In 1850 California passed a law that prohibited Black people, Indians and Chinese from testifying in court. In 1860 the state legislature barred “Mongolians, Indians and Negroes” from public schools. The Alien Land Acts of 1913 and 1920 made it illegal for American-born Chinese citizens to own land, according to Joan Didion in WHERE I WAS FROM.
Those are facts, as far as I know. In those days, California was Alabama.
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