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<p>It goes back much further than the war years whether it is White 49ners using violence and murder to seize Chinese claims once the latter discovered gold in what was formerly considered “worthless land”…or just because they “didn’t like furriners”, 1882 exclusion act, or the 19th century generated fears of “Yellow Peril”…which influenced that war propaganda and racism against Asian-Americans to the present. </p>
<p>It certainly was a factor in the murder of Vincent Chin in 1982 considering his murderers were motivated by such influences when they mistook him for being one of the “furriners” threatening their jobs.</p>