![]() Now it turned out they were just cheaper. (Crocker's colleagues initially thought him crazy they believed the Chinese were ill-suited to such backbreaking labor.)Ĭrocker made his decision after being impressed with Ling's physical prowess, and the young man was initially flattered, feeling "vindicated" after the businessman tells him "You're a credit to your race." But Ling soon realizes his satisfaction was misplaced: "His pride was founded on proving Chinese men equal to, if not better than, whites. ![]() He's been working as a valet to Charles Crocker, the 19th-century business magnate who first began employing Chinese workers as railroad workers. There's a moment in Peter Ho Davies' novel The Fortunes in which a Chinese immigrant to America, a teenage boy named Ling, experiences a painful epiphany. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Fortunes Author Peter Ho Davies ![]()
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