What is the future of Chinatown?
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- How do you preserve your history while moving forward? It’s a question young Chinatown residents across the country have been grappling with. In this week’s Stay Tuned episode, we’ll talk to a new generation of Asian Americans stepping up to protect the vibrant communities they know and love.
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I grew up trying to shed the Chinese stereotype and hated Chinatown, my culture and even my ancestral country. I just wanted to be seen as an American but no matter how hard I try, for good or for bad, other people will always see me as Chinese first. There's a sense of being complete when you finally come full circle and go back to your roots. I look around and see my generation feeling the same. We are no longer embarrassed by it but rather see it as a duty to defend our heritage.
you mean white american. i know what you mean bruh. i love being chinese and i am proud now.
@@nnyv0040 Don't even get me started on that white American nonsense. There's a whole bunch of insecure Chinese Americans trying to act "gangsta" and they're more cringe.
U guys need to have a stronger network. This will make change.
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If u grow up I 1980s Chinatown u would understand and appreciate what Chinese people endured.
Just to add perspective on the type of person Alice Liu is. In college she always went above and beyond to make people feel appreciated and welcomed and always radiated great energy. She was and will always be an amazing person.
As a First Nation Cherokee, I grew up near Chicago's Chinatown on Cermak Road. My third and fourth language is Cantonese and Mandarin. I love the culture, vibrancy, and of course the amazing food.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 "A first nation?" You meant $5 descent indian?
I learned Mandarin as well and the language is easier to learn than most Europe languages.
I'm black and I think every city should have a china town. I love the food , people & items to buy . Every culture needs to learn and get to know as well as understand every culture here in america. We all need each other
As a African American man living in Chicago, I enjoy Chinatown here. I get to experience a different culture. The Chinatown here is booming all year long. My favorite bakery is here and I been supporting it since 2017. Its mostly busy daily.
Chinese Americans have been one of our most important immigrant groups over the past 150 years. They're hard working, family oriented, close-knit people who value education and advancement. The first generation immigrants are tremendously entrepreneurial and their children usually find their way easily into the white collar, STEM field middle class. They quickly become an essential part of whatever communities they're part of. Even with China's economic rise, millions of Chinese continue to seek to come to the United States every year, fueled by a desire for religious, economic and social freedom still often not found in their homeland. The United States should be seeking to bring more of these industrious, law abiding quality future citizens into our country and reinforce their communities in our cities and towns throughout the land. It's only to our own benefit to do so.
Um...no.
I'm white. But being from California, I was heavily exposed to Asian culture and cuisine. And people. When I moved to small town Nebraska, it was one of the things I missed most. I even felt out of place without it. How weird! All this talk of being REPLACED. NONSENSE! I felt MISPLACED. I felt sad.
Well said.
Yeah California is more in touch with the world, as far as cultures, people, and trades compared to midwest States in the US. I grew up in a small town in Ohio but have been living in San Francisco for 9 years now.
I miss the Chinatown of the 80s
Shoot im moving to clearlake which is 2.5 hours outside sf and pepple still give me an evil eye while walking around safeway 😂
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I think Chinatown is a relic of the past. As newer generations assimilate into American culture and families and move away from immigranta communities, Chinatown will shrink until it's more of a tourist attraction than an actual community. It's why there are fewer and fewer Chinese restaurants run by actual Chinese immigrants(and more Panda Express style places). Children of immigrants are college educated and go into higher paying office jobs, and their immigrant parents are retiring. And new immigrants are usually from mainland China and are culturally very different from the Cantonese culture that Chinatown serves.
Grew up in SF. Went to grammar school in the 50s and 60s close to the gate on Grant. Spent many days exploring Chinatown. It was so delightful - the people, the treasures in the shops, the smell of spices, the food, Chinese New Year parade...
One experience u can't buy
What a great story. These locally owned businesses can be an authentic travel experience as well. We benefit from the preservation of your culture. I would love to visit a Chinese tea store and enjoy Chinese food when it's fast or Michelin star. Those are all good, fun, enjoyable experiences with the special touch of families and generations shining through. Wholesome!
There are many great Chinese Restaurants in Richmond and Sunset neighborhoods in SFO. Good stuff, Maynard! ❤
China Towns are fascinating.
Great food in Chinatown...and the people are respectful..sometimes loud. I grew with may Chinese and Asian people who settled in Stockton CA during the Gold Rush. These people prospered through the exclusion acts and other acts that forbade them to buy buildings. Stockton is plenty diverse though so we grew up with many diverse cultures along the years. 😊
two things that can save the future of Chinatown: Next generation and FOB. It'll be hard for the next generation to save it since they saw how hard their parents survive opening up the store but some will thrive. FOB, fresh off the boat, it's the chinese ethnicity (from different countries like singapore, malaysia, taiwan and china) that just arrived in USA.
Asian Americans have moved up in the US, even their first gen parents wanted them to step up & ahead. YT will capture the history, be brave, take your place. Ringing in the Year of the Dragon soon.
I am touched
I try to connect with my roots. I’m 1/4 Japanese but first generation here. (Dad was born on marine base in iwakuni) I don’t have any Asian friends and my family disowned us for being white. I mean fair it was twenty years after the war but you know 😢. Love seeing this though.
I love Chinatown and their people's culture.
I think what is happening is that a "concentrated" Chinatown is starting to disappear, replaced by new Chinatowns in other parts of the same city. After all, in New York City you see a _de facto_ new Chinatown in Queens, Los Angeles has a new Chinatown in Monterey Park and surrounding communities, and even San Francisco has two newer Chinatowns on Clement Street and Irving Street in the western part of the city.
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NYC's Chinatown is pretty good as far as sights and food. Vancouver, BC has the 2nd largest concentration of Chinese immigrants and lineage outside San Francisco. Its a definite must do! ❤
The love corn is great as a salad topping.
The issue with Chinatown or anything similar is if the countries back home complete their goals of uplifting the people, there wouldn't be a Chinatown because the Chinese wouldn't immigrate. The benefit wouldn't out way the costs. We see today with less and less international students from east Asia, this is the trend. The Asian countries thru development and decreasing birth rates, will further create prosperity.
So true
I feel conflicted about the first woman. Choosing to take over your family’s small business isn’t bad, but I think what makes a lot of Asian Americans uncomfortable is that our parents came to the U.S. to provide us with a better life. They chose their occupations because they didn’t have many options. To actively choose their path when we have a lot more options seems like the safe choice. I would feel different if she talked more about how they’re working on evolving the shop like how the guy with the restaurant talked about keeping up with changing times. That’s my personal take on it. I think it’s great she’s trying to preserve the shop and Chinatown, but I would feel guilty that I wasn’t honoring my parents sacrifices by paving my own path.
I think she does at 5:40
I'm hoping that current and future generations get off the path that more money is better. There can be a great deal of love and family support with less money. When the purpose of life is to get ahead, the cost is usually less time spent with family😢
Do what you love. The money will follow. Having passion in work and life is a gift in itself.
The thing about freedom is that it's your freedom to choose your own path. For a small example, freedom is yours to choose whether or not you shave. Either or both are fine. Grow a beard or shave it. Grow your hair long or cut it short. Both are fine.
@@sburn1919That's what I saw too. Thx for the timestamp.
If Chinatown cease to exist, it's shows the ability of the Chinese immigrants to integrate into mainstream society. The view of Chinatown must change as the Chinese population is further integrated into American society
I live in the UK and we only have like 8 china towns i really want to visit the one in London because apparently the food is excellent my town doesn't have a china town so i find them interesting we do have a few Chinese markets that i vist regularly
I can’t think of anything more worthwhile than stopping the world from changing. I too long for a return to the “good old days “ before antibiotics and universal suffrage. Kosinski was a little too radical in his approach, but he knew Pol Pot was right.
As an Asian kid growing up in NYC, it was a special place and I have countless memories that is near and dear to me.
We must ensure these vibrant neighborhoods continue to thrive, not just for Chinese Americans but for all to come and learn and enjoy.
I wish American would have had a museum for these experience and people.
People migrate and move around within the city all over US and the world even. NYC Chinatown used to be the core and main Chinatown where new immigrants would settle down they first arrived. Now, there are two other “Chinatown” in Flushing and Brooklyn when a lot of newer immigrants live. Many second / third Chinatown generations move away to other ventures and Corp America…. If this is gentrification, then so be it. Not necessary lost of any identity, but changes and transformation of people and places.
We have a nice Chinatown in Southport , Queensland: lots of food markets and restaurants,
every other person I see is Chinese !
These towns need to be protected not only by the community but by either the state or local government. Just recently saw another video here on TH-cam of a dispensary pushing away a Tokyo business out of Little Tokyo, that's just ridiculous and not what Little Tokyo needs.
We can go back and forth.
Chinese food is better than french or Italian or ......
2:30 the building has been sold in 5/2023 😢😢
For NYC Chinatown, wait until Congestion Pricing starts. It will be even much less foot traffic. That will be the final nail on the coffin.
NYC chinatown in Flushing is way ahead of any Chinatown in USA lol
Same old story. New immigrants vs old. The haves vs the have nots. Old values vs new.
Ok and?
I recalled when i was growing up in Singapore, we also tried very hard not to be Chinese as the taboo of the sick man of Asia lingered. Do you know why we are now proud to be Chinese? Other than our fight to be ourselves, the most important that no Chinese wants to admit, is the rise of China. The west wants to put it down, but admit it, without China rising to this level, we won't be proud as Chinese.
interesting. Do their products being patrionize by other Americans or just their lineage
The Chinese are going to have to step up to recreate another one
Upgrade,i guess
❤❤❤ 1970 growing up in Downey California. I had a friend Calvin Chung which we were both the odd kids. I was the only Mexicano and he was Chinese. We attended middle school 6th grade to 9th. I remember visiting his family Chinese restaurants and my first crush, Linda Chung. Today, Little Tokyo is losing their founders which genterfication is taking over everything. People with money are taking out old history. Ok.
I wouldn't call the US China Towns I've visited slum, but they do live close.
Copenhagen has a tiny area somewhat known as little China, because of the concentration of Chinese restaurants and grocery shops, but the population, actually living there, is much more mixed/diverse than what I've seen in for instance lower east side of NYC.
My late father in law lived in Flushing, slightly more mixed, and basically didn't need to go outside the community ever, even the bank advisors speak one or the other kind of Chinese, which is probably why his English never got very good.
They live close, their homes are small.
The reason why I wouldn't call it slum is because they basically have all the regular luxuries and there wasn't anything missing... it was just on very little space, pretty much how you see in Hong Kong or mainland city homes.
Regular Copenhagen apartments aren't huge either... it's nothing like the spacious houses you find in smaller Danish towns or US suburbia, but it works.
I never felt unsafe in any China Town, or China for that matter. I can feel a little lost sometimes but that's probably because I've only been a visitor with very limited language skills when it comes to Chinese.
I think it's a great idea to make gourmet Chinese restaurants, though the most common are take away and buffet. If you know where to go they already exist in NYC, but you need to be prepared for the lazy Susan style dining. The western style "my plate, your plates" dining isn't very common with authentic Chinese food.
Regarding the tea shop. It's a product that's actually very easy to ship. Employ consistent quality control and make a brand out of your shop, then start selling online, with your stamp of approval. Though I believe that they're not lacking customers, already being in one of the most famous China Towns of the world.
I’d help her run her parents shop and enjoy the culture to bad I’m Mexican 😪
Kitchen job is the worst job there is.
you hear and see more of these asian americans say they do this to hang on to the history.. preserve whatever anything asian.. like this Chef by the time his son grows up.. the fancy 1 soup dumpling will the be the nor by then.. like how orange chicken, chicken wings with pork fired rice is today. the asian history and culture is changing.. bottom line is all bout surviving and $$$$.
long story short all these successful Asian American Fusion preserving history / culture.. how many of them speak their mother tongue fluently. Say something stupid like you were born in American so your mother tongue is american.
In Chinatown there has full of aging peoples and you can't young kids.
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OMG are these people serious, this has got to be satire
You finding out
Soon it will become illegal hispanic drug mule town
Lol 😂
I agree with you about Chinese cuisine. French has no chance against Chinese cuisine.
“Protect and secure the future” this is literally part of a white separatist slogan and it is used unironically in this video. I find it interesting that Chinatown loosing its identity to late comers is considered a bad thing -but express a similar concern about traditionally European communities and you get labeled a rascal.
Please tell me where in Detroit there was EVER a china town? I have never heard of Detroit having a china town. More like wishful thinking
There are quite a few Chinatowns across America but due to the Chinese exclusion act and "other reasons" they were abandoned. Examples are artifacts found in Colorado and Montana.
@@Clawbytes987 Yes I know that I travel extensively. But a few chinese restaurants in close proximity does not equal china town, there IS a greek town and a mexican town
@@marieg3865 The term China TOWN is relative.
Detroit actually had two Chinatowns. First one started in the early 1900s to 1960s when the city’s racist city planners decided to run a freeway through the Chinese and Black enclaves. Chinatown was relocated to the location shown in the video in the 1960s and remained quite vibrant until the late 70s when crime and urban sprawl took over Detroit. It was a neighborhood where Chinese Americans lived, worked, socialized, and celebrated together. It was more than a few restaurants. It was located at the intersection of Cass Ave and Peterboro. The Detroit Historical Society has an exhibit currently running featuring Detroit’s Chinatown.
Yeah, that's like Mexican Town in Detroit which was about two blocks at best..Dont get lost! 😂
New generations are nothing but lazy on TikTok 24/7.
Oh well, gentrification happens, right guys…?
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I don’t have beef with Americans, I have beef with China.
So true