Oriental Exclusion and Franchise

Oriental Exclusion and Franchise

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Title Proper F0 GR1222 BOX 189 FILE 04
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1947
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From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
Letter from citizen regarding Japanese Canadian franchise. Letters from Greenwood Board of Trade to Community Association regarding Japanese Canadian labor, advocating their rights as Canadian citizens and resisting/condemning the systemic racism of the government in a resolution protesting “the discrimination against the employment of Japanese labor on Crown lands.” Letter from J.P. Knox advocating Japanese Canadian rights to work in Greenwood area. Letter from United Church advocating citizenship privileges for Japanese Canadians, “East Indian[s],” and Chinese Canadians. Letters from Watson Kirkconnell, Victoria First Baptist Church, and private citizens regarding “East Indian” franchise. Letters from women’s organizations advocating "Native Indian" franchise. Resolution from Canadian Legion UBC branch advocating for political and economic rights for "Native Indians." Letter from Ashcroft Board of Trade opposing “concentration of foreign elements.” Factum from Andrew Paull North American Indian Brotherhood regarding franchise for Indigenous peoples. Telegram from Guy Williams of Native Brotherhood of BC stating that Andre Paull not a representative of that organization. Telegram from William Scow of Native Brotherhood of BC declaring end of “white controls of our lands.” Letter from citizen regarding U.S. India Immigration and Naturalization Act.
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Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized selectively.

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Oriental Exclusion and Franchise
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Terminology

Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice. See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.