Every now and then, an e-mail reaches me about a radio broadcaster that has written a tirade against Filipino Americans. More often than not, it is a version of a false chain mail that has been sent around for years.
There was an overwhelming amount of anti-Filipino sentiment in the 1930s. There was so much, in fact, that on January 29, 1930, the Filipino Federation building at 2049 South San Joaquin Street in Stockton, CA was bombed by rioters.
On that same day, the California State Boxing Commission barred Filipino boxers as a precautionary measure to stem anti-Filipino violence.
Despite the economic, social, and political barriers to their happiness, they survived and succeeded. When I think of the many privileges that I possess today, I remember and honor those individuals that struggled to obtain and maintain them for generations after them.
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