I hate to go off topic but i feel like i should.
Arts & Humanities - The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 - Collection Connections | Teacher Resources - Library of Congress
here's the play:
"Ah Coy. I telly you, white man big fools; eaty too muchee, drinky too muchee, and talkee to muchee.
Sam Gin. White man catchee plenty money; Chinaman catchee little money.
Ah Coy. By and by white man catchee no money; Chinaman catchee heap money; Chinaman workee cheap, plenty work; white man workee dear, no work — sabee?
Sam Gin. Me heep sabee.
Ah Coy. Chinaman plenty work, plenty money, plenty to eat. White man no work, no money, die — sabee?
Sam Gin. Me heep sabee.
Ah Coy. White man damn fools; keep wifee and children — cost plenty money; Chinaman no wife, no children, save plenty money. By and by, no more white workingman in California; all Chinaman — sabee?"
the reason why the chinese were not allowed to get married was that they could not bring their wives over. many americans felt that they didn't have any family values or something like that.
the men who acted in this play were making fun of the way that they spoke. my teacher couldn't even help laughing and neither could i.
history is a pretty interesting thing to learn if you ask me. Have you guys learned about the chinese exclusion act? i doubt anyone did. basically the chinese were driven out of here because we didn't need them anymore. They were building us railroads and that's how we treated them.
Our teacher showed us a play about it. The lines go... eatee too much, drinkee too much, and talkee too muchee. It was kind of racist but most of the kids laughed.