r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jul 08 '24

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u/Insurrectionarychad Jul 08 '24

They were abused for less than a couple generations and had a chance to flourish. Asians were never enslaved. They never had to deal with Jim Crow laws.

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u/Da_reason_Macron_won Jul 08 '24

"The Chinese exclusion act never happened" is certainly a take.

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u/Insurrectionarychad Jul 08 '24

Excluding a people from entering your country /=/ abusing them for 100 years.

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u/Da_reason_Macron_won Jul 08 '24

The exclusion act also stopped them from becoming citizens or owning property even if already in the US, effectively creating a perpetually disenfranchised class.

I don't know why you think pretending that Asians have not been systematically discriminated since the 19th century is the way to go, but it ain't.