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fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

Trump immigration raids echo expulsion of Chinese immigrants in the 1880s, historian says

A Chinese laborer known as Dock Rigg survived violent 19th-century anti-Chinese purges in Northern California; his grave now symbolizes perseverance amid overlooked racial injustice.
fromKqed
1 week ago

How a Chinese Laundryman Shaped US Civil Rights From San Francisco | KQED

The de facto local expert on Chinese American history believes a plaque should be installed here to commemorate Yick Wo, a Chinese-owned laundry business that operated at 349 Third St. from 1864 to 1886. It became the focal point of a consequential U.S. Supreme Court case, Yick Wo v. Hopkins, when the laundry's owner, a Chinese immigrant named Lee Yick, and another laundry owner, Wo Lee, resisted an unfair San Francisco laundry business permit ordinance - one emblematic of the targeted anti-Chinese hostility pervasive in the city at the time.
Law
SF politics
fromThe New Yorker
3 months ago

Who Gets to Be an American?

Chinese Americans celebrated Independence Day in 1895, yet faced systemic racism and exclusion, highlighting the complexities of identity and patriotism in a hostile environment.
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Eagle
4 months ago

State Assembly holds events marking Chinese-American work on the Transcontinental Railroad

A celebration to honor Chinese-American railroad workers will be held on May 10, coinciding with the Transcontinental Railroad's 156th anniversary.
Assemblymember Colton aims to introduce a resolution recognizing the contributions of Chinese immigrants in the railroad's construction.
San Francisco
fromKqed
4 months ago

In a Flooded Future San Francisco, Care Is All We Have | KQED

Kwan's debut novel intertwines personal loss and cultural history amid environmental catastrophe.
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