家史

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Kelly Hu


My Aunty gave me this photo of my grandfather (center) with his mother, brother’s and sisters which shows a chalkboard in the background with my great-grandmother’s name.  I’m not sure what this photo is about but it seems like it could have been some sort of immigration photo.

My father’s father was born on Kaua’i in 1900, just two years after Hawaii was annexed by the United States in 1898. Eighteen years before his birth the Chinese Exclusion Act was signed in 1882 and the Page Act, which was signed in 1875, banned Chinese Women from entering the country.  So it seems that my Great Grandmother might have been able to enter because Hawaii was not yet a part of the United States which would have banned her and my Great Grandfather from immigrating.

Tomorrow, May 6, marks the anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act which banned people of Chinese ethnicity from entering the United States.

I will be doing a LIVE CHAT ON INSTAGRAM at 1:00p PST with @BennyLuo of NextShark to talk more about the Chinese Exclusion Act and the experiences of the Asian Community 138 later.

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