The atmosphere in the City of Angels was degenerating. Dining establishments placed signs in their windows banning ethnic Japanese patrons. “This Restaurant Poisons Both Rats and Japs.” Right-wing extremists stuck stickers saying, “Remember a Jap is a Jap,” depicting a rat with a Japanese face, on their windshields. The words and images translated into action. Harry heard from friends that their parked cars were rear-ended and the windows of their homes shattered in what he would later call a “climate of harassment.” Chinese residents took to wearing badges, “I am a Chinese,” lest they be
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