Murderous White Coworkers with Jenny Yang

Margaret talks with comedian Jenny Yang about the Rock Springs Massacre of 1885 that left 28 Chinese people dead. Tensions between white coal miners and Chinese workers reached a boiling point. White workers perceived that the Chinese workers were taking their jobs (willing to work for lower wages) and led a riot and subsequent massacre that touched off a wave of anti-Chinese violence.Also, they discuss the San Francisco man threatening Asian women at a bakery, Asian ghost stories and Chinese dragons.Support Red Canary Song, a grassroots collective of Asian & migrant sex workers. Redcanarysong.net The Margaret Cho is an Earios production.Theme music by Margaret Cho and Wade Ryan.Produced by Amanda Lund.Edited by Molly Hawkey. Call the Earios hotline: 626-604-6262. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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With anti-Asian hate crimes at record numbers, season two of THE MARGARET CHO - MORTAL MINORITY, Margaret's examining the HISTORICAL CRIMES that laid the GROUNDWORK for this recent onslaught of VIOLENCE. The 1871 Chinatown Massacre, The Fortune Teller Murders, the 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre. Margaret talks with Asian comedians, authors, journalists, podcasters as well as the organizations and people working to stop Asian hate. Subscribe to THE MARGARET CHO MORTAL MINORITY - wherever you listen to podcasts.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.