DC Chinatown Case Study

When reading, Trying to find Chinatown, written by David Henry Hwang I noticed a strong sense of conflict being repeated over and over by the characters in the story. Conflict is a pattern which is repeated by both of the characters, Benjamin and Ronnie. Conflict starts very early in the play when Ronnie, a street musician in New York City, is playing his violin on a street corner. Benjamin walks around were Ronnie is playing his violin he applauds, he says “Good. That was really great.” (pp. 840) you would think that was a positive statement that is until Benjamin follows up with saying, “I didn’t ….I mean, a fiddle…. I mean I’d heard them at square dances, on country stations and all, but I never….wow, this must really be New York City!”

Roman Polanski used every minute of his movie Chinatown to define and redefine J.J. Gittes, played by Jack Nicholson. Gittes is for all intents and purposes a classic private investigator, making a living out of other infidelity. Polanski adds an element of quirkiness to Gittes by utilizing the genius of Jack Nicholson and incorporating film noir traits. With Polanski’s mixture of modern acting talent combined with an updated format of color film he creates a visual curiosity that compels the viewer to stay engaged and intrigued.

The gentrification of Chinatowns across the United States represent an environmental racism, because it forces people of of their homes on the streets. Most of the Chinatowns are located in the centers of the majors cities, surrounded by financial districts, and other rich neighborhoods. With current economy trends we can see an increase of new companies moving and opening new offices around different towns. With limited space available for new companies to open their business, landlords sell their building for big sum of money resulting in evictions. Such injustice is hard to stop because its not illegal, and all of the stakeholders besides the Asian Americans living in Chinatowns are happy with development. The possible winnable solutions to the problem of gentrification would be to strengthen the community so that the city representative could hear their voice and opinions when it comes the their problem. Asian Americans should try to be involved as United States citizens more as well, they should learn how to speak and understand english language and local laws better. Based on the book by Bindi Shah, Laotian Daughters, we can learn that organizing community and getting involved politically can help in reducing the environmental injustice, as well as reducing the negative stereotypes regarding Asian American minorities. Racial solidarity, critical incorporation and ethnic reconstruction that were used by APEN and the young Laotian girls could definitely help in reaching

The majority were asians for the Frogtown/Thomas-Dale neighborhood, Comparing the statistic of West 7th Street and Frogtown/Thomas-Dale it seems like where there are more white people than seems to have less asians, blacks, hispanics, and other ethnicity but where there's more asians and more blacks there are less white people. Also, the statistics shows that only 11.1 %

Since the passage of the 1968 Fair Housing Act , there have been legal tools and policies that combat segregation in housing, overall, promoting more diverse cities. While the Fair Housing Act have been successful in diversifying formerly all white cities. A new problem is emerging for the people in the integrated neighborhoods: the return of the great whites. Soon there will be no home for these people. The mission district of San Francisco , soon will lose all its original dwellers to the high demands of the Bay Area. A neighborhood historically home to Central and South American immigrants are being overtaken by the new , improved population . As you stroll down the once taquerias, bakeries, bars and auto mechanic shops lined streets,

In Fort Washington, MD has been getting a lot of attention lately for what should be good news such as new local retailers, outlets, MGM National Harbor, and high middle-income white people are moving into a neighborhood that once was a dominated wealthy Black historic community. Therefore, in Fort Washington case gentrification have happened due to the new development in the area that involved higher-income residents, increases home prices and rent, which cause the residents who were rent to move to Charles County. Furthermore, in Fort Washington, MD it was affected by Low-income communities in Washington DC that was being affected by gentrification. While in Washington DC it was an issue with the increase in home values, associated with changing racial demographics and higher incomes in Northern

This research proposal is a guideline to explore and analyze people’s perception of the term “ghetto.” The meaning of the term “ghetto” has been ramified over the years and this proposal is aimed to provide insight of the implications meant today. The Ghetto has been defined as “a part of a city, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardship.” (Dictionary.com). Similar to the dictionary definition the term “ghetto”, America seems to treat the term “ghetto” as a neighborhoods that is largely populated with African Americans and poor people. This project is focused on discovering the socioeconomic

“The Rise of Asian Americans” is a relatively representative research because of its large number of sampling. The following statistics expert from the research shows how Asian Americans identify themselves. Over 3500 participants from all 50 states were involved. Based on the research, only 14% of Asian Americans label themselves as a “typical American”. Among them, 28% the native-born Asian

Sweatshops were never an unusual site in Chinatown, however it was after government action took place against them and the nation’s best media outlets ran in-depth stories, that they gained national attention. People began to hear stories of immigrants working 15-hour days inside filthy garment factories for pay, lower than minimum wages. Over time, sweatshops have gained a negative connotation, which they deserve for the working conditions they have set in place for their employees. To be even rumored of running a sweatshop in New York could destroy your reputation amongst clients as proven by Koichi Utsugi, in an article for the New York Times. After employees from the New York State Department of Labor raided his workplace, Utsugi lost many

Participants will be recruited from three community sites in Los Angels city as it is home to tens of thousands of Chinese Americans in the United States. Recruitment will be conducted in three communities which are highly populated by Chinese American residents, including Monterey Park, Alhambra and San Gabriel in the city. 60269 Chinese Americans lived in these areas in 2010 (Stewart, 2015). Thus, there is an adequate amount of Chinese Americans who can be selected as participants in these communities. Community hospitals offer a variety of educational, support and screening programs to help people with diabetes stay healthy and prevent long-term complications such as heart disease, stroke, or conditions of the eye, foot, and kidneys (Comhs,

West Grand Neighborhood Organization and it’s partnership with ATPA has been reciprocal in nature, benefiting both ATPA and our neighborhood. We want to ensure the program continues to be successful not only for our neighbors but also the state of Michigan.

How many houses would it take to help put a decent dent in the Washington DC affordable housing crisis. It would take 1,000 houses to help the Washington DC affordable housing crisis. That mean you would have to build 125 houses in the eight wards to even put a dent in the Washington DC affordable housing crisis. The problem is that housing cots a great deal of money. Middle class and lower class can barely afford food and clothes also on top that having to find affordable housing. In result, low-class and middle class face a high risk of being evicted and move often or even become homeless. There are only 39 homeless shelter in the DC area with a population of 672,228. Most families spend about $ 150 less per month on groceries because they

Chinatowns always are the popular place for the visitors because there have many tasty Chinese food and many different Chinese stores which sell the unique Chinese stuffs. Also, Chinatowns are a very important places for the new Chinese immigrants because there are many Chinese American who can help them in this new country. For many new Chinese immigrants, they can find cheap apartment to rent in Chinatown. Also, they can find many Chinese restaurants and supermarkets to buy the food they used to eat, and there are many organizations to help them settle down in the United stated and find them a job. In general, Chinatowns are very important to the new Chinese immigrants, and they like to live in Chinatowns too. However, there are some Chinese

In order for Philadelphia to maintain its rich culture and diversity, Chinatown must be preserved. Chinatown has become a centerpiece of Philadelphia for tourist and residents alike to experience eastern culture. The people are friendly, there are plenty of strangers on the streets, and plenty late night business and as Jane Jacobs would describe it, successful (35). Therefore as a public space that is suitable to the public it should be preserved. However, it is the target for many developers. In the past there have been numerous attempts to develop the Chinatown district, all of which would have compromised the integrity of Chinatown, which has been around since the late 1800s. The Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation, or the PCDC, was founded because of these threats to Chinatown and has constantly fought off development threats to Chinatown (Lechner). However, the developments that were constructed including the Vine Street Expressway and several urban renewal projects south of Chinatown have effectively stopped growth in those areas. Because of limited space and growing population further developments have been shot down rather quickly by residents including the Foxwood Casino and in 2004 the construction of the new Phillies stadium.

“Immigrant communities as well as the mainstream society can come together, to change policies as well as create social services that cater to immigrant and newcomer needs,” (Guo, 2008, p. 260). Guo was referring to the success of an Chinese immigrant based organization called SUCCESS, Vancouver. SUCCESS was created by both the Chinese Immigrant community, and mainstream society to address an issue regarding the lack of social service agencies, and the failed responses from the government to recently arrived Chinese immigrants in 1973 (Guo, 2008, p. 265). SUCCESS now offers a variety of programs for recent immigrants such as: educational training, family and youth counselling, employment training and services, and etc. But most importantly,