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This is a really well written, gripping piece. Only gripe is that the header makes it look like the Chinese were rioting over the civil rights issue of equal pay. Just looking over the account of the "riot" makes it look more like a good old fashioned pogrom / extermination campaign of whites protective of their jobs and mad at strikebreakers (black Americans were also used in this fashion, much to the displeasure of mostly white workers) Great that it was featured, I would never have noticed it. A lot of Asian American topics are very sparse, but this looks good. I have to check to see if there is a general article on anti-Chinese or anti-Asian violence as this was hardly the only similar incident of the period. Bachcell (talk) 17:02, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, it's a pogrom. Thanks for the clue. Yes, nice to see an article about Asian-American issues as a featured article, if only the article were clearer about what it's about. --68.127.233.138 (talk) 17:06, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"The riot, between Chinese immigrant miners and white immigrant miners," - this sentence is a blatant mischaracterization of what occurred. The Chinese didn't riot, they were massacred. None of the many accounts that I've read suggest that the Chinese miners made even a perfunctory effort to defend themselves, let alone that they took any offensive action. What they did, if they had the barest chance to do so, was flee for their lives. Although I don't see any reference to it here, I have read elsewhere that a single Caucasian was killed. I have rephrased the sentence. Irish Melkite (talk) 03:44, 22 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The article isn't in terrible shape but I think it needs some improvement to meet the FA criteria. For example, despite considerable later coverage of the incident, the article still cites 1885 press coverage. I don't think that qualifies as a "high-quality reliable source" per the FA criteria. Besides the downsides of breaking news as a source, contemporary press has been criticized for being racist. Instead, the article should have a section based on secondary sources that discusses the contemporary press coverage. (t · c) buidhe 02:36, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The Rock Springs massacre occurred in 1885 in the present-day United States city of Rock Springs, Wyoming. The riot, and resulting massacre of immigrant Chinese miners by white immigrant miners, was the result of racial prejudice toward the Chinese miners, who were perceived to be taking jobs from the white miners. The Union Pacific Coal Department found it economically beneficial to give preference in hiring to Chinese miners, who were willing to work for lower wages than their white counterparts, angering the white miners. When the rioting ended, at least 28 Chinese miners were dead and 15 were injured. Rioters burned 78 Chinese homes, resulting in approximately $150,000 in property damage (equal to $5.09 million in 2020 terms).[1] The massacre in Rock Springs touched off a wave of anti-Chinese violence, especially in the Puget Sound area of Washington Territory.
