'Round the block once more the USA went, and managed to make things harder, again, for themselves and others through the discrimination of Asian peoples this time. In all seriousness though this shines a spotlight on a pattern in US history and agriculture, so much so that I don't even think I have to describe it more, so I won't.
It stood out to me that this time around, the legislation just flat out blanket banned all Asian immigrants from becoming US citizens. Was that kind of policy writing actually popular at the time? Because I have to imagine if that happened now, the public would have some words to say as we are seeing now with daily clashes against I.C.E agents. This chapter really annoyed me though honestly, not because it was bad or anything, but because the book was doing what it was meant to do, educate so that readers can correctly direct there annoyances, this time, to the government. This chapter, and really the entire book, strikes me as a message to others who care about the subject matter to know where the struggle came from originally, and to know where that is today, so that you can enable yourself and others to do all you can where it will matter most, good things really.
It also stood out to me that the Hmong, and other Asian-American farmers created organizations to gain land and a say. Because that connects to every other struggle we read through in this book, as in each group found similar but unique ways to persists even when the cards (often land and citizenship access) are stacked against them. Just something to give hope that human ingenuity finds a way for the right way.
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