Item
Identifier:
2021_05_022
Alternative Title
The same act which excludes orientals should open wide the portals of British Columbia to white immigration
Date
August 24 1907;Date(s) of creation
Extent
1 cartoon
Format
ephemera
Description
An racist political cartoon that was featured in the August 24, 1907 issue of The British Columbia Saturday Sunset newspaper. The caption reads "the same act which excludes orientals should open wide the portals of British Columbia to white immigration." The cartoon features a white woman in a dress with the Union Jack printed on it holding closed a gate titled "oriental exclusion" while a group of white men walk through a gate titled "white immigration".
Location
British Columbia;New Westminster Land District;Metro Vancouver Regional District;Vancouver
Language
English
Subject Headings - SACDA
Anti-Asian racism
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Political cartoons [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104348];Racism in cartoons [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97006504]
![The same act which excludes [Asian immigrants] should open wide the portals of British Columbia to white immigration](https://sacda.ca/media/collectiveaccess/images/4/26843_ca_object_representations_media_499_large.jpg)