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FLORIDA'S MODERN DAY QUEUE ORDINANCE LIVES ON

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 Chinese-American man with traditional queueHo Ah Kow v. Nunan (1876)In addition to its attempts to bar Chinese immigration, California passed several laws to harass Chinese residents and discourage their presence. This was especially true in the late 1870s when the Workingman?s Party rose to prominence under the slogan ?The Chinese Must Go!? In 1876, the California legislature passed the ?cubic air law,? specifying the size of living quarters for every tenant: lodgings had to provide at least 500 cubic feet of air for each adult. Justified as a measure to prevent overcrowding and unsanitary living conditions, the act again targeted Chinese who often lived in cramped quarters. When arrested for violating the law, Chinese chose to resist the law by refusing to pay the fine, thereby filling the local jails...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on November 18, 2008 (boomark / email).