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2023-05-25 14:44:26 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FBD3A83F43F46AA217187C0240E77F4CE864BF4E4AA917B916ED8CDB13178965
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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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