Monday, August 21, 2017

This Week In History 1907 The Asiatic Exclusion League Is Formed


Anti-Asian hysteria was rampant on the west coast of North America in the early 1900s.

In San Francisco, whites formed the Japanese and Korean Exclusion League in 1905. Two years later, a Canadian version appeared in Vancouver, the Asiatic Exclusion League.

bit.ly/2QN8HRz via @VancouverSun
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