The Immigrants of Angel Island | The History You Didn't Learn | TIME

When students learn immigration history in school, they're often introduced to Ellis Island. But they rarely learn about Angel Island, the immigration station on the west coast that was a hub for people arriving from Asia.
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[@jasonharris836]

This educator right here teaches his 6th graders about Angel Island for sure. I also teach students about the racism, prejudice, and bigotry Chinese immigrants faced in this country. I am glad I stumbled upon this because this builds my knowledge and appreciation for the difficulties that Asian American immigrants and their descendants had to endure.

[@YoAddicts]

I remember learning about the Exclusion Act in Vancouver, Canada, in 2005. It hurts me deeply

[@lenaparcot1712]

yes i know @@YoAddicts

[@crystalperry6370]

Thank you for sharing this. I had never heard of Angel Island. My grandma came through Ellis Island. Every one needs to hear this.

[@asilahzaharuddin9272]

This story deserves a movie

[@ZolaClyde]

Or an in depth documentary. I’d definitely watch that. :)

[@butchfils9464]

The same immigrants treating other immigrants bad. The native Americans are the one who have the right to processed any one entering this country migrants.

[@red2house1]

Preach

[@jrpacer6355]

My father being Italian also had a hard time as a young man finding housing for him and my mom and this was in the 50s after my father served in the war ( Korean) ....My father last name said it all not what he looked like long story short he built a house off of his parents house ....

[@lordvonmanor6915]

I'm glad you touched on this part of history because I find it completely baffling on how it is taught. If I may be direct with words in order to be correct the Nword Slave Trade was actually held in Indo China "Oost-Indische Archipels". At this time they had a complete monopoly on both the labour system and agriculture. Hence the reason why Slavery literally means paid employement. Nword means people of Negerij Tabanan "Matahari". The topic of importing free whites to North Amerika was started by European Peasants who wanted to remove Nwords from the labour market. And by year 1855 North America started importing Free European instead of European Peasants. This Act became know as Immigration Act. Therefore Nwords and European Peasants "Serfs" were both cut out of the labour market and that's when Industrialization begins.

[@Ayahuascaznyc]

Thank you for sharing knowledge

[@MetalJuggalo]

Angle island is also a level in sonic the hedgehog 3

[@nowie4007]

Ikr

[@awesomeworldproductions7022]

Yo I'm not the only one

[@Gardenofstardust]

Literally where the game takes place

[@LeoTheGamer-nj8de]

@@awesomeworldproductions7022 dude I’m also not the only one!

[@Heyanonymous4]

Yup knuckles lives there and he's protecting the master emerald

[@HO-zr4xz]

I'm studying english at school in France, and that was a very good video. Thank you for all you just said! We have to struggle against racism which is unfortunately still in our society. When I saw "Chinese Virus", I was chocked by how horrible these words are (especially from a President). Moreover, the story of this family was really moving; it shows us to what extent Chinese Exclusion Act destroyed families, but also that we have to struggle if you want to have more rights so as to have a better life! (sorry for some likely mistakes!!)

[@amandine9781]

I couldn't agree more! ;)

[@maureenlaneski2802]

You did great! Chocked is spelled shocked. I've noticed ch and sh get switched in some languages, so I assume that's what happened.

[@fandeq1d3taiiletchocohlesb43]

Bahahah bien vu mon bro !

[@PeaceandLuv123]

Come to America and we the Christian believers of the world will gladly take you in and give you shelter. Sleep not under a bridge brothers and sisters in heaven, come rest your weary heart and soul on our soil. Be thy neighbor in Christ Jesus.

[@Thegaoat]

I love history, im Mexican born in Mexico but immigrated here legally with my parents when I was one year old. They came here to the San Francisco Bay Area in union city ca to be exact. My fathers dad (my grandfather) was born here but lived his life in Mexico because of the Mexican American war. My moms father came here to work as a bracero back in the early 1900's. It's crazy, now I'm 34 and have a Vietnamese wife the Bay Area is truly a melting pot. There was definitely and still is a lot of racism. It's funny when people say go back to your county when most of the west coast was actually Mexico. All of the cities and streets are literally named in Spanish.

[@GangstaVic]

You learn something new everyday

[@maureenlaneski2802]

It makes me sick that it's the same thing, over and over.

[@taybandz9985]

Being from SF I only had one history teacher in the whole district teach about Angel Island. She taught us so many things you wouldn’t traditionally learn about. I love that lady and she loved her job

[@maureenlaneski2802]

Me hearing a man is doing everything "right" and worrying about the fate of this South Asian American family. :( And, 100 years later, Middle Eastern naturalized citizens faced the same, even after decades of time in the community. The big ICE bust in the Detroit and Dearborn area of Michigan felt like a dystopian novel. I understand where authors come up with the plots, I guess.

[@faautobahna9416]

Thanks

[@mayena]

Interesting story.

[@NotTheNexus1991]

So sonic 3 exist now?

[@scorpleeon]

Never heard of Angel Island, my God.

[@mr.gameandwatchandredman7976]

AND KNUCKLES-

[@awesomeworldproductions7022]

Yooo I'm not the only one who's was like OMG it's Angel island from Sonic

[@quinn1813]

Has anyone looked into the politics of the day when this discrimination was so prevalent? It’s easy to say “White Supremacy” was to blame but there was always politicians behind these policies. Politics drives policy.

[@maureenlaneski2802]

Eh...personal drives politics...but, if I had to guess, I'd say it was a matter of remaining in power plus plain old racism.

[@ayanda3304]

Yeah... racist politicians. Plain and simple.

[@antimattellalocomotora22]

Knuckles: Do You Know Da Wae?

[@sfyogagirl7336]

Never knew this.

[@vinecross3139]

Wait this isn't Sonic the hedgehog 3 and knuckles gameplay

[@BobMan6697]

Lol

[@awesomeworldproductions7022]

Yooo

[@jjudd1441]

This was also a place of Assyrian immigration.

[@bobbobsin3202]

Angel island obviously was once apart of Tiburon

[@gatheringleaves]

The Ellis Island for Asian Americans

[@nosyrosie3716]

Am I the Citizen or the Asian visitors?

[@rudyrissone4298]

Y Dad said his Filipino friends Couldn't bring there Filipino Wife here. This was in 1920s.

[@coosettem2045]

What happened to these melanated Asians from India, China, Korea? Did they suffer genocide as most indigenous people of color worldwide? 🤔 Thanks for this informative video of historical truth 👍🏼 👏 🙌

[@centerfold8]

Even before the Japanese Internment

[@baloonga6524]

yo wtf wheres the master emerald you forgot to mention knuckles 🤨🤨🤨

[@curlypop]

Wheres Knuckles

[@friendoftellus5741]

Hmmm...

[@deparition]

Sonic The Hedgehog 3

[@tim.m2]

I KNEW SOMEBODY WOULD COMMENT SONIC

[@blakeskit]

I was looking up angel island act 1 and found this no master emerald 0/10

[@tim.m2]

@@blakeskit ikr bro wheres knuckles the enchilada

[@blakeskit]

@@tim.m2 he’s part of the immigrants obviously why do you think he’s the last of his tribe

[@tim.m2]

@@blakeskit ikr smh no doomsday or death egg -0/10

[@robyncommander1478]

Worship with the Angels is forbidden in America?

[@I_HAVE_MOVED_ACCOUNTS]

echidnas?!?!?!?!121!!2?1!2!1

[@seansteryu7398]

Good story. But today it's wide open and with free handout. Old days was extreme right and today is extreme left.

[@davidgee7919]

Escape India into a Racist society. A good story with great ending but is it ended?

[@Truthseeker371]

Wow, how so much easier and lenient it is now to enter the USA! You can cross the Mexican boarder and the US Boarder Patrol let you in. Assylum seeking process is also helped by the social organisations. It's not a surprise the illegal entries are continuing.

[@AKDickens]

There should be a suicide content warning on this video!!

[@manjericaofan]

Too bad a good chunk of the jungles got burned down

[@infinitequest0424]

Virus⁉️

[@wolflunatic5093]

Looks like a concentration camp

[@debbiewilson9712]

Faced.. faced...faced.. victim victim victim...

[@xo4624]

What

[@dickiewongtk]

Then why did they still come?

[@danc2014]

While fight the Japanese in WW II some areas were overtaken and people fled to the USA.

[@mshayashi]

Ok...why people say [America]? They are talking about U.S.A. or for short, U.S....never America. There is no such country, called America. America is the whole Continent, going from further North Alaska to the southernmost Chile. But, this is an interesting video.

[@butchfils9464]

People talk Holland and everyone knows they are talking about Netherlands. We all know Holland is a province in Netherlands. The same for America, in most circumstances we know they are talking of USA. Please stop with that B.S correctness

[@mshayashi]

@@ZolaClyde There's not a country called America...It's only U.S.A. or for short, U.S.