In the final part of this 2-part series, historian Brian Dillon details the experience of the Chinese immigrants who came to California in the 19th century. Unlike the supportive and welcoming experience Chock Chin and other Chinese immigrants had in the Kingdom of Hawaii, those who came to the American west were the targets of extreme prejudice, physical brutality, legal discrimination, and unprecedented systematic abuse.
After watching this, all I can say is: Thank goodness Chock Chin chose to come to Hawaii! Our family, and our entire history, would be entirely different had he gone to California, where a Chinese man was legally not allowed to bring his wife, raise a family, or marry a non-Chinese.
