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The Chinese Exclusion Act, signed into law in 1882 and lasting for 60 years continues to shape the idea of what it means to be an American to this day #ChineseExclusionAct
Chinese workers were described as insects ("locusts") that would spread across the states by The Working Man's Advocate newspaper. #ChineseExclusionAct
Article by @juliannehing that interviews #ChineseExclusionAct filmmakers Li-Shin Yu and Ric Burns. caamedia.org/blog/2017/03/1…
