Foreign in America and foreign in China - doomed to being an everlasting foreigner

"Citizens by birth, they [Chinese Americans] had attended American schools, and many have even graduated from college. As citizens, they expected to have greater opportunities available to them. But increasingly they became aware of the racial barriers errected against them and they woke up from "an illusion." Many felt disappointed and plunged into "emotional disturbance." Some found "satisfaction in returning to their own group," insisting they were "very proud to belong to the Chinese race." Many decided they should struggle for their rights as citizens, while others gave up their hopes of becoming full and equal citizens. All of them felt they were "strangers." "

"Chinese in America had realized for a long time how their situation here was tied to developments in China. The very political weakness of the Chinese government conditioned their treatment here and influenced the anti-Chiense immigration policies of the U.S. government."

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Time for class, more thoughts on this later.