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Chinese fishermen in Monterey, California, 1875.Photograph by Albert Dressler / Courtesy California Historical Society Collection at Stanford

The Ritual of Civic Apology

Cities across the American West are issuing belated apologies for 19th-century expulsions of Chinese residents, but their meaning and audience remain uncertain.
by Beth Lew Williams via The New Yorker on September 13, 2025
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