The Green Mask, a Fox Feature Syndicate, is a comic book from the 1940s. The Green Mask #6 features the character Chen Chang, a Chinese villain. The comic employs the Yellow Peril trope, describing the character as hating the White man and depicting…
Rat eating is a common stereotype imposed on the Chinese and their diet. Such a stereotype was employed in the NY Times in reference to Mott Street, one of Chinatown's most popular restaurant hotspots.
In the 1870s, anti-Chinese violence erupted; white workers blamed Chinese laborers, whom employers paid considerably less. In the 1870s and 1880s, 153 anti-Chinese riots erupted throughout the American West.