re: #37 albusteve

the Chinese have a rich and colorful history in CA, most of it involving ugly bigotry and repression…those guys built the Union Pacific and Americans never forgave the Chinese for outworking our white boys 3-1 and still tolerated the abuse…without the Chinese, the Intercontinental Railroad (BO’s term) would have taken years longer and untold millions more to build

In Arizona and New Mexico the Chinese were often killed if they wouldn’t leave when the railroad was done. Rumor has it the lousy Chinese restaurants around here are a form of revenge….