DATA VIS TIMELINE

Moments of Discrimination in History

1906

1910

1934

1941

1900

Mary's 1906 Ordeal

Fraternity Struggle: 1910 Exclusion

Asian Immigration Challenges

Asian Immigration Fades

Time's Racist Propaganda

Indian students forming a fraternity at UC Berkeley faced rejection from the inter-fraternity council, reflecting broader discrimination amid rising hostility towards Indian immigrants. (Lee Chap.5)

Upon arriving in San Francisco in 1906, five-year-old Mary Paik Lee and her family were met with hostility from a group of young white men who laughed at them, spit in their faces, and called them names they couldn't understand. (Lee Chap.2)

In the early 1900s, many Asian immigrants in the United States faced discrimination and racism, including laws that effectively closed the gates to further immigration. (Lee Chap.2)

The 1934 Tydings-McDuffie Act virtually halted Asian immigration in the U.S., driven by concerns of 'racial' and 'cultural' contamination, and job competition, with significant consequences for Asian communities. (Lee Chap.5)

Published post-Pearl Harbor, Time's 'How to Tell Your Friends from the Japs' spread racial stereotypes and fueled anti-Japanese sentiment. Widely criticized, it's now remembered as a notorious wartime propaganda piece. (Lee Chap.8)

Moments of Discrimination in History

1982

1982

1990

1993

1943

Vincent Chin Tragedy

Fraternity Struggle: 1910 Exclusion

Japanese American Loyalty

Cross-Cultural Strife

South Asians Targeted

Indian students forming a fraternity at UC Berkeley faced rejection from the inter-fraternity council, reflecting broader discrimination amid rising hostility towards Indian immigrants. (Lee Chap.13)

Chinese American Vincent Chin was fatally beaten in 1982 by two white men who blamed him for the auto industry's decline. Their lenient sentence sparked protests and outrage among Asian American activists. (Lee Chap.13)

Violence erupted between Korean American shop owners and African American customers, resulting in the tragic murder of Latasha Harlins. (Lee Chap.13)

Confusing questionnaires distributed to internees aimed to gauge loyalty and identify security risks. Controversial questions, like military service willingness, left many feeling pressured to prove loyalty to a country they believed had betrayed them. (Lee Chap.5)

Post-terrorist attacks, South Asian Americans faced discrimination, anti-Muslim, and anti-Sikh sentiments, leading to hate crimes. The 1993 murder of Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh gas station owner in Arizona, epitomized this tragic violence. (Lee Chap.5)