it is about the late nineteenth century, when more than 98% of blacks voted for the Republican Party, the party abolished slavery and advocated black suffrage. Southern whites at the time were using various kinds of violent methods to intimidate black voters. Probably, this is what this cartoon ref ...
Cupertino Vice Mayor Defends Chinese Exclusion Act As Not Racist, https://patch.com/california/cupertino/cupertino-vice-mayor-defends-chinese-exclusion-act-not-racist Liang-Fang Chao's emails to a parents group last week spurred a backlash in the Cupertino community.