The marginalisation of the Chinese survivors of the Titanic

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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=12035724

They were ignored by the Western media and historians as if their survival wasn't important enough to mention, and treated with discrimination when the survivors arrived in the USA.

Ah, the tryranny of normal, when the normative is defined by the majority as people like themselves and difference 1) doesn't count and 2) is wilfully ignored. I think many of us as AS people can relate to the same dynamics as those which suppressed the history of these survivors judged as not worthy enough to even acknowledge.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ti ... 426daa7ccd
Here’s Why You’ve Never Heard Of The Titanic’s Chinese Survivors
A century ago, a racist press muddied their names when it didn’t ignore them entirely.

By Kimberly Yam

Sometimes, by ignoring survivors, you stop them from surviving anymore, thus making sure you were right after all.