Opium use, trafficking and racism as base for popular imagery of Chinese immigrants in Chihuahua: Asia reborn through opium den fumes

Chihuahua Hoy

Vladimir Alejandro Armendáriz Romero¹ 

[1] Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua;

关键词: migration;    chinese;    xenophobia;    opium;    internal conflicts;   

DOI  :  http://dx.doi.org/10.20983/chihuahuahoy.2021.19.4

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Chinese immigrants faced conflicts upon their arrival in Chihuahua, particularly between the 1920s and 1930s. The racialized condition to which they were subjected to by the prejudices of the time, supported by a scientific discourse and a robust nationalism, unleashedracistmovementsagainstthem,asinmuchoftheworld. These campaigns created the image of these immigrants as opium addicts and criminals. Taking advantage of this situation an attempt was made to denigrate them leading to the rise of anti-Chinese associations whose ultimate goal of Chinese expulsion became relatively successful. This smear was also used by members of the same community against internal rivals.

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