Original sentence: During the early stages of the gold rush, when surface gold was plentiful, the Chinese were tolerated, if not well received.With the post-Civil War economy in decline by the 1870s, anti-Chinese animosity became politicized by labor leader Denis Kearney and his Workingman's Party as well as by California Governor John Bigler, both of whom blamed Chinese "coolies" for depressed wage levels
Edited sentence: During the early stages of the gold rush, when surface gold was plentiful, the Chinese were not well received.They institutionalized the slur "coolie".With the post-Civil War economy in decline by the 1870s, anti-Chinese animosity became politicized by the racist labor leader Denis Kearney and his Workingman's Party as well as by racist California Governor John Bigler, both of whom blamed Chinese for depressed wage levels