Chinatown

Two aspects are specially focused on: demographics changes and real estate development. This paper is intended to identify the influence of immigration and nationality act of 1965 on Chinatown. This paper lays emphasize on the demographics and real estate aspects. Contrasts and figures will be used in large amount to illustrate the impact. Analysis 1. The immigration and nationality act of 1965 The immigration and nationality act of 1965…

Italian foods. Italian foods could be identified from others by their power to keep Italians together, importance in trade and their symbolic values in representation, which always help Italians to know who they were and where they were going. Unlike Chinatown, in urban areas the Italian identity was mostly reshaped by Italian restaurants, to represent aspects of their national culture. Italian entrepreneurs have thus capitalized on those aspects of food to bring the truly Italian native…

inserting herself in Pa’s American family. The language barrier is the greatest obstacle in her way because she cannot communicate with anyone because they do not speak Chinese. Chan Hung and China Mama’s struggle to assimilate can be explained by the Chinatown baked apple pie as it “doesn’t taste like any other apple pie [because] “many Chinese baking techniques have gone into it” (Chan is Missing). Therefore, when Asians immigrate over to America and learn to assimilate into the culture and…

culture such as art galleries, museums, broadway, theaters, music, concert hall, zoos… Chinatown The largest Chinatown in the United States is located in New York City. Home to Chinese immigrants in New York, it becomes an important destination for tourists from all over the world. Populated with Chinese cultures, markets, stores and restaurants, the streets are always packed and crowded. The buildings in Chinatown are squeezed together to provide accommodation to the growing…

Museum. While riding the train, the intercom came on and said “Cermak China Town is up next.” I turned to my friends and asked if we could go there instead because I have never been there and its a great opportunity. I have been wanting to visit Chinatown ever since I moved into the dorms because there is not one in Indiana and I wanted to gain more knowledge on their cultural background. Once we got off the train, we walked across the streets and through the grand entrance. I expected there to…

Overall the book Plague and Fire by James C. Mohr captured my attention in the saddest of ways. From the in depth documentation of the fire that ravaged Chinatown and the devastation it left in its wake, to the tragic plague that killed the diverse people of Honolulu, my attention was focused on the amount of dead that was a result of this awful plague. Mohr outlined heavily the reactions of the people and how that negatively or even positively helped the fight against the silent killer. This…

about 50 hours of community service. I was a Youth Council there and I participated in two projects. The first project I worked on was Clean- Up Chinatown. The goal of this project was to create long lasting changes to keep Chinatown clean. As a council member, I attended meetings and discussed ideas with other members. We, then, surveyed the people in Chinatown and collected data. The second project was the AACA Youth Players…

Canada is viewed as a land of immigrants, disregarding aboriginal peoples, and yet Canada has a history of racism. The Chinese entered Canada during different times and were greeted with different extremes depending on the social context at that point of time. The Chinese were welcomed during the gold rush in British Columbia as well as when needing labour to build the Canadian Pacific Railway. Then restrictive policies started to be placed such as the increasing tax and finally in 1923 the ban…

One memorable moment I had this winter break was a trip to New York City with my friends. We left at 8:30 in the morning from a train at the New Haven Union Station. We arrived at Grand Central Station around 10:30. It was a chilly morning in New York so we wanted to quickly walk to Times Square to browse a couple stores. There are many popular brands to visit in Times Square like American Eagle, Champs Sports, Hollister, Nike, Adidas, etc. We usually have no controversy between which stores to…

History Day Rough Draft California became a land of opportunity for Chinese immigrants who were driven out of their home country due to poverty and overpopulation. From the Gold Rush of 1849 to the building of the California railroad, more and more Chinese immigrants began taking Californian jobs, which resulted in white nativists who resented the Chinese. Because the Chinese immigrants brought along their customs and culture, they became more vulnerable to prejudice. The differences of…