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'''China Swede''' was a [[derogatory]] term used for [[Finnish American|Finnish immigrants in the United States]] in the early 1900s, especially in [[Minnesota]] and [[Michigan]].<ref name="McPhersonPlunkett2017">{{cite book|author1=Tristram McPherson|author2=David Plunkett|title=The Routledge Handbook of Metaethics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oBQwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT349|date=24 August 2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-351-81791-2|pages=349–}}</ref>. |
'''China Swede''' was a [[derogatory]] term used for [[Finnish American|Finnish immigrants in the United States]] in the early 1900s, especially in [[Minnesota]] and [[Michigan]].<ref name="McPhersonPlunkett2017">{{cite book|author1=Tristram McPherson|author2=David Plunkett|title=The Routledge Handbook of Metaethics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oBQwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT349|date=24 August 2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-351-81791-2|pages=349–}}</ref>. Finns faced racial discrimination, with many people using the Finnish language as “proof” that Finns were not European and thus fair game to be subject to unfair treatment..<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/199706/10_losurem_finnpoor/finnpoor2.htm |title=MPR: Finland Was a Poor Country |website=News.minnesota.publicradio.org |date=1997-06-10 |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Nybergh |first=Thomas |url=http://inktank.fi/china-swedes-forest-finns-and-the-great-migration-how-finnish-immigrants-helped-build-america/ |title=How Finnish immigrants battled racism to help build America |website=Inktank.fi |date=2015-09-27 |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[Yellow peril]] |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 07:14, 29 March 2018
China Swede was a derogatory term used for Finnish immigrants in the United States in the early 1900s, especially in Minnesota and Michigan.[1]. Finns faced racial discrimination, with many people using the Finnish language as “proof” that Finns were not European and thus fair game to be subject to unfair treatment..[2][3]
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- ^ Tristram McPherson; David Plunkett (24 August 2017). The Routledge Handbook of Metaethics. Taylor & Francis. pp. 349–. ISBN 978-1-351-81791-2.
- ^ "MPR: Finland Was a Poor Country". News.minnesota.publicradio.org. 1997-06-10. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ^ Nybergh, Thomas (2015-09-27). "How Finnish immigrants battled racism to help build America". Inktank.fi. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
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