The complicated history of Mahjong

 

Annelise Heinz

Women playing Mahjong in the 1950s.

In case a pandemic wasn't quite enough, over the past year we watched the world erupt with desperate calls for social justice, and our society turned an eye toward the tensions of belonging. The Black Lives Matter protests over the summer of 2020 shed a bright light on racial inequality in the U.S. This examination of systemic racism occurred amidst wider turbulence that also saw a surge of anti-Asian and antisemitic hate crimes. As we reaffirm the diversity of what it means to be "American," at the very least it's nice to know we have grappled with many of these issues before. And it involves...



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