Discrimination Against the Japanese in California: A Review of the Real Situation =1907

The Chronicle is noted as the leading anti-Japanese paper. Examples of some of the articles are given; the most notable one is “Brown Asiatics Steal Brains of Whites.” That, and the example article, show the type of stupidity that was present in the newspapers of that day.

The Argonaut, another paper, but not quite as open about its true feelings.

The people at the base of the anti-Japanese movement seem to be labor leaders. Note: not all newspapers were anti-Japanese, as this article from the Los Angeles Express shows.

A newspaper says that Asian people can never be assimilated into American culture.

It's pointed out that many immigrants from europeend up in the New York sweatshops, yet there is no plan to exclude them from the U.S.

The author says some positive things about the Japanese, but at the same time implies that the Chinese are not quite as good as the Japanese.

A good section on Japanese patriotism for the U.S.

Note the odd spelling of Korean, using a C instead of a K.

A report on the first anti-Japanese convention.

The organization of and tactics of the Exclusion League.

The labor unions are expected to be anti-Japanese.

The kind of bill the Exclusion League wants.

There was a boycott of Japanese restaurants in San Francisco.

The discrimination and prejudice are not limited to verbal and written attacks; they include violence.

How a Japanese newspaper saw the segregation of Japanese students in San Francisco.

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