Lakitha Tolbert
Apr 28, 2023

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Not that white supremacy didn’t try it with the Chinese! I think that’s something that Chinese A,Eric and need to think long and hard about. Chinese people were brought to America as another group of visible outsiders to take the place of the formerly enslaved. All the things that happened to us, happened to them, including the burning of their enclaves and lynchings, along with the Chinese Exclusion Act that prevented Chinese men from bringing their wives and children to live with them.

There are far too many Chinese people who seem to know less of their history in the US than we do and are willing to cape for a Whiteness that only sees them as useful for blocking Black progress.

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Lakitha Tolbert
Lakitha Tolbert

Written by Lakitha Tolbert

(She/Her) Busybody librarian from Ohio.

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