There was a discriminatory treatment of the Chinese and the Negros by the White

Americans. American health

authorities did not let the passengers to land for one week because of the rumor
ed cholera epidemic. Rizal
knew there was no cholera epidemic that time. He soond discovered that it was mo
tivated by politics and the
ship was carrying 643 chinese coolies. At May 4 to 6, 1888 Rizal stayed in San F
rancisco. On May 16, 1888 Rizal
saw the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island
The Material progress of the country as shown in the great cities, huge farms, f
lourishing industries, and
busy factories; The drive and the energy of the American people; The natural bea
uty of the land; The high
standard of living; The opportunities for better life offered to poor immigrants
. The bad impression Rizal had of
America was the lack of racial equality. Rizal's impression of America "is the l
and par excellence of freedom but only for the whites".
The Negro cannot marry a white woman, nor a Negress a white man. Because
of their hatred for the Chinese, other Asiatics, like the Japanese, being confus
ed with them, are likewise
disliked by the ignorant Americans.
Rizal was assigned a small, hot compartment with six other people.
Opposite him was an Englishman and twi Frenchmen who didn't talk nor
shut their eyes the whole trip. He observed one Englishmen who
always speaks and complains about the train stopping. He always compares
America to other countries. Just like Rizal said, he is more like of a person
that must be kept and stay only in America. But, not all Americans are stupid or
bad,
but like Rizal many of us form our conclusions and biases whenever we encounter
ignorant
or unfeeling Americans who should be kept in their own country.
Valentin Ventura was a reformist during the revolutionary period. He was the per
son who financed the publication of Jose Rizal's novel, El Filibusterismo.
Ventura met Jose Rizal when the former stayed in Venturas home in No. 45 Rue Maub
euge. Ventura offered him a room in his house due to the expensive hotel accommo
dations in Paris.
He went to Spain and other European cities, primarily for further studies. He li
ved there for three decades, where he visited most of the European cities and mu
seums where he met Juan Luna.
He and Felix- Resureccion Hidalgo met because of the Propaganda Movement.
He prescribed a mixture of three grams of potassium iodide and 100 grams of dist
illed water,
one spoonful of which was to be taken each morning. Ambeth's implication of this
is that it did not seem
to have anything to do with the blind man's complaint, and the solution found on
Rizal's table,
especially the bichloride of mercury, was an old syphilis cure.