Impact
Mamie Tape alongside her mother Mary Tape broke barriers in San Francisco as they were determined to prove that Chinese Americans deserved the same rights as every American Citizen due to the fourteenth amendment. She paved the way for many other Chinese Americans facing discimination and gave them a voice. Many others began to speak out, however it was not an easy battle that Mamie Tape faced, she faced discrimination in her own school as well as her own community. These barriers did not stop her from fighting for what she knew was right. After the court case was settled it was determined that there was no reason Mamie should be denied entrance since the law stated, "All children must be admitted into public schools." Mamie Tape would attend a separate school specifically "for Chinese and Monogolian decent." This court case everntually lead to the end of discrimmination in the United States as others began to speak out about their stories of discrimmination. Years after the case had been settled a new uprising occured in 1947 in the court case Mendez v. Westminster, where again the segregation was recognized in the California Schools.
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