Chinese as Medical Scapegoats, 1870-1905 - Revision history

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	\| colspan="2" \|'''Chinese and Chinese-Americans in San Francisco were scapegoated for all epidemic outbreaks throughout the mid-late 19th and early 20th century. To white San Franciscans, Chinatown represented a dangerous ~~breeding ground~~ for both disease and immorality, and the neighborhood was consequently targeted by health officials. Public health was also utilized as a reason to restrict Chinese immigration.'''		\| colspan="2" \|'''Chinese and Chinese-Americans in San Francisco were scapegoated for all epidemic outbreaks throughout the mid-late 19th and early 20th century. To white San Franciscans, Chinatown represented a dangerous space of emergence for both disease and immorality, and the neighborhood was consequently targeted by health officials. Public health was also utilized as a reason to restrict Chinese immigration.'''
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	\| colspan="2" \|'''~~Hunters Point is~~ the ~~site of extensive pollution~~, ~~home to hazardous materials~~ and ~~polluting plants. Over~~ the ~~course of decades, public~~ officials ~~have disappointed residents through their failure to effectively clean up Hunters Point~~. ~~Particularly after mayoral candidate Matt Gonzalez lost the race in 2003, the community had~~ to ~~fight back against redevelopment and continued power plant operation~~.'''		\| colspan="2" \|'''Chinese and Chinese-Americans in San Francisco were scapegoated for all epidemic outbreaks throughout the mid-late 19th and early 20th century. To white San Franciscans, Chinatown represented a dangerous breeding ground for both disease and immorality, and the neighborhood was consequently targeted by health officials. Public health was also utilized as a reason to restrict Chinese immigration.'''
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	\| colspan="2" \|'''~~Chinese and Chinese-Americans in San Francisco were scapegoated for all epidemic outbreaks throughout~~ the ~~mid-late 19th~~ and ~~early 20th century~~. ~~To white San Franciscans~~, ~~Chinatown represented a dangerous breeding ground for both disease and immorality~~, ~~and~~ the ~~neighborhood was consequently targeted by health officials. Public health was also utilized as a reason~~ to ~~restrict Chinese immigration~~.'''		\| colspan="2" \|'''Hunters Point is the site of extensive pollution, home to hazardous materials and polluting plants. Over the course of decades, public officials have disappointed residents through their failure to effectively clean up Hunters Point. Particularly after mayoral candidate Matt Gonzalez lost the race in 2003, the community had to fight back against redevelopment and continued power plant operation.'''
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	\| colspan="2" \|'''~~The simultaneous forces of gentrification~~ and ~~the AIDS~~ epidemic ~~vastly transformed~~ the ~~cultural~~ and ~~social landscape of~~ San ~~Francisco as tens of thousands of people died or were displaced from their neighborhoods~~. ~~Though mass displacement is known to have significant effects on public~~ health~~, San Francisco residents and tenant organizations have had to fight for these effects~~ to ~~be acknowledged~~.'''		\| colspan="2" \|'''Chinese and Chinese-Americans in San Francisco were scapegoated for all epidemic outbreaks throughout the mid-late 19th and early 20th century. To white San Franciscans, Chinatown represented a dangerous breeding ground for both disease and immorality, and the neighborhood was consequently targeted by health officials. Public health was also utilized as a reason to restrict Chinese immigration.'''
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	{\| style="color: black; background-color: #F5DA81;"		{\| style="color: black; background-color: #F5DA81;"
	\| colspan="2" \|'''~~Chinese~~ and ~~Chinese-Americans in~~ San Francisco were ~~scapegoated for all epidemic outbreaks throughout the mid-late 19th and early 20th century~~. ~~To white~~ San ~~Franciscans, Chinatown represented a dangerous breeding ground~~ for ~~both disease and immorality, and the neighborhood was consequently targeted by health officials. Public health was also utilized as a reason~~ to ~~restrict Chinese immigration~~.'''		\| colspan="2" \|'''The simultaneous forces of gentrification and the AIDS epidemic vastly transformed the cultural and social landscape of San Francisco as tens of thousands of people died or were displaced from their neighborhoods. Though mass displacement is known to have significant effects on public health, San Francisco residents and tenant organizations have had to fight for these effects to be acknowledged.'''
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	'''Cartoon from '''The Wasp''' of May 26, 1882, promoting the then-common racist myth that diseases were rampant in Chinatown.'''		'''Cartoon from '''The Wasp''' of May 26, 1882, promoting the then-common racist myth that diseases were rampant in Chinatown.'''

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			\| colspan="2" \|'''Chinese and Chinese-Americans in San Francisco were scapegoated for all epidemic outbreaks throughout the mid-late 19th and early 20th century. To white San Franciscans, Chinatown represented a dangerous breeding ground for both disease and immorality, and the neighborhood was consequently targeted by health officials. Public health was also utilized as a reason to restrict Chinese immigration.'''
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	Much has been written about anti-Chinese sentiment on the West Coast during the 1870s and 1880s, especially the agitation to restrict Chinese immigration into the United States. Little has been said about anti-Chinese prejudice as reflected in the formulation of public health policy on the West Coast. Health policy, however, manifests not only the state of the medical sciences, but the expectations and the value system of society-at-large. In the era when health officials looked to sanitary reform as the primary means of preventing epidemic disease, the presence of an alien population living in substandard quarters was both socially and medically threatening.		Much has been written about anti-Chinese sentiment on the West Coast during the 1870s and 1880s, especially the agitation to restrict Chinese immigration into the United States. Little has been said about anti-Chinese prejudice as reflected in the formulation of public health policy on the West Coast. Health policy, however, manifests not only the state of the medical sciences, but the expectations and the value system of society-at-large. In the era when health officials looked to sanitary reform as the primary means of preventing epidemic disease, the presence of an alien population living in substandard quarters was both socially and medically threatening.

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	By 1880 criticism of conditions in Chinatown had become so widespread that the Board of Health, responding to political pressure, issued a resolution formally condemning Chinatown as a "nuisance."		By 1880 criticism of conditions in Chinatown had become so widespread that the Board of Health, responding to political pressure, issued a resolution formally condemning Chinatown as a "nuisance."

	''The Chinese cancer must be cut out of the heart of our city, root and branch, if we have any regard for its future sanitary welfare . . . with all the vacant and health territory around this city, it is a shame that the very centre be surrendered and abandoned to this health-defying and law-defying population.		''The Chinese cancer must be cut out of the heart of our city, root and branch, if we have any regard for its future sanitary welfare . . . with all the vacant and health territory around this city, it is a shame that the very centre be surrendered and abandoned to this health-defying and law-defying population.''

	We, therefore, recommend that the portion of the city here described be condemned as a nuisance; and we call upon the proper authorities to take the necessary steps for its abatement without delay.''[18]		''We, therefore, recommend that the portion of the city here described be condemned as a nuisance; and we call upon the proper authorities to take the necessary steps for its abatement without delay.''[18]

	Proposals to quarter the Chinese outside of the city limits of San Francisco were advanced at this time, primarily under the sponsorship of the Anti-Chinese Council of the Workingmen's party. Similar proposals had been set forth since the 1850s and would recur again in the 1800s and at the time of the bubonic plague crisis in the early 1900s.[19] However, no formal condemnation proceedings were ever instituted, and Chinatown remained located in the center of San Francisco. This central location brought the Chinese into daily contact with the Caucasian population of the city and was a constant source of irritation to many San Franciscans. To one city health officer, Chinatown was "the moral purgatory" through which all who pass come out nauseated and disgusted, and perchance defiled by Mongolian filth or disease.[20]		Proposals to quarter the Chinese outside of the city limits of San Francisco were advanced at this time, primarily under the sponsorship of the Anti-Chinese Council of the Workingmen's party. Similar proposals had been set forth since the 1850s and would recur again in the 1800s and at the time of the bubonic plague crisis in the early 1900s.[19] However, no formal condemnation proceedings were ever instituted, and Chinatown remained located in the center of San Francisco. This central location brought the Chinese into daily contact with the Caucasian population of the city and was a constant source of irritation to many San Franciscans. To one city health officer, Chinatown was "the moral purgatory" through which all who pass come out nauseated and disgusted, and perchance defiled by Mongolian filth or disease.[20]

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	''--Joan B. Trauner, California History Magazine'', 1978		''--Joan B. Trauner, California History Magazine'', 1978

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