Laundries, Grocery Stores, and Restaurants: Keys to Chinese Immigrant Survival John Jung Foo’s Ho Ho Restaurant Vancouver, B. C. Canada May 27, 2010
Sam Lee Laundry Was in Downtown Macon
What A Difference A Day Makes
Uncle Joe Visits Us in Macon
No Tickee, No Washee?
Before Bruce Lee
What Gave Me Insights About Chinese Laundries
An Overlooked Reality
White Fear Chinese Men with White Women
Chinese Families and Laundries
White ‘Humor’
Cheap Labor for Cotton Fields
In A Plantation Commissary
Families Lived in Back of Stores
One Extreme Anti-Chinese View
Chinese Baptist Church School
Early Chow Chow or Fan Deem
Stereotype of What Chinese Eat
Another Negative Stereotype
Other White Conceptions
‘Chop Suey’ Mania Among Whites ca. 1900 Created Growth for Chinese Restaurants
Menus…. ca. 1920s
Chop Suey, Baseball, and Sex
Whites Even ‘Claim’ Chop Suey
Shanghai Low, Fresno, Ca. 1920s
Pan American CafĂŠ, Wichita 1930s
Interior Decor Could Be Somewhat Quirky
‘Recycled’ Exteriors
Menus of Chinese Restaurants Beyond Chinatowns
End of An Era
Valuing Chinese Restaurants “Where ever I travel, I always look for Chinese
restaurants. I know that not only will I get delicious Chinese food, but inside every restaurant, I will discover a personal story, a unique story of courage, survival, and hope.” Cheuk Kwan
“Chinese Restaurants” documentary
Some Reader Responses from an e-mail a Chinese sent to his brothers, Aug. 21, 2008: "Southern Fried Rice - Life in A Chinese Laundry in the Deep South”. It was G-R-E-A T!! His was the only Chinese family in Macon, Ga. It is incredible how his experiences exactly paralleled ours; -- the same prejudices and discriminations that we incurred... In fact, the building looked just like ours; -- laundry down stairs with living quarters upstairs.; -those same three windows looking down on the street below! from e-mail by a Delta Chinese “I recently finished reading your book and felt like I was right among the people you interviewed. It’s the best book written about the Chinese in the Mississippi Delta.” from e-mail received, May 19, 2010 “… my 4th grade son is learning about Gold Mountain in his Social Studies. I am sure (“Chinese Laundries”) will be very informative and interesting. I am the one reading home school him. His assignment is to choose a job that the Chinese immigrants and learn about it…” From e-mail March 3, 2010 … impressed with the way “Sweet and Sour” speaks and flows. You've outdone yourself with this one. The research and works cited is outstanding, taking us to places we might not have located otherwise. Thanks for doing this project and congratulations on the great result.
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