In the
Western world or non-Asian countries, terms such as "racism against Asians" or "anti-Asian racism" is typically meant to include institutional
racist
Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism ...
policies, discrimination, and mistreatment of
Asian people and Asian immigrants by institutions or non-Asian people.
Overview
The concept of 'racism against Asians' is most common in communities or countries where the ethnic or racial majority is non-Asian, or the national character is
Western. The concept is most often employed referring to Anti-Asian phenomena outside of the Asian continent, such as in countries in Africa, Europe, North America and South America.
Countries
Australia
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White Australia policy
Canada
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Chinese head tax in Canada
The Chinese Head Tax was a fixed fee charged to each Chinese person entering Canada. The head tax was first levied after the Canadian parliament passed the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 and it was meant to discourage Chinese people from enterin ...
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Chinese Immigration Act, 1885
The ''Chinese Immigration Act, 1885'' was a Canadian Act of Parliament that placed a head tax of $50 () on all Chinese immigrants entering Canada. It was based on the recommendations published in the Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration in 1 ...
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Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration
The Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration was a commission of inquiry appointed to establish whether or not imposing restrictions to Chinese immigration to Canada was in the country's best interest. Ordered on 4 July 1884 by Prime Minister Joh ...
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Internment of Japanese Canadians
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Pacific Coast race riots of 1907
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1886 Vancouver anti-Chinese riots
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Anti-Oriental riots (Vancouver)
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Chinese Immigration Act, 1923
Uganda
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Expulsion of Asians from Uganda
United States
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Racism against Asian Americans, covers the history of anti-Asian racism in the United States
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Anti-Chinese legislation in the United States Anti-Chinese legislation in the United States was introduced in the United States to deal with Chinese migrants following the gold rush in California and those coming to build the railway, including:
* Anti-Coolie Act of 1862
*Page Act of 1875
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Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871
The Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871 was a List of ethnic riots, racial massacre targeting Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, California, United States that occurred on October 24, 1871. Approximately 500 White Americans, white and Hispani ...
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San Francisco riot of 1877
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Chinatown, Denver
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Tacoma riot of 1885 The Tacoma riot of 1885, also known as the 1885 Chinese expulsion from Tacoma, involved the forceful expulsion of the Chinese population from Tacoma, Washington Territory, on November 3, 1885. City leaders had earlier proposed a November 1 deadline ...
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Seattle riot of 1886
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Chinese Massacre Cove Chinese Massacre Cove is an area along the Snake River in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States. It is located in the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest and the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, upriver from the Snake's confluence with the Imnah ...
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Pacific Coast race riots of 1907
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Rock Springs massacre
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Immigration Act of 1924
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Internment of Japanese Americans
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Stop Asian Hate
''Stop Asian Hate'' is a slogan and name for a series of demonstrations, protests, and rallies against violence targeting Asians, Asian Americans, and others of Asian descent. They were held across the United States in 2021 in response to racia ...
, a 2021 movement in the United States
Against East and Southeast Asians
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Anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States
Anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States dates to the mid-19th century, shortly after Chinese immigrants, the ancestors of many Chinese Americans, first arrived in North America. It has taken many forms, including prejudice; racist immigration ...
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Anti-Japanese sentiment in the United States
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Interminority racism in the United States
In the United States, there has long been competition and racial prejudice between African Americans and Latino Americans. There have also been inter-racial tensions between African Americans and Asian Americans.
U.S public policy
Current US p ...
(by Black Americans against Asian Americans)
France
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Anti-Asian racism in France
See also
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Anti-Chinese sentiment
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Anti-Indian sentiment
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Anti-Japanese sentiment
Anti-Japanese sentiment (also called Japanophobia, Nipponophobia and anti-Japanism) involves the hatred or fear of anything which is Japanese, be it its culture or its people. Its opposite is Japanophilia.
Overview
Anti-Japanese sentim ...
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Anti-Filipino sentiment
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Anti-Indonesian sentiment
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Anti-Khmer sentiment
Anti-Khmer sentiment, Khmerophobia or sometimes refers as anti-Cambodian sentiment, is a sentiment against Cambodia, the Khmers, overseas Khmer, or Khmer culture. As the Khmers are dominant in Cambodia, it can be attributed to anti-Cambodian sen ...
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Anti-Korean sentiment
Anti-Korean sentiment involves hatred or dislike that is directed towards Koreans, Korean people, Korean culture, culture or either of the two states (North Korea or South Korea) on the Korean Peninsula.
Origins
Anti-Korean sentiment is pr ...
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Anti-Vietnamese sentiment
Anti-Vietnamese sentiment ( vi, Chủ nghĩa bài Việt Nam) involves hostility or hatred that is directed towards Vietnamese people, or the state of Vietnam.
Background
Anti-Vietnamese sentiment, known on the lesser version as Vietnamophobia ...
References
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Anti–East Asian sentiment
Anti–South Asian sentiment
Anti–Southeast Asian sentiment
Anti-national sentiment
Stereotypes of East Asian people
Racism