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Study reveals how Chinese migrants in LA forged their own economy amid racism

A study of Los Angeles Chinatown reveals that Chinese migrants in the late 1800s established a self-reliant economy by engaging in pig-raising and pork distribution. Despite discriminatory policies such as the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, researchers Jiajing Wang, an assistant professor of anthropology at Dartmouth College, historical archaeologist Laura Wai Ng and Tamara Serrao-Leiva, curator of anthropology at the San Bernardino County Museum, found that these migrants found a solution to counter discriminatory policies in creating their own economic system.

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Study reveals how Chinese migrants in LA forged their own economy amid racism

A study of Los Angeles Chinatown reveals that Chinese migrants in the late 1800s established a self-reliant economy by engaging in pig-raising and pork distribution. Despite discriminatory policies such as the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, researchers Jiajing Wang, an assistant professor of anthropology at Dartmouth College, historical archaeologist Laura Wai Ng and Tamara Serrao-Leiva, curator of anthropology at the San Bernardino County Museum, found that these migrants found a solution to counter discriminatory policies in creating their own economic system.

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Study reveals how Chinese migrants in LA forged their own economy amid racism

Chinese migrants found a solution to counter discriminatory policies like the Chinese Exclusion Act

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Chinese migrants in L A created their own economy amid exclusion laws, research shows

Chinese migrants in L A created their own economy amid exclusion laws, research shows
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Chinese migrants in L A created their own economy amid exclusion laws, new research shows

At the turn of the 20th century, an era defined by Chinese exclusion laws and rampant anti-Asian sentiment in the U.S., many Chinese laborers found creative ways to sidestep racial barriers and support themselves, new research shows.

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