A San Diego vintage clothing seller is the new owner of a pair of Levi's jeans from the 1880s after spending $76,000 at a New Mexico auction for the denim.
The jeans have splatters and holes, but are mostly intact. Stevenson’s newest old item offers a snapshot of the era they were produced — imprinted on the inside pocket are the words, “Made by White labor.”
The San Francisco-based company said the phrase was added on its products after the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which prohibited all Chinese laborers to the U.S. for 10 years, even though they had already made contributions to the country. “It comes out of intersecting strands of racializing the Chinese as inferior, as 'disease carriers,' as economic competition,” said Dr. Catherine Ceniza Choy, a professor of ethnic studies at UC Berkeley. “One of the things that we can learn is that the current surge in anti-Asian hate and violence against Asian Americans, especially around what has been called the 'Chinese virus' is not new.
Levi’s said in a statement that during that era, the thought was that the slogan would “improve sales and align with the views of consumers at the time."Levi's added that it is fully committed to “advocate for real equality and to fight against racism in all its forms as it persists today.”“Most of the jeans that are known are in institutions,” he said.
Stevenson said he advised Haupert not to consider any offers less than $150,000. It's unclear if Haupert is willing to part with them, but he posted some stunning photos of the antique jeans on his
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