tolerance, goodwill, and handouts of the Americangovernment and people.

When I opened the final copy of our venn diagram all the elements were blank. That could be because I am having trouble accessing a system that will fully support this program- but maybe you could check it if you have time. I was able to open the venn diagram-1 andwee the notes you put in.

Thanks, Christina

Hi Christina,

I checked the final copy of the Venn diagram; my view seems to be fine.

There is no way to edit the posted Venn diagrams. I will add your comments to the Venn diagram that I have saved and upload a new copy. I'm going to mark the new copy as "final copy," since we seem to be finished.

Have a safe trip home!

Darlene