Which is an interesting sociological fact; looking at the history of the railroads and how they were built, the way the Chinese were brought here to build them is barely any less exploitative than the way other groups were brought over. Maybe it's a cultural thing--the original immigrants didn't teach their children to be perpetual victims.
No one oppressed the Chinese railroad workers ~ they were paid. Now there might have been some folks who though they were oppressing them, but they were fools. Many of those men returned to China and other places throughout Eastasia and made fortunes working with other railway companies.
The Chinese were not "brought over" a la African slaves. They sought better opportunities in a foreign land, and almost all of them found it. The work was hard, and their treatment oftentimes degrading, but they were for the most part able to amass a large sum of money to take back to their homeland with them. It was a win-win. (Most Chinese Laborers on the West Coast returned to their homeland. They had no desire to settle in America, but rather to return home with the financial werewithal to buy a wife and live comfortably in an era where starvation was not uncommon)
Also, keep in mind that statistically less than 1% of all railroads in North america were built using Chinese labor. It is a fallacy that if not for the Chinese there would be no railroads in America. Most Railroads were built by Caucasian non-citizens recently arrived from Europe.
Absolutely! Even some liberals grasp this, but they cannot say it or risk ostracism.