Michael Luo

you know, a model for the world. And then he talked about the Chinese. And he explicitly talked about this, quote, new race that is making its appearance within our borders and claiming attention. And he predicted that at some point in the future, the Chinese population would number in the millions. And he predicted just urged Americans, his fellow Americans, to embrace these new arrivals.

And he has this kind of stirring admonition for Americans about Chinese immigration. Do you ask if I favor such immigration? I answer I would. And then he's asking this kind of series of rhetorical questions. Would you have them naturalized and have them invested with all the rights of American citizenship? I would. Would you allow them to vote? I would. Would you allow them to hold office?

And he has this kind of stirring admonition for Americans about Chinese immigration. Do you ask if I favor such immigration? I answer I would. And then he's asking this kind of series of rhetorical questions. Would you have them naturalized and have them invested with all the rights of American citizenship? I would. Would you allow them to vote? I would. Would you allow them to hold office?

And he has this kind of stirring admonition for Americans about Chinese immigration. Do you ask if I favor such immigration? I answer I would. And then he's asking this kind of series of rhetorical questions. Would you have them naturalized and have them invested with all the rights of American citizenship? I would. Would you allow them to vote? I would. Would you allow them to hold office?

I would. And he talks about how this comes from his belief in basic human rights, the right of locomotion, the right of migration, the right which belongs to no particular race but belongs alike to all and to all alike. And his hope was for the Chinese to feel at home here, both for his sake and for ours. It really is inspirational.

I would. And he talks about how this comes from his belief in basic human rights, the right of locomotion, the right of migration, the right which belongs to no particular race but belongs alike to all and to all alike. And his hope was for the Chinese to feel at home here, both for his sake and for ours. It really is inspirational.

I would. And he talks about how this comes from his belief in basic human rights, the right of locomotion, the right of migration, the right which belongs to no particular race but belongs alike to all and to all alike. And his hope was for the Chinese to feel at home here, both for his sake and for ours. It really is inspirational.

I don't get too much into this in the book, but there actually is a little bit of a rivalry tension between black Americans and Chinese. And there is this aspect of some black Americans were kind of saying, well, we're actually higher on the hierarchy. We're Christian. We're actually American. We're born here. Go back generations. These are foreigners. They're heathens.

I don't get too much into this in the book, but there actually is a little bit of a rivalry tension between black Americans and Chinese. And there is this aspect of some black Americans were kind of saying, well, we're actually higher on the hierarchy. We're Christian. We're actually American. We're born here. Go back generations. These are foreigners. They're heathens.

I don't get too much into this in the book, but there actually is a little bit of a rivalry tension between black Americans and Chinese. And there is this aspect of some black Americans were kind of saying, well, we're actually higher on the hierarchy. We're Christian. We're actually American. We're born here. Go back generations. These are foreigners. They're heathens.

There is an aspect of that, but Frederick Douglass... He wouldn't put up with it. No, he has a clarion voice and, you know, a very rare voice defending the Chinese.

There is an aspect of that, but Frederick Douglass... He wouldn't put up with it. No, he has a clarion voice and, you know, a very rare voice defending the Chinese.

There is an aspect of that, but Frederick Douglass... He wouldn't put up with it. No, he has a clarion voice and, you know, a very rare voice defending the Chinese.

When I hear these things, there are just so many resonances with this history. And from the kind of populist reaction to immigration, there's a lot of similarities to the kind of... Combination of working class labor, small business owner, this kind of nimbus, I call it, of outrage came from not just laborers, but from this kind of also small business owners.

When I hear these things, there are just so many resonances with this history. And from the kind of populist reaction to immigration, there's a lot of similarities to the kind of... Combination of working class labor, small business owner, this kind of nimbus, I call it, of outrage came from not just laborers, but from this kind of also small business owners.

When I hear these things, there are just so many resonances with this history. And from the kind of populist reaction to immigration, there's a lot of similarities to the kind of... Combination of working class labor, small business owner, this kind of nimbus, I call it, of outrage came from not just laborers, but from this kind of also small business owners.

And so I see the same in the MAGA movement and the way politicians operate. Craven politicians talk about immigrants today as it could be just torn from the 19th century. And the thing I think about when I think about what history can tell us about this moment is it's actually hard when foreign people who speak a different language, look different, you know, come to a society.

And so I see the same in the MAGA movement and the way politicians operate. Craven politicians talk about immigrants today as it could be just torn from the 19th century. And the thing I think about when I think about what history can tell us about this moment is it's actually hard when foreign people who speak a different language, look different, you know, come to a society.

And so I see the same in the MAGA movement and the way politicians operate. Craven politicians talk about immigrants today as it could be just torn from the 19th century. And the thing I think about when I think about what history can tell us about this moment is it's actually hard when foreign people who speak a different language, look different, you know, come to a society.

And it's hard work to... To not be suspicious, to reach out, to think about them as human beings with families, aspirations, stories. The book is called Strangers in the Land, and I drew that from... a Supreme Court decision that upheld one of the Chinese exclusion laws where the Supreme Court Justice, Justice Field, who wrote this opinion, referred to the Chinese as strangers in the land.