File:"Uncle Sam's Troublesome Bedfellows", by Thomas Worth in Harper's Weekly.png

English: Published in Harper's Weekly on December 1, 1877, this racist cartoon caricatures (from left to right) Chinese Americans, Irish Americans, and American Indians as "troublesome bedfellows" of the United States or its federal government, represented by the Uncle Sam character (furthest to the left in the bed). The American Indian and Irish American caricatures both hold bottles labeled "RYE", indicating alcohol (as alcoholism was a stereotype of both demographics); the Irish American caricature also holds a club, referencing the American stereotype that Irish immigrants were distinctively violent. The Chinese American caricature has his hair in an exaggerated queue (a hairstyle common to Chinese immigrants to the United States at the time) and holds a long smoking pipe, perhaps a reference to the stereotype that Chinese were addicted to opium. A fourth figure lurks underneath the bed. The bed itself is labeled "U S" with a shield bearing the stars and stripes of the American flag between the letter. To the right, next to the bed and on the floor, is a sign bearing a Sinophobic stereotype and slur: "CHEAP LABOR BY HEATHEN CHINEE". Below the image is the caption "UNCLE SAM'S TROUBLESOME BEDFELLOWS.".