I had to finish my paper
for my “History of Denver” class. Yes, I feel that this choice in class was a
softball class. I had a choice from the Denver history, or the entire history
of Islam. I really should have learned more about an entire part of the globe,
filled with rich beauty, and religious meaning. Nah, I chose Denver history.
This was driven by the deep desire to be that dude who can bore you to death by
tales of historic buildings in downtown being the first department store, or
why there are no Asians in Denver.
Funny story. Denver was
founded by a group of Racist bigots. Racist bigots whom hated everyone and
everything. That was my paper….. How white men are assholes. This is why I won’t
take any American history classes because I just turn every paper into a
non-stop manifesto of why straight-white-men suck. I didn’t think this class
would be the same…. It is.
My paper was about the
Anti-Chinese Riot of 1880. Yeah…. Already you know where this is heading. Apparently
the Denver working class got tired of compete for the small supply of
back-breaking labor jobs in laundry sweat shops. Also they felt threatened by a
mixed culture of eating establishments. So… in October 1880 a mob gathered and destroyed
Denver’s China Town.
On a side note, I always
wondered why Denver doesn’t have a China Town, I also wondered why there was
not any cultural diversity in the city. Now I know. We’re assholes. Murdering assholes,
as the riot led to the deaths of Chinese minority business owners. This is why.
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