Chinatown

During the rapid-research I choose to research about the Filipino Community in Los Angeles because I lived close to Chinatown. I was very involved with the Chinatown Business District and participated in many cultural events. The continued efforts to display and promote Chinese culture within the Chinese community serves as a constant reminder of their origins and identity. Historic Filipino-town district in Los Angeles, California was officially established by the city on August 2, 2002. The…

The Cold War—a continuation of the struggles of World War II—brought even more challenges regarding racism and anti-immigrant sentiments. Americans who lived through the Great Depression were afraid of the American economy retreating back to the same level, and wanted the world to remain democratic for free trade and prosperity. Thus one of their greatest concerns was to contain communism and repress the growth of the USSR and China due to their communist regimes. As argued by Ngai, it seems…

Although food can be considered one of the cultural markers that reflects one’s ethnic or cultural orientation, its connection with Chinese American literature has not received the critical attention it deserves. However, with the introduction of Jade Snow Wong's representation of food in her search for identity in Fifth Chinese Daughter, it is hoped that new insights will be found like how food binds her family ties, and how it stimulates her quest for identity. This chapter explores the…

9 Now, many immigrant groups do not feel the same need anymore. 10 Because there are some places in the United States where you can work, shop, get medical care, marry, divorce, and die without knowing English. 11 For example, Chinatown in many large cities. 12 In addition, many immigrant groups want their children to know their own culture. 13 Many Hispanics, for instance, want their children to learn both English and study the Spanish language in school. 14 They are fighting for…

The Yellow Wallpaper had culture as one of its themes; one could see that through the narrator. The narrator seemed to have mental instability due to the fact that she was not allowed to visit certain people, or travel. This was mainly because her husband, who was also a physician, dismissed her mental issues on nerves and hysteria. Later on in the reading the narrator starts to see and imagine things vividly, mostly from not having anything to which occupy herself with. In today’s culture…

starts out his story by telling how he got to the town he lives in. His parents are both immigrants who moved to the United State for a better life and, once they had Jin, they decided to move to a place with a good school system. When they lived in Chinatown in San Francisco at first, Jin's life was pretty fun, and many Chinese American kids just like him, but since he moved to his new town he cannot find anyone like him. Kids are mean to him, bully him and call him names. However, things get a…

part of her culture is looking from outside a window at them. She feels like the American culture does not accept others, and you must assimilate into their culture in order to be a part of their society. Kingston's village in America, which is a Chinatown built by Chinese emigrants, is a sense of homeliness for Kingston because she feels the culture in the village, although not assimilated with the rest of the country,…

During Qing Dynasty, the lower classes were separated into two categories, the “commoner” and the “mean” people.The mean people were against forbidden to take the Imperialism Examination, and also the mean and the good weren’t allowed to get married to each other. The gender roles between men and women, the men were expected to support the war, and some men were required to stay at their jobs in order to ensure the output of basic supplies. On the other side, women could support the military…

regarding space in my plan, along with a friend I have already thought of methods to incorporate volleyball courts into any of the public parks that have existing basketball courts. This method has already been used at the Reggie Wong Memorial park in Chinatown; there are lines for a volleyball court painted over the lines for the basketball courts, thus conserving space and maximizing recreational capabilities. A volleyball court is only slightly smaller than a basketball court in size, meaning…

Being bailed out as an immigrant was a good thing for the Chinese because there were no legal documents on them, so how can they ever be found. However, the ones who were able to get away found a common place in New York City, which is now called Chinatown. As the newcomers settled in the new wave of Chinese immigration came from family based. After, the first set of immigrant gained success in America, they started to send for their families and…