• "Chinaman, Laundryman" is a song composed by Ruth Crawford Seeger. The song depicts the exploitation of an immigrant Chinese laundry worker. In 1932 Ruth...
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    1931? Two Ricercare to poems by Hsi Tseng Tsiang: Sacco, Vanzetti; "Chinaman, Laundryman", 1932 The Love at the Harp, 1932 Nineteen American Folk Songs for...
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  • picture. Another example of politics in Asian American poetry is in "Chinaman, Laundryman" (1928) written by H. T. Tsiang (1899–1971): My skin is yellow, Does...
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  • American racism against the Chinese: whereas the term "Chinaman" was a common slur (such as in John Chinaman), the Chinese referred to themselves as the "China...
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    the age of 95. He is buried at Evergreen Cemetery. Oh, Susanna! (1936) - Chinaman (uncredited) The General Died at Dawn (1936) - Killer (uncredited) Mad...
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    Uncredited 1924 The Breaking Point Chinese Cook Uncredited 1924 The Iron Horse Chinaman Uncredited 1924 Thundering Hoofs Cook Uncredited 1926 The Blackbird Chinese...
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  • 12 October 1854 - Hanged at South Perth for the murder of Ah Chong, a chinaman, at York. Protested his innocence to the end. Three years later William...
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  • Vagabond Lady Japanese Fisherman Uncredited 1935 Shadows of the Orient Chinaman at Canton House Uncredited 1935 China Seas Rickshaw Boy Uncredited 1935...
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    lynched: Ah Wing Dr. Chee Long "Gene" Tong, physician Chang Wan Leong Quai, laundryman Ah Long, cigar maker Wan Foo, cook Tong Won, cook and musician Ah Loo...
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  • social attitudes, Holyoke would make national news in 1888 when a Holyoke laundryman, one Sam Kee, married a white mill worker, Katie Jones, leaving to be...
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