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Kevinl
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Personal Response to "A Rumbling in the Mines"
« Thread Started on Oct 29, 2003, 7:57pm »

I think it is not fair that the Chinese were oppressed even in their jobs. One Chinese got sliced by a pick because the whites were trying to take their working spots away. The fight in “Hong Kong” wasn’t necessary. They drove almost every Chinese out and also killed any Chinese they see. This is not fair. This is totally stupid when the Civil War was only about fifty years ago. They are almost doing the same thing as they did toward the blacks. They first picked on blacks and then Chinese. What is wrong with them? They are forgetting that it isn’t fair to those who are being oppressed. They are betraying the saying “all men are created equal” which means they don’t respect the rules of America no more.

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Re: Personal Response to "A Rumbling in the Mines"
« Reply #1 on Oct 29, 2003, 8:22pm »

cynthia

you don't make sense
the civil war is different in a big way in the laboring

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Re: Personal Response to "A Rumbling in the Mines"
« Reply #2 on Oct 29, 2003, 8:24pm »

I think that this packet shows how unreasonable the white people could be. They don't only discriminate the culture of Chinese, but they also kill them. That's totally unreasonable. The Chinese people did not "steal" their jobs. Like the packet said, they were unwanted jobs. It's like searching through the white people's garbage then keeping it, then the white people want it back even though they threw it away. That's so lame. They didn't want to wash their own clothes cause they think they're precious hands shouldn't do that, fine. The Chinese will do it for them. Instead of thanking them, they accused them of stealing their jobs and drive them out of their jobs. Where do they get the idea that they are better anyway? What makes them think that other race aren't as good? All cultures have their own pros and cons. They must think that they have all pros while the Chinese have all cons. They can't stand it that the Chinese are more clever. They get mad at them instead of trying to learn from them. What is their problem? Whatever happend to their own saying, "all men are created equal"? They even forgot their own quote. I think they think that the saying only refer to white men.

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Re: Personal Response to "A Rumbling in the Mines"
« Reply #3 on Oct 29, 2003, 8:26pm »

not only was it the white person's fault it was both of the races fault.

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Re: Personal Response to "A Rumbling in the Mines"
« Reply #4 on Oct 29, 2003, 8:30pm »

The packet shows intolerance,oppression and discrimination to chinese immigrants during the late 1800's in the mining field. I think that it was unfair that Americans pick on Asians just because we have better skills and are better miners. This act in the late 1800's go against America's famous words that "All men are created equal...." I can't really blame the Americans because there was no choice, the coal company was being racist against their own race. They didn't hire whites so they were the ones who first start discriminating and oppressing the whites so white Americans cannot take all the blame. Also if they did not do what they did which is have intolerance against chinese people, and the many other races, America would not have learn from its mistakes and still be segregrated like the many other countries out there.

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Re: Personal Response to "A Rumbling in the Mines"
« Reply #5 on Oct 29, 2003, 8:34pm »

I think that how the caucasion people were treating the Chinese was totally unfair.First, they want the Chinese people to come to America,starting with the rumors of gold in San Fransico, California. Then, the price for leaving China is decapitation.

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Re: Personal Response to "A Rumbling in the Mines"
« Reply #6 on Oct 29, 2003, 8:34pm »

To me I think that it is really rediculious that the Chinese were oppressed and discriminated not just because of who they are. They were even discriminated and had suffered intolerance because of what they did. I have read that the whites were trying to get the Chinese in trouble by going to work early and there were like setting explosions to loosen the coal. Then the whites complained to the boss that the Chinese has stolen there spots to did holes. This is really unfair to the Chinese because they aren't being treated equally. I believed that if all the people treated equally in the past than none of these events would have happened. I also agree to Kevin Liao that they aren't repecting the clause in the Declaration of Independence which said that "all men are created equal" because they are all fighting against each other and I think that it seems to me that the whites has more power than the Chinese does. It is like America belongs only to them because what they are doing to make the Chinese to leave America is like they are doing the president's jobs and they think that however they treat the Chinese they won't get into trouble or be punished. :-/

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Re: Personal Response to "A Rumbling in the Mines"
« Reply #7 on Oct 29, 2003, 8:36pm »

I'm sorry for that short reply.

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Re: Personal Response to "A Rumbling in the Mines"
« Reply #8 on Oct 29, 2003, 8:43pm »

I think that it’s unfair for the whites to try and drive the Chinese people out of America. They said “All Men are created Equal” but did they really try and follow up with that statement. When they said “all” did they mean only white people? The Chinese people were taking the jobs that nobody wanted and then the whites were complaining that they were talking all the good jobs when they didn’t want it in the first place. If they wanted those jobs, they would have taken them. They were just jealous of the success of their business but that doesn’t mean that you can try and rob people’s jobs. The Chinese were working for minimum wages and they still faced laws and discrimination from white people. If there were still segregation in America, there would be more racism in America then there is now. Nobody would hire people of different race into the workplace and all the races would complain so then America would have too many problems to deal with. With some problems, they could have started wars that would do more harm then good. America wouldn’t be known as a powerful country, it would be known as a country of problems.

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Re: Personal Response to "A Rumbling in the Mines"
« Reply #9 on Oct 29, 2003, 8:46pm »

I'm sorry for that short reply.

I think that America's declaration of Independence just gives an example of how talk is cheap because according to this packet, this statement is false,"all men are created equal." The caucasions were jealous that the Chinese were having all of the success, even though they were paid less than what the caucasions were paid.Even though the Chinese did fight back in some ways, such as the incident with pick, they had the right to because they were being oppressed just because of who they were. I'm not saying that they did the right thing though. Two wrongs don't make a right.

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Re: Personal Response to "A Rumbling in the Mines"
« Reply #10 on Oct 29, 2003, 8:49pm »

I think that the Chinese shouldn't be oppressed. And it is unfair that it is only the Chinese is being oppressed. The whites are trying to blame the Chinese for taking their parts in the coal mines. It's unfair to the Chinese because they should be treated equally. And it seems like the whites think that they have more power. But i thought that everyone is created equal. And it seems like the whites think that they have more power. But i thought that everyone is equal, like in the Declaration, "all men are created equal." I also think that it is unfair how the whites made a law against the Chinese and the Chinese coulnd't come to America. The whites forced the Chinese to go into hiding and the whites killed 25 miners. And i also think that it is unfair how 100 people participated in the killing of the Chinese at Rock springs, but only 16 people were arrested. I think that at least more than 50 people should've been arrested. It won't be fair to the Chinese.

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Re: Personal Response to "A Rumbling in the Mines"
« Reply #11 on Oct 29, 2003, 9:19pm »

I think that it is unfair for the Chinese people. They couldn't get a job unless they were in prison and when "all men are created equal." It means everyone are equal except the Chinese they were treated as a equal. When Chinese were taking jobs that the whites don't want they aren't taking anyones jobs away. They just do the jobs the whites don't want just not to make any trouble. The whites are saying the Chinese are stealing their jobs and food off their tables because they work for a lower wage. The whites are just jealous of the Chinese beccause the work for little money then them. The Chinese didn't make a big deal out of being oppressed and discriminated. They just want to earn money and get back home to their families. It was also unfair for the Chinese not to come to America just because the whites are unemployed. When the Chinese came to America and they were unemployed they didn't kick the Americans out of California just to get a job. The whites killed 25 Chinese miners. They burn their homes making them homeless.

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Re: Personal Response to "A Rumbling in the Mines"
« Reply #12 on Oct 29, 2003, 9:43pm »

I think the Chinese weren't treated equally not just that, they were discriminated either who they are and what they do. They Chinese were trying to make money in the United States of America not to come here to make trouple. Also the Chinese are only taking the jobs that whites don't take but they white got jelious because they were seeing chinese success. I also think that was nasty that white kill chinese people and didn't get the same amount of punishment. For example 100 white went to killing the chinese and 16 were arrested so it wasn't fair to Chinese.....

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