Been almost 135 years for San Jose to do what's right but better late than never

[theking]

California city apologizes for 1887 Chinatown destruction

The city of San Jose was once home to one of the largest Chinatowns in California


The city of San Jose was once home to one of the largest Chinatowns in California. In the heart of downtown, it was the center of life for Chinese immigrants who worked on nearby farms and orchards.

More than a century after arsonists burned it to the ground in 1887, the San Jose City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution to apologize to Chinese immigrants and their descendants for the role the city played in “systemic and institutional racism, xenophobia, and discrimination .”

San Jose, with a population over 1 million, is the largest city in the country to formally apologize to the Chinese community for its treatment of their ancestors. In May, the city of Antioch apologized for its mistreatment of Chinese immigrants, who built tunnels to get home from work because they were banned from walking the streets after sundown.

“It’s important for members of the Chinese American community to know that they are seen and that the difficult conversations around race and historic inequities include the oppression that their ancestors suffered,” San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said.

[DuMa]

I am still amazed to see and know that there are Chinese or Japanese who are the 3rd to 4th generations of these ancient Asians in America who still lived and kept their cultures to the highest order.  They will be speaking in their language first and foremost and some, even born here are speaking English with an accent.  You tend to find these rare folks still living in Chinatown where their hood still looks like mainland china.  They just refuses to fully assimilate.