Because Quote by Iris Chang

“It was clear that the special interest groups in California really wanted the Chinese to be shut out of the country, because that was where the racial tension was the greatest.”

Iris Chang

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Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.

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They probably do have an Asian Barbie.

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