国立アメリカ歴史博物館のインスタグラム(amhistorymuseum) - 5月16日 20時04分

This 1880s porcelain sculpture conveys a sobering message about race, immigration, and exclusion in American history. It was made by the Union Porcelain Works of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York.
The statuette consists of a male Caucasian figure wearing a Liberty cap seated beside a large eagle in a nest; the figure appears to be holding down the figure of African American male. Below them, what appears to be a figure of a Chinese man is either attempting to climb into or is falling from the nest. No documentation has been found to shed light on the meaning of this startling figure group, or to suggest why or for whom it was made. Large numbers of Chinese immigrants began moving to the eastern United States in the 1870s. By 1880, a local newspaper estimated that 1,000 Chinese lived in Brooklyn, where the Unions Porcelain Works factory was located, making it one of the largest Chinese populations on the East Coast. While the local community’s response to this influx was mixed, prejudice toward the newcomers was common. On the national level, the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act was the only law to block a specific group from entering the United States. It also was the first of many restrictive immigration laws. The act was repealed in 1943.
In the exhibition “Many Voices, One Nation,” this sculpture is paired alongside a statuette of Statue of Liberty from the same period, seen by many as a symbol of inclusion and acceptance.

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