it is not alleged that she is vicious or filthy,

“Part of an ongoing series of speculative portraits about Asian Americans whose court cases established important precedents with outsized impacts on us today. In 1884, Joseph and Mary Tape, both Chinese immigrants, attempted to enroll their US-born daughter Mamie Tape in an all-white school in San Francisco. When the school refused to admit her, the Tapes sued. The case went up to the California Supreme Court, who in 1885 upheld a lower court’s ruling in their favor, guaranteeing the right of children born to Chinese parents to public education. However, the California State Assembly quickly passed a bill establishing segregated schools for Chinese children.”