Why we forget U.S. violence toward Chinatowns

Headlines From The Times · Nov 11, 2021 · 17m

This fall, a commemoration in downtown Los Angeles marked the 150th anniversary of when a mob lynched 18 Chinese men and boys — one of the biggest such killings in American history. The recent memorial comes in a year when many similar remembrances have bloomed across the United States. Anti-Asian hate crimes have soared during the pandemic, but that has also spurred an interest in learning the long, and long-hidden, history of such bigotry. More reading: History forgot the 1871 Los Angeles Chinese massacre, but we’ve all been shaped by its violenceL.A.'s memorial for 1871 Chinese Massacre…