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John Chinaman – Boy this one is not a doozy to talk about. First off, the term Chinaman did not start as a negative term before the 1870’s. It was used for Chinese immigrants in America as a form of identity. Whereas adding John as a prefix, it was given by Census takers at the time when getting the identities of various new Chinese immigrants who would not give their names. Thus they were named John Chinaman which is a way of saying John Doe. It was around the 1870’s, the term Chinaman became a derogatory term as the Workingman’s Party were fed up with losing their jobs to Chinese immigrants and leading to the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882. Episode 3 starts with Byron Mercer (Penny’s father), approached by Leary to discuss Mercer’s company acquiring the construction of the railway of San Francisco. Byron sees Leary’s attempt at intimidation, […]

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Duck – A term for the white population coined by the Chinese. The term in that time was to make fun of the way most white people walk with their chest puffed out and waddle as they walk. And thus the rest of San Francisco is known as the “Duck Pond” outside of Chinatown. Episode 2 starts off with Ah Sahm, Young Jun and Bolo killing some Long Zi henchmen and destroying their shipment of Opium as a message from the Hop Wei of being the superior Tong in Chinatown. This shifts the narrative to the political and law enforcement side of the San Francisco. We now get to know who Mayor Blake, his wife Penny, Sergeant Bill O’Hara, Lee and Buckley are in the series. As two of Leary’s workers were murdered by Ah Toy in episode 1, O’Hara and Lee are tasked to find the swordsman responsible and […]

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