It's the Economy, Stupid Chinese immigrants flooded into California for the plentiful jobs in the 1850s and 1860s. The Gold Rush was making it rain. Which, when you're talking about gold, can be da...

How On Earth Is This Legal?The idea of any law made in the United States that explicitly singles out an ethnic group for lesser status should offend people. It's against the whole spirit of the cou...

And, The Obvious, RacismEarly waves of immigrants tended to be from European countries. They were a little different, and, make no mistake, even little differences could spark xenophobia. These dif...