Moon-Ho Jung's Analysis

Moon-Ho Jung set out to not only help define a “coolie” but also to help us understand that "coolies" towed a line between slavery and freedom. The term "coolie" is quite tentative but the basic idea is that a “coolie” refers quite broadly to people of a subjugated “race” who have emigrated from another country to become cheap labor. Often the term “coolies” are targeting the Chinese, but it also expands to immigrants from India and the Caribbean. With the idea of exactly what a “coolie” might be. This idea of a non-definite definition of what a "coolie" perfectly represents the idea of "race" as a social construct. With this knowledge we can see why Jung says that they tow a line between slave and free. This is because they are cheap labor,