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“Even though this book examines a singular period of history, it reveals the manifold differences and conflicts that exist within even a small segment of one city's population. As the stories of "hot" and "cold" war experiences show, to label all the people of a country or culture as the same is a folly with potentially global consequences. This alone is a valuable lesson of the Shanghai exodus, a simple insight that bears repeating, especially when migrants and refugees everywhere are still often painted in one dismissive stroke.”
― Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
― Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
“Certainly, what was true for the refugees and exiles of Shanghai remains true for people fleeing catastrophe in contemporary times. Whether these migrants are driven from Syria, Myanmar, Bosnia, Sudan, Somalia, Guatemala, or too many other places. These refugees have all faced the agonizing choice of whether to stay, or to flee.”
― Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
― Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
“Instead, this new wave sought to establish that they were not proletarian waiters and laundry workers but rather were exceptional Chinese who could become model Americans. Indeed, in 1966 a New York Times Magazine article invented the notion of the “model minority” to praise Asian Americans in pointed contrast to African Americans amid racial tensions and calls for equality. Unfamiliar with the history of discrimination in the United States and unaware that the newly created stereotype pitted Asian Americans against other minorities, some of the Shanghai exiles welcomed the chance to be seen as the “good minority” instead of as enemy intruders.”
― Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
― Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution
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