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2023-05-26 02:45:21 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7A1FFBB73D69C5A5303F1AF735EA66A8D66D2CE846E4B8977ACBE0342E67D7AF
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Tweet conflates Canada Day, aka Confederation, which occurred July 1, 1867; with the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Immigration Act, which occurred on May 6, 1882. They are not inherently colonial/racist, the Chinese believed "firecrackers" to ward off evil spirits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/chinese-exclusion-act https://www.americanpyro.com/history-of-fireworks
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