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Asian=Laborer?

Asian=Laborer?. Contract Work. Seasonal to annual labor Food and housing usually given but taken out of paycheck Lower wages than white workers. Labor Contractors. The Oriental Trading Company Furuya Company. Mining. Railroad. Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Monte Cristo Railroads .

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Asian=Laborer?

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  1. Asian=Laborer?

  2. Contract Work • Seasonal to annual labor • Food and housing usually given but taken out of paycheck • Lower wages than white workers

  3. Labor Contractors • The Oriental Trading Company • Furuya Company

  4. Mining

  5. Railroad Northern Pacific, Great Northern and Monte Cristo Railroads

  6. Canneries

  7. Farming

  8. Non-stationary/sedentary Lifestyle

  9. Bachelor Society • Girls, girls, girls… • Gambling • Prostitution

  10. Hotels and Restaurants “There is a feeling of home sickness in my conscious mind as I stroll along my favorite rendezvous (King and Sixth) and welcome the balmy breeze of spring made pungent by the stench of garlic and the classic ‘adobo’ wafting its unique and tantalizing aroma from cafes crowded by brown faces” -Filipino worker

  11. Outside Seattle… • Tried to make themselves feel at “home” • Food • Tradition • Friendships with other Japanese, Chinese, Filipinos, etc.

  12. Racism “The civilization of the Pacific Coast cannot be half Caucasian and half Mongolian” Rock Spring Massacre 1885

  13. Resistance • Japanese Association of Washington • Filipinos against contract labor exploitation • Hotels as the base of organizations

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