Yet more cataloging finds....July 25th to 26th

From Learning Objectives for Skills Courses in Law Enforcement by the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training.
“The student will be able to identify and define the five principal types of prostitutes : Street walker, bar girl, masseuse, outcall girl, hotel girl.”

The student shall demonstrate that he/she understands the more commonly used ‘street’ terms for drugs and drug paraphernalia, e.g. joint, lid, acid, angel dust, bag, barbs, boy, cap, Christmas tree, coke, gold, red, dexies, CMT, drop, dust, fit, girl, grass, H, horse, lumbo, meth, PCP, rainbows, red devils, shit, snort, snow, speed, spike, spoon, stash, stick, T, tea, window pane, yellow jackets.”

From: Report to the Minnesota State Board of Education by the Sex Bias Task Force, 1974.
“Sex Stereotyping in Children’s Readers
In a study of 2,760 stories in 134 elementary school readers from 14 different publishers, these statistics were compiled:
Boy-centered stories to girl-centered stories: 5:2
Adult male main characters to adult female main characters: 3:1
Male biographies to female biographies: 6:1
Male animal stories to female animal stories: 2:1
Male folk or fantasy stories to female folk or fantasy stories: 4:1
Active Mastery Themes
1. Ingenuity, cleverness: Boys=131, Girls=33
2. Industry, problem solving ability Boys=169, Girls=47
3. Strength, bravery, heroism Boys=143, Girls=36
4. Routine helpfulness Boys=53, Girls 68
5. Apprenticeship, acquisition of skills,
Coming of age Boys=151, Girls=53
6. Earning, acquisition, unearned rewards Boys=87, Girls-18
7. Adventure, exploration, imaginative play Boys=216, Girls=68
Second Sex Themes
1. Passivity, pseudo-dependence Boys=19, Girls=119
2. Altruism Boys=55, Girls=22
3. Goal constriction or rehearsal for domesticity Boys=50, Girls=166
4. Incompetence, mishaps Boys=51, Girls=60
5. Victimization and humiliation of the opposite sex Boys=7, Girls=68”
Statistics from “Dick and Jane as victims,” Women on Words and Images, 1972.

From: Testimony in Support of a Minnesota Fair Employment Practices Bill Submitted to the Labor Committee of the Minnesota State Senate, February 10, 1949.
“Of the 523 firms reporting prior to January 1, 1947, the following percentages of firms hired the listed combinations of minority group people:
63% hired no Jews, Negroes, or Japanese-Americans.


From: The Oriental in Minnesota (yes, I know it's a horrible title):
“If a Minnesotan now discriminates against Chinese, Japanese, or Filipinos, the logical inference is that he has the ethics and moral code of Stalin. He will use a group one day and destroy it the next.”

And did you know, according to this book:
The first Chinese restaurant was opened in Chicago in 1900.
The first Chinese to come to Minnesota was Bing Hum, who became known as Benjamin Hum. He came to Willmar, MN, and started a hotel in the 1880’s. There were no Chinese women in Minnesota until shortly before 1900, so Benjamin married a woman of Irish decent.
The first established Chinese man in Minneapolis was Ye Sing Woo, who arrived in 1882 and started an import shop, then a hand laundry and then John’s Place (a cafe).
The first Chinese in St. Paul was Wong Toy. He also started a laundry on Western Avenue between Selby and 8th Street.
The U.S. census report for 1880 revealed that 24 Chinese lived in Minnesota. In 1890 it had risen to 94, all male.
In 1940, there were about 700 Chinese, 300 Filipino, 150 Issei (born in Japan), 500 Nisei (Japanese heritage but born in U.S.) and 100 Sansei (children of Nisei).