When profs @Stanford launched an investigation of Chinese railroad workers on the Central Pacific, I thought this might bring a reckoning akin to the slavery and justice projects at other universities. /1
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50 Chinese served the Stanfords in their private Palo Alto home, fed them & nursed them through illness. The Stanfords grew fond of their Chinese servants & gave gifts to a chosen few. /7
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At the same time, Leland Stanford championed Chinese Restriction & Exclusion as a US senator, working to end Chinese migration. He denounced anti-Chinese violence in CA, but gave into vigilantes’ demands to lay off workers. /8
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Just before he died in 1892, Stanford had second thoughts. “One time I had some fears of the Chinese overrunning the country, but for some years I have had none,” he said. “We need the Chinese here to work… I don’t know what we would do without them.” Faint praise, indeed. /9
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It feels easier to condemn slavery, and universities’ ties to it, than to condemn this blend of racism/nativism. Perhaps it’s easier to agree, in retrospect, that slavery was immoral, than it is to contemplate, in the present day, the ethics of immigrant labor exploitation. /end
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Read more from Gordon H. Chang about the Chinese and the Stanfords:https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=29278 …
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RESPECT to the activists and historians who have worked on slavery & justice projects. That is hard, ongoing work. The history of Chinese immigration is very different. I wish to learn by comparison/connection, not conflate these histories. Read more:http://slavery.virginia.edu/universities-studying-slavery/ …
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