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> Asians do not have a historical baggage in USA. This is simply not true. Though we associate lynchings with blacks, the first mass lynchings in the US was of
by dntbnmpls 6y ago
> Asians do not have a historical baggage in USA.
This is simply not true. Though we associate lynchings with blacks, the first mass lynchings in the US was of asians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_massacre_of_1871 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_massacre_of_1871
The first non-native pogrom was of asians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Springs_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Springs_massacre
> Do they face similar racism/bias in general (ignore temporary surge like now by Corona)?
They were denied citizenship and the right to own land.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Alien_Land_Law_of_1913 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Alien_Land_Law_of_1...
They were banned from immigrating to the US - the first and only national and racial group to have ever been banned.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924
Dumped into concentration camps - once again the first and only ethnic/racial group to have been put into concentration camps in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_America...
All non-whites faced racial abuse and discrimination. Even white people faced racial abuse and discrimination.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_14,_1891_New_Orleans_lynchings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_14,_1891_New_Orleans_lyn...