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Showing Original Post only (View all)Should Chinatowns in America be torn down? [View all]
Last edited Sun Jan 18, 2015, 05:44 PM - Edit history (1)
There is a debate going on youtube. Seems like many Right wingers think that America having Chinatowns are bad. They say they allow people to speak Chinese among themselves when they should be speaking English. All signs should be in English they say. No one should come to America and set up their own nitch where they all live together. Many Rightwingers are saying that Chinatowns should be torn down and people should be forced to live among the regular communities. That having a cultural center in Chinatown is unfair, because other communities can't have their culture on display. Rightwingers are saying that Chinatowns can harbor "illegal aliens" who can come to America and hide out there for many years. They are also saying that the food there is tainted, and many have lived there for years without having to speak English. That they are really a slum, where there is back room crimes, like opium dens, drugs, and gambling. They say the Chinatowns allow the Tongs to set up and operate there.
Many of these arguments are stupid to me. I love shopping in Chinatown, and really, the Chinese had no recourse, but to have their own communities, because Historically, after building the Railroads they were thrown out of many towns. The one in Santa Barbara, had been burned down by people who wanted them to get out, and go elsewhere. So many Chinese set up their own area. The Chinese in San Francisco have contributed much to the tapestry of culture in the City, the festivals and parades are rich in traditions that make many proud to be apart of that community.
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I like the smaller Chinatowns better because they're less crowded with tourists.
Gormy Cuss
Jan 2015
#51
Not where I live.. we kind of all blend together.. I like that about us. But, I have no
Cha
Jan 2015
#130
Chinatowns have a long standing tradition in America. It would be un-American to tear them down. eom
MohRokTah
Jan 2015
#17
Just be glad you're not here to hear me attempting to get the pronunciations right!
kentauros
Jan 2015
#70
They are haters, they just have to have something to hate, Chinatowns are just one more arena to
RKP5637
Jan 2015
#79
Certainly much of it is conditioned behavior, but really, I am beginning to think there is a
RKP5637
Jan 2015
#111
Yes, I quite agree with you. If anyone has that interest, Fox certainly reinforces it and truly
RKP5637
Jan 2015
#120
That's been done in many cities. It was called "urban renewal" but what it
Luminous Animal
Jan 2015
#75
Good food and the best massage parlors... two good reasons to let them be (nt)
GummyBearz
Jan 2015
#33
L.A.'s Chinatown is not "long gone", just all of the expansion has been in the San Gabriel Valley
AZ Progressive
Jan 2015
#73
I live in a 'progressive community' in the Sacramento Valley, we razed our Chinatown a century ago..
Brother Buzz
Jan 2015
#45
I lived in San Fran for 8 years. You having to start this thread speaks volumes.
BlueJazz
Jan 2015
#48
I prefer the chinese restaurants in the Richmond. Especially if I am eating dim sum.
Luminous Animal
Jan 2015
#107
The same right wing clowns would take what's left of American Indian lands too...
hunter
Jan 2015
#59
Actually, we would be much better in the US if the right wingers were confined IMO to their own
RKP5637
Jan 2015
#77