Doug Chin
UW scholar Scott Kurashige traces anti-Asian violence as a recurring pattern at the heart...
We know that Asian Americans, like other non-white racial groups, have been victims of violence directed towards them. Not too long ago, we witnessed...
Book featuring selected case files from the Chinese Exclusion Act lacks a real historical...
Chinese in Washington: The Legacy of the Chinese Exclusion centers on a collection of the Chinese Exclusion Act case files at the National Archives in Seattle. The files comprise information...
Long live the Chinatown International District
In May, 2023 the CID was named to the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2023 list of America’s Most Endangered Historic Places. It was...
Seattle’s Anti-Chinese Race Riot—February 7, 1886: The Day Seattle Imploded
One hundred and forty years ago, February 7, 1886, was one of the worst days in Seattle’s history. It was the day that Seattle settled the “Chinese Question” by having a mob of 1,500 force out the Chinese from Seattle.
Donnie Chin and the International District Emergency Center
A profile of Donnie Chin from 2009
Stop Racial Hazing in the Military, Save Lives, Rest in Peace Danny Chen and...
One year ago, on October 3rd, Private Danny Chen was found dead in a guard tower in Afghanistan. Private Chen, who was born and...
The Chinese Exclusion Acts: A Racist Chapter in U.S. Civil Rights History
This year marks the 130th year since the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
It was the first federal law that excluded immigration...
Voices of the Second Wave: Chinese Americans in Seattle
“Voices of the Second Wave: Chinese Americans in Seattle” is a collection of 35 interviews of Chinese immigrants of the “lost generation” who settled...
Getting the Dirt on Community Gardens
It seems like planners and policy makers, especially environmentalists, have been consumed by the idea of everything being “green and sustainable.” So, the focus...
Getting the Dirt on Community Gardens
It seems like planners and policy makers, especially environmentalists, have been consumed by the idea of everything being “green and sustainable.” So, the focus...
