The secret history of L.A.'s beloved Japanese grocery truck
Artist Alan Nakagawa remembers the grocery truck of yesteryear that fed the city's immigrant communities — and the stories it inspired.
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Artist Alan Nakagawa remembers the grocery truck of yesteryear that fed the city's immigrant communities — and the stories it inspired.
Dr. Seuss' illustrations reveal just how ingrained anti-Asian racism is in America Taylor Weik © Provided by NBC News One illustration shows an Asian man with bright yellow skin, slanted eyes, a pigtail and conical hat, holding chopsticks and a bowl of rice over the words “a Chinaman who eats with sticks.” Another depicts three Asian men in wooden sandals carrying a bamboo cage on their heads with a gun-wielding white boy perched on top, next to the rhyme, “I’ll hunt in the mountains of Zomba-ma-Tant / With helpers who all wear their eyes at a slant.” The drawings ...