The Last Week Tonight host breaks down the problematic history of “Asian American” and the caustic toll of the “model minority” myth
, who faced hostility and suspicion that culminated in the Chinese Exclusion Act banning specifically Chinese immigrants. “The experience of Chinese immigrants unfortunately set the template for the different groups that followed,” Oliver explained, “because waves of Japanese, Korean, South Asian and Filipino Americans later came over as agricultural workers, with those in charge often pitting the groups against each other with unequal wages and treatment.
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