As a recent ethnic Chinese immigrant to California (via Southeast Asia) I am always stunned by the random acts of violence committed against Chinese immigrants not too long ago.
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And I wrote a thing about my experience with racism in San Francisco in.. 2023
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@skinnylatte here's another component to the whole situation on the Monterey peninsula: https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_blog/breaking-the-feast-of-lanterns-board-votes-to-end-the-pacific-grove-tradition-forever/article_9438180e-912e-11ec-be17-1bd1fb211bba.html
The one time we went (not really knowing anything about it ahead of time), it made us really uncomfortable.
At least they finally cancelled it.
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@skinnylatte I love how I get to learn more by following you! thank you so much for sharing your stories with us.
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@fixiemama thanks for reading
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@douglasvb oh wow i did not know about that
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@skinnylatte the https://www.pgmuseum.org/exhibits has an exhibit on the fishing village and if I'm remembering right also some coverage of the feast of lanterns. If you've got the time while you're in town, it's worth a quick stop. Although fair warning: there is a lot of taxidermy in one wing of the museum.
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@douglasvb thank you! i will check it out
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@motoridersd i love the story about how during the chinese exclusion act, people would come to the US via mexico because people couldn't tell they were chinese if they came that way.
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There's the town of Locke, in the delta:
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@PJ_Evans ah yes. I saw a photo book about the people here
