Xenophobia and resistance. The anti-Chinese campaign in Northern Mexico (1911-1934)

Abstract

The following paper focuses on recognize the forms of discrimination against chinese migrants during the anti-Chinese campaign in Mexico, whose boom was between 1911 and 1934 thanks to the fervent nationalism of the time. The campaign, made up of pro-race groups, promoted racism against migrants, with the chinese being the most affected group, thanks to the adoption of laws and stereotypes of United States propaganda, using them as an example to encourage Mexican superiority thinking, by distinguishing "impure races" as they labeled the chinese. Otherwise, the chinese migrants formed a community of resistance through their work, as well as demonstrating their discontent against their detractors.