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photo by Donald Kinney
At first glance the idea seems logical--Chinese immigrants carrying on the fishing traditions of their homeland, until we begin to learn that racial discrimination was rampant from their arrival in the mid 1800's, onward to the middle of the last century. Aside from the brutal hard labor of reshaping California with picks and shovels, the netting of Bay Shrimp was one of the few occupations permitted. Additionally, they needed to hire a "white agent" to act as a middleman for selling their catch in San Francisco.
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And yes, if one is silent and alone, spirits here can be felt and appreciated.
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Perhaps even that damn hunter with his damn duck blind might find some sort of connection to the past.
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