Race for Citizenship: Black Orientalism and Asian Uplift from Pre-Emancipation to Neoliberal America

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Race for Citizenship NATION OF NEWCOMERS Immigrant History as American History General editors: Matthew Jacobson and Werner Sollors Beyond the Shadow of Camptown: Korean Military Brides in America Ji-Yeon Yuh Feeling Italian: The Art of Ethnicity in America Thomas J. Ferraro Constructing Black Selves: Caribbean American Narratives and the Second Generation Lisa D. McGill Transnational Adoption: A Cultural Economy of Race, Gender, and Kinship Sara K. Dorow Immigration and American Popular Culture: An Introduction Jeffrey Melnick and Rachel Rubin From Arrival to Incorporation: Migrants to the U.S. in a Global Era Edited by Elliott R. Barkan, Hasia Diner, and Alan M. Kraut Migrant Imaginaries: Latino Cultural Politics in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands Alicia Schmidt Camacho The Force of Domesticity: Filipina Migrants and Globalization Rhacel Salazar Parreñas Immigrant Rights in the Shadows of Citizenship Edited by Rachel Ida Buff Rough Writing: Ethnic Authorship in Theodore Roosevelt’s America Aviva F. Taubenfeld The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America Rick Baldoz Race for Citizenship: Black Orientalism and Asian Uplift from Pre-Emancipation to Neoliberal America Helen Heran Jun Race for Citizenship Black Orientalism and Asian Uplift from Pre-Emancipation to Neoliberal America Helen Heran Jun a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London www.nyupress.org© 2011 by New York University All rights reserved References to Internet websites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the author nor New York University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jun, Helen Heran. Race for citizenship : Black Orientalism and Asian uplift from pre-emancipation to neoliberal America / Helen Heran Jun. p. cm. — (Nation of newcomers) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8147–4297–6 (cl : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8147–4298–3 (pb : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8147–4332–4 (e-book : alk. paper) 1. Citizenship—United States—History. 2. African Americans— Social conditions. 3. Asian Americans—Social conditions. 4. Orientalism—United States—History. I. Title. JK1759.J94 2011 305.896’073—dc22 2010041376 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 p 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...