Remember Leland Stanford, who called Asian-Americans the "dregs" of "an inferior race" in his inaugural speech as California governor before it turned out that he would be absolutely dependent on their labor to finish the Transcontinental Railroad. http://governors.library.ca.gov/addresses/08-Stanford.html …https://twitter.com/DavidChiu/status/1126909703181651969 …
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I'm almost done w/ your book by the way.
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Ever read Railroaded? Amazing book, highly recommended
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Yes, anyone trying to understand our current Gilded Age should read everything Richard White writes. Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393342379/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_zmX1Cb9QBZCBK …
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