Just as Asian Americans have protested racism against them today, Chinese Americans in San Francisco at the time fought back, building their own hospital to provide the critical services that their local government had denied them.
It started with anti-Chinese sentiment in the 1800’s
Chinese immigrants began making their way to American shores in the mid-1800s, among thousands of people hoping to improve their economic fortunes during the California Gold Rush.
Eventually, they would come to be exploited for cheap labor, working in industries such as farming, restaurants, laundry and most…
