San Francisco Chinese Hospital
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Search complete. 2 mentions across 2 episodes found for "San Francisco Chinese Hospital".
Oct 12, 2026
An Extended Interview with Jeff Chang
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10:38Jeff ChangGUEST
Um, and so they said to themselves, "Well, we can stack some money, so we can go back, and we can sort of have a little nest egg that will perhaps protect us a little bit against conditions that are rapidly deteriorating." Um, and they come out, and these tours, uh, last, you know, months and months and months, and his mother gets pregnant.
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11:03Jeff ChangGUEST
And so that's why Bruce is born literally in Chinese Hospital, which is the hospital that Chinese Americans had to build because they weren't allowed into the other hospitals in the city.
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11:17Jeff ChangGUEST
Um, and, uh, and all of this history is so important for folks to be able to understand.
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11:22Jeff ChangGUEST
Bruce was born when the Chinese Exclusion Act was still the law of the land.
Flashpoints – October 5, 2026
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12:21Jeff ChangGUEST
Um, and so they said to themselves, "Well, we can stack some money, so we can go back, and we can sort of have a little nest egg that will perhaps protect us a little bit against conditions that are rapidly deteriorating." Um, and they come out, and these tours, uh, last, you know, months and months and months, and his mother gets pregnant.
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12:46Jeff ChangGUEST
And so that's why Bruce is born literally in Chinese Hospital, which is the hospital that Chinese Americans had to build because they weren't allowed into the other hospitals in the city.
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13:00Jeff ChangGUEST
Um, and, uh, and all of this history is so important for folks to be able to understand.
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13:05Jeff ChangGUEST
Bruce was born when the Chinese Exclusion Act was still the law of the land.