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May 30, 2018 17 tweets 8 min read
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