Posted on Aug 12, 2022
Denver officials remove anti-Chinese plaque that marked city’s Chinatown destruction in 1880
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"What happened to Denver’s Chinatown?
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and the Asian American and Pacific Islander community this week removed an anti-Chinese plaque from a street in what used to be the city’s Chinatown. The plaque, which read “Hop Alley/Chinese Riot of 1880,” marked an anti-Chinese riot that destroyed the city’s Chinatown and left one person dead."
"What happened to Denver’s Chinatown?
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and the Asian American and Pacific Islander community this week removed an anti-Chinese plaque from a street in what used to be the city’s Chinatown. The plaque, which read “Hop Alley/Chinese Riot of 1880,” marked an anti-Chinese riot that destroyed the city’s Chinatown and left one person dead."
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Let's change more history. Granted it is racist but, look when it was posted. It shows feelings of the time should stay as a reminder of where we were so we would not want to go back.
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LTC Eugene Chu
Issue is not just about racism, but about the egregious factual inaccuracy from the plaque.
It portrayed Chinese immigrants as the aggressors when it was a white mob who instigated the incident. It also ignored Look Young, a Chinese American who died, and attempted to portray the attackers as protectors. The Chinese Americans who were forced to leave also never received any compensation .
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/denver-removes-plaque-anti-chinese-riot- [login to see] 69/
It portrayed Chinese immigrants as the aggressors when it was a white mob who instigated the incident. It also ignored Look Young, a Chinese American who died, and attempted to portray the attackers as protectors. The Chinese Americans who were forced to leave also never received any compensation .
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/denver-removes-plaque-anti-chinese-riot- [login to see] 69/
Denver Removes Plaque Inaccurately Describing Anti-Chinese Riot of 1880
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