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Line 12: This very distinctive and poorly-assimilated minority stirred fears of a [[Yellow Peril]], and racist discrimination and attacks against the Chinese were common, culminating in the Chinese Exclusion Act of the late 1880s, which banned Chinese immigration entirely. In the fiction of the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century, the [['''Chinese Laborer]]''' is often a sinister figure who fills the ranks of a [[Nebulous Evil Organization\|Secret Society]] and lusts for the pure white women that the hero must protect. About the time of [[World War Two]], when China became the United States' ally, the depiction shifted, and the Chinese laborer tended to be shown as the victim of prejudice and needing the help of a white hero to save him from bigots. Modern depictions tend to be a bit more nuanced... we hope. The generic term for exported Asian laborers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was "coolie." This word was often used as a pejorative, and many people of Asian heritage find it offensive, so it should only be used in its historical context. Line 28: * Chinese laborers also appear in the remake of ''[[3:10 to Yuma]]'' on a railroad construction site. * ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'' {{quote\|[[[Chinese Laborer]] working on railroad tracks falls to the ground from exhaustion] '''Lyle''': [[Kick the Dog\|Dock that Chink a day's pay for napping on the job.]] }} * Miniature Chinese laborer figures come to life and attack Ben Stiller's character in a wild west diorama in ''[[Night at the Museum]]''.

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