Denver officials remove anti-Chinese plaque that marked city’s Chinatown destruction in 1880

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and the Asian American and Pacific Islander community this week removed an anti-Chinese plaque from a street in what used to be

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and the Asian American and Pacific Islander community this week removed an anti-Chinese plaque from a street in what used to be the city’s Chinatown. 

The plaque, which read “Hop Alley/Chinese Riot of 1880,” marked an anti-Chinese riot that destroyed the city’s Chinatown and left one person dead. Advocates have long decried the plaque as racist for its derogatory references to “Hop Alley,” or opium dens in the Asian American community. The marker’s removal follows the city’s formal apology in April for the 1880 riot. 

The ceremony was led by city officials, descendants of Chinese families and Colorado Asian Pacific United, an advocacy group for Denver’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community. 

Heather Clifton, left, and Linda Lung, descendants of families in historic Chinatown, point to the space where the plaque was placed.Soon Beng Yeap“We had a chance to right a wrong,” Hancock said, according to NBC affiliate KUSA of Denver. “It’s never too late to apologize for something that’s happened.”

In a letter earlier this year, officials said they wanted to condemn the city's lengthy history of anti-Asian violence and discrimination.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/denver-officials-remove-anti-chinese-plaque-marked-citys-chinatown-des-rcna42473


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