1. Western Eyes Day 1

2. The European Concept of Race 1800s
Where we are in the class
1600 Indentured servants and need for a labor force
1670 Black Codes
1770 American Revolution
Political Stalemate
1870 Reconstruction
1876 Segregation
Asian Immigration Begins

3. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
German anthropologist, physiologist, and comparative anatomist
His research in the measurement of craniums led him to divide mankind into five great families—Caucasian, Mongolian, Malayan, Ethiopian, and American

4. The Five Races- the Caucasian or white race, the Mongolian or yellow, the Malayan or brown race, the Negro or black race, and the American or red race
What criteria did Johann use to develop “race?” Critique his identification system. Which are you?

5. History and the Mongolian
If Mongolians migrate to America in the 1800s would that make them racially American or would they remain Mongolian? What would change biologically?

6. Chinese Immigration and Labor 1865
The Chinese teams were organized into groups of 20 under one white foreman; as the difficulty of construction increased, so often did the size of the gangs. Initially, Chinese employees received wages of $27 and then $30 a month, minus the cost of food and board. In contrast, Irishmen were paid $35 per month, with board provided
Toward the end of the line, Crocker was so convinced of the skill of his Irish and Chinese workers that he decided to try for a record by laying 10 miles of track in one day

7. America Story of US: Heartland

8. Relations of Rescue Who assimilated the Chinese? Why?
What assumptions and judgments were made about the Chinese?
Did race matter more than gender?
Connect to Sound and Fury and the Enslavement reading.

9. Western Eyes Asian Blepharoplasty
What issues will the Chinese confront in America?
Compare one similarity to another group.
Compare one difference to another group.