Chinese Exclusion Act - Gom Benn Scholarship Fund

The montage show's Wong Toy Wing's family at a dinner: Son Albert, left, paper son Bing T., daughter Doris, wife Nguey Sum, Toy Wing, youngest son Hank and eldest daughter Tai Yeot. Not pictured is youngest daughter Judy. The map shows Chinatown in 1909. The Sam Sing butcher shop is on the left side of the image, to the right of the Plaza. The map is courtesy the Library of Congress.

The Butcher’s Wish for His Secret Child

Post author:artandjennifer
Post published:October 17, 2024
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Toy Wing Wong, a Chinese immigrant and butcher, sought to reunite with his secret daughter, Tai Yeot, left in China due to U.S. immigration constraints. Involved in the "Paper Son" system, he facilitated others' journeys too.

In their first decades here, Chinese immigrants were labeled a "yellow peril." Today they're hated by some, and to others, they've become a "model minority." What happened?

Yellow Peril to Model Immigrants

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Post published:November 15, 2023
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Exclusionists barred Chinese laborers but the pro-China lobby won an immigration gateway for intellectuals, businessmen and students -- the studious, hard-working, successful who became the models for the "model minority."