San Francisco apologizes for discrimination against Chinese immigrants

Posted on February 14, 2022 by John

In early February, San Francisco became the fourth city in the United States to apologize for its historic systemic racism against the Chinese:

“The Board of Supervisors passed the apology resolution presented by city supervisor Matt Haney on Monday, coinciding with the Lunar New Year.

Citing heinous behavior from the mid-1800s when the city was taking shape, the resolution acknowledges “the shameful history of structural and systematic racism and discrimination against Chinese immigrants and the Chinese American community by the City and County of San Francisco (that) reaches back over 150 years and touched every aspect of life including employment, housing, education and culture.”

A violent three-day riot targeting Chinese Americans in 1877 was also among the racist incidents for which the supervisors apologized.”

San Francisco is over 35% Asian, which I think the majority is Chinese. I haven’t come across any news of any public ceremony for this apology, like there was one for San Jose which I was able to attend last fall.

 

 

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I'm a Taiwanese-American and was born & raised in Western Massachusetts, went to college in upstate New York, worked in Connecticut, went to grad school in North Carolina and then moved out to the Bay Area in 1999 and have been living here ever since - love the weather and almost everything about the area (except the high cost of housing...)
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