The Chinese in this country were little better than slaves in the later 19th century, but they've done well in spite of racism in this country.
You cannot say, little better than slaves. These were paid labor, that bought their own passage and came quite willing, in Steerage. And that is the Queen Mary level accommodations, compared to any Slave Hold passage.
When they came here, they came across the vicious racism of slavers that were forced down in the mud, by Lincoln.
You of course, were born into it, and if not for my dad, who had only dark friends and sat in the back of movies to be with them... that would be me, too.
My Mom was the dumb staring cow, type.
If we were not Slavers we would have known better than to treat the Chinese the way they did. But, the Chinese were FREE and gentle. Slavers were DEFEATED and insane.
When you are free, you bring your culture with you. Africans, not free, brought with them, as much of their culture, that survived the slave hold, the auction block, and the leather whip.
How much culture was that compared to the China Towns in America 150 years ago? NONE.
Slavers rape the culture out. Sons of slavers can't see the difference.