To add to this, the context of the original photo is a home in Hollywood in 1923 from a member of the (obviously) deeply prejudiced “Hollywood Protective Association,” with signs installed as part of a push by some residents to evict the Japanese-American community and curb additional settlement by non-white people.
As far as I can tell from a cursory search, there was no real material motivation at all, just racism and xenophobia following an increased number of Japanese migrants.
To add to this, the context of the original photo is a home in Hollywood in 1923 from a member of the (obviously) deeply prejudiced “Hollywood Protective Association,” with signs installed as part of a push by some residents to evict the Japanese-American community and curb additional settlement by non-white people.
As far as I can tell from a cursory search, there was no real material motivation at all, just racism and xenophobia following an increased number of Japanese migrants.