Chapter 5 observes that there was a great deal of opposition to the Chinese in the earlier parts of this century, and it continued to manifest itself whenever the minority attempted to break another social barrier. Chapters 3 and 4 define their earlier, near-black status and analyze the process by which they came to be defined almost white. In turn, the economic advance of the Chinese made possible their later social rise, though not in any simple way. Following an introductory chapter, Chapter 2 argues that the concentration and economic success of the Chinese groceries indicate that something was amiss in the segregation system. This book focuses on the causes of their changes in status, the processes by which it came about, and the opposition it engendered. Yet one group in Mississippi, a "third race," the Chinese, has managed to leap that chasm. A vast social and economic gulf yawns between the dominant white and subordinate black. Society in the Delta region of Mississippi is still rigidly segregated.
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