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Ron Dong and Lloyd Dong Jr. are donating to the Black Resource Center at San Diego State University from their part of the property sale.
Gus and Emma Thompson — who succeeded in acquiring property in Coronado before racial restrictions on renting and purchasing homes […] The post Chinese-American family gifts $5 million to California university to thank Black family for renting to theirs appeared first on TheGrio.
Gus and Emma Thompson rented to the Dong family when no one else would. Decades later the Dongs have found a way to say thanks with a $5-million gift.
With ongoing debates regarding reparations and questions of accountability within the US, the Dong family's decision to give back to the Black community has served as an example.
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A Chinese American family told NBC News that they will be donating $5 million to Black college students around the U.S., and it will be funded from the sale of their home in Coronado, Cali., which they obtained in 1939 thanks to Black couple Emma and Gus Thompson.