国立アメリカ歴史博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (国立アメリカ歴史博物館Instagram)「This porcelain statuette conveys a sobering message about race, immigration, and exclusion in American history. It was made around the 1880s 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, 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 local community response to this influx was mixed, prejudice toward the newcomers was common. On May 6, 1882, President Chester A. Arthur approved the Chinese Exclusion Act—the first U.S. law to ban immigration based on race or nationality. The act was later repealed in 1943. In the exhibition “Many Voices, One Nation,” this sculpture is paired alongside a statuette of Statue of Liberty, seen by many as a symbol of inclusion and acceptance, that was created around the same time—swipe to see it. Follow the link in our bio to see both statuettes side-by-side: s.si.edu/mvon-negotiation #AsianPacificHeritageMonth #APHM #AmericanHistory #ImmigrationHistory #NewYorkHistory #ChineseAmericanHistory #AfricanAmericanHistory」5月7日 5時07分