The San Francisco Borad of Supervisors blame the Chinese for these living conditions. They argue that it is as if the Chinese community existed in open defiance of the law and even say that they are stronger against the law than other races.
I do not agree with their assessment because it is profoundly racist, attributing this conditions to some racial essentialism and campaigning for the banning of Chinese citizens in American soil. Instead of this, the San Francisco Board of supervisors should try to address the political and social factors that have led the Chinese communities to live in those conditions: being denied certain jobs other than cooks or housemaids, affordable housing outside of ghettoes and the financial stability to look after their families, communities and the improvement of their spaces in the city.
