Letters to The Vancouver Sun: Lessons learned since racist policy proposal of 1939 should never be forgotten

Re: This Day In History, 1939: A racist alderman tries to stop Asians from moving to “desirable” neighbourhoods I write to remind all of us that there are some anniversaries that should be celebrated, some discarded and forgotten, and some that tell a story to be learned from and never forgotten. I believe this is […]

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