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    8 months ago

    If he went back another decade Chinese folks would be, by and large, refused entry.

    In 1943, Chinese immigration to the United States was once again permitted—by way of the Magnuson Act—thereby repealing 61 years of official racial discrimination against the Chinese.

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      18 months ago

      I read that Chinese survivors of the Titanic were turned away from the US because of the Chinese exclusion act.