Brutal & Humiliating • A History of Angel Island AAPI month

For AAPI month, we visited Angel Island to learn a little more about all that's happened here throughout history. And spoiler alert, it's not all good stuff. In fact, MOST of it is bad. Angel Island processed 100's of thousands of Asian immigrants, and detainees often described their treatment here as brutal, humiliating, and indecent.

Content Warning: There are some pretty heavy themes in this video, and while we tried our best to avoid any graphic details, this video gets pretty sad. We know that it's also Mental Health Awareness Month, so please take care of yourself, and reach out to anyone you can if you need to.

Angel island poetry: https://www.aiisf.org/poems-and-inscriptions

Angel Island state park websiteL https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=468

Angel Island ferry info: https://www.goldengate.org/ferry/angel-island-ferry/