• Furball
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    2 months ago

    Was it a common practice for Chinese Americans to bring Chinese flags with them?

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      2 months ago

      Probably not flags usually, but there was a great deal of effort made by Chinese-Americans to distinguish themselves as “Not-Japanese” to the white majority of the US during WW2 to avoid getting racism-by-proxy.