The same act which excludes [Asian immigrants] should open wide the portals of British Columbia to white immigration

The same act which excludes orientals should open wide the portals of British Columbia to white immigration

1907-08-24

An racist political cartoon that was featured in the August 24, 1907 issue of The British Columbia Saturday Sunset newspaper. The caption reads "the same act which excludes orientals should open wide the portals of British Columbia to white immigration." The cartoon features a white woman in a dress with the Union Jack printed on it holding closed a gate titled "oriental exclusion" while a group of white men walk through a gate titled "white immigration".

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