High Muck Analysis
An Analysis of High Muck a Muck
The High Muck A Muck website demonstrates that the manner in which Chinese culture and people are represented in Vancouver, Canada – especially via Chinatowns – has been influenced by racism and discriminatory perspectives that potentially skew the authentic elements of Chinese culture and people.
Canada’s relationship with China has been historically difficult for the Chinese. Many Chinese were allowed into Canada in the 1870s to work on the Canadian Pacific Railway, and were often preferred to white workers because they were paid less (Yee 21). However, in 1885, a $50 ‘head tax’ was applied to all Chinese immigrants, a figure that was raised to $500 in 1902 (McEvoy 28). This is a very significant fee. According …show more content…
High Muck A Muck includes personal narratives of Chinese-Canadians who express their struggles to make enough money to help family come to Canada, and there are repeated themes of commitment to family as an important factor in Chinese identity. In 1962, racial discrimination towards the Chinese was further removed from Canada’s immigration policy (McEvoy 44). However, the historical relationship between BC, Canada and the Chinese has deeply impacted how Chinese people and culture are portrayed and understood in Canada …show more content…
Jin Zhang stated that Chinatown does not truly represent Chinese culture (High Muck A Muck). Another account stated that someone from the PRC considered the Chinese-Canadians in Vancouver as “hollow bamboo” – which implies a sense of disconnection from one’s true identity or home. All these accounts of Chinatown and Chinese identity on High Muck A Muck can be attributed to learning to cope with the racial discrimination that Chinese-Canadians have faced since immigrating to
The High Muck A Muck website demonstrates that the manner in which Chinese culture and people are represented in Vancouver, Canada – especially via Chinatowns – has been influenced by racism and discriminatory perspectives that potentially skew the authentic elements of Chinese culture and people.
Canada’s relationship with China has been historically difficult for the Chinese. Many Chinese were allowed into Canada in the 1870s to work on the Canadian Pacific Railway, and were often preferred to white workers because they were paid less (Yee 21). However, in 1885, a $50 ‘head tax’ was applied to all Chinese immigrants, a figure that was raised to $500 in 1902 (McEvoy 28). This is a very significant fee. According …show more content…
High Muck A Muck includes personal narratives of Chinese-Canadians who express their struggles to make enough money to help family come to Canada, and there are repeated themes of commitment to family as an important factor in Chinese identity. In 1962, racial discrimination towards the Chinese was further removed from Canada’s immigration policy (McEvoy 44). However, the historical relationship between BC, Canada and the Chinese has deeply impacted how Chinese people and culture are portrayed and understood in Canada …show more content…
Jin Zhang stated that Chinatown does not truly represent Chinese culture (High Muck A Muck). Another account stated that someone from the PRC considered the Chinese-Canadians in Vancouver as “hollow bamboo” – which implies a sense of disconnection from one’s true identity or home. All these accounts of Chinatown and Chinese identity on High Muck A Muck can be attributed to learning to cope with the racial discrimination that Chinese-Canadians have faced since immigrating to