Not Fit to Stay: Public Health Panics and South Asian Exclusion
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (980 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0774832193 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 292 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Public leaders – including physicians, union leaders, civil servants, journalists, and politicians – latched on to these health concerns as the basis for the exclusion of the South Asians, who were said to suffer from medical conditions and diseases attributed to their race. While racism and fear of labour competition were at the heart of this resistance, panic soon swept up and down the west coast of North America over unsubstantiated public health concerns. Even though many officials knew the public health argument had no grounds, they promoted it to support their racist views and concerns about labour. Legislation to restrict the immigration of South Asians took effect in Canada in 1908 and in the United States in 1917. This book is an important stud
Sarah Isabel Wallace is a lecturer in history at Trent University.
In the early 1900s, panic over the arrival of South Asian immigrants swept up and down the West Coast of North America. While racism and fear of labor competition were at the heart of this furor, Not Fit to Stay: Public Health Panics and South Asian Exclusion reveals that public leaders – including physicians, union leaders, civil servants, journalists, and politicians – latched onto unsubstantiated public health concerns to justify the exclusion of South Asians from Canada and the United States.