tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835868003235665460.post1089414536777450546..comments2024-02-27T02:16:29.956-08:00Comments on A Chinese American Historian By Chance: Over Count of Chinese in the Census: Part 2Chinese American Historian By Chancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854899482394875674noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835868003235665460.post-70018670110303623032017-07-24T08:30:23.586-07:002017-07-24T08:30:23.586-07:00Hi,
I recently have been tracing my ancestry and...Hi, <br /><br />I recently have been tracing my ancestry and I came across a confusing discrepancy. In a 1930's census for Birmingham, AL <br /> my ancestors are listed as negro. In a 1940's census for Birmingham, AL, the same ancestors and everyone in the neighborhood for about 3 pages were listed as "2/" or "/2" with "C" written over it (I presumed it was as a correction to Chinese). Then 2 pages earlier, on the same census, some people in the neighborhood are listed as "Negro" or "White". I wondered why they chose to list those 3 pages worth of people as Chinese and the others as Negro or White. <br /><br />I know my ancestors had some different features from most black people of that time (long hair) and at first glance they seem to have Monolids, but they were not Chinese (well, as far as I know).<br /><br />I was informed this was because they were mixed with Native American. I've been trying to speculate if the enumerator just assumed they were Chinese because of their features or if it was indeed just an error or just pure laziness. I don't know what to make of this, but based on this blog post it looks like it was just an error.<br /><br />I'm glad I came across this page. Helped me answer some questions. Thanks for sharing!<br /><br />xoxo,<br /><br /><br />Shahidah<br />www.blackgirlslearnlanguages.coBlack Girls Learn Languageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03066890817954498341noreply@blogger.com