Book Review—White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver
“Anti-Chinese sentiment is on the rise yet again, especially since 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic, and with it a dramatic increase in anti-Asian violence. Fanned by anti-China sentiment, animosity and blame extended into a pan-East Asian discrimination that targeted vulnerable people, especially lower-income seniors and women, which in turn became its own epidemic. If there was ever any doubt about whether events in the past impact our current lives, this is yet more proof.”
— Author Henry Tsang (1964- ), White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver (2023)
Henry Tsang’s new work, White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in …