Fw: H-ASIA: Idiosyncratic comments on "yellowness" (further comments-2)

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From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
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Subject: H-ASIA: Idiosyncratic comments on "yellowness" (further comments-2)

> H-ASIA
> April 24, 2011
>
> Further comments (2) re: Idiosyncratic comments on "yellowness"
>
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> 1.)
> From: Yi-Li Wu <yiliwu2010@gmail.com>
>
> In response to Ted Bestor's posting, I have a personal anecdote about
> Chinese in southern states being coded as "white"...I was born in Virginia
> in the mid-1960s. The original birth certificate (yes, I can run for
> president) says that my parents are from "China" and that their race is
> "white." Interestingly, this racial designations are not on the version
> that is provided these days when I request a copy of my birth certificate
> (looks like things were computerized).
>
> Yi-Li Wu
> Albion College
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> 2.)
> From: David Schak <d.schak@griffith.edu.au>
>
> With reference to the publication cited by Ted Bestor, I might add that at
> the same time that one could be only white or black in the south, one
> could be only white or coloured in California. So while Chinese were
> 'white' in Mississippi, they were coloured in Oakland.
>
>
> Adjunct A/Prof. David C. Schak d.schak@griffith.edu.au
> International Business and Asian Studies
> Centre for Environment and Public Health
> Griffith University
> Nathan, Qld. Australia, 4111
> 617 3735-7576 (w); 3892-7339 (h)
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> From yiliwu2010@gmail.com Sat Apr 23 18:08:08 2011
> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:00:01 -0700
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