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Hello. I am currently interested in moving to Chinatown because I recently picked up a job in downtown, near the Freedom Tower and Chinatown is the perfect distance away from my new building, especially since I can just hop on a quick train ride down to there. However, I have two young kids, ages 4 and 7, and do not feel comfortable about discussing the topic of race with them at such an innocent age. I am worried that they will ask questions about the Chinese traditions that they may come across while living there. I do not want to start conversations with them about different races and would much rather shield them from the topic altogether. So what areas of Chinatown don't have many Chinese people in it? Is there a specific area where all the whites only live? Thanks fo your help.
This is most definitely one of the more silly of question threads I've ever seen. Don't worry, your kids are going to have far more troubles in life, and that has more to do with having you as a parent. Seriously, have you even ever been to Chinatown? Or even NYC for that matter? The neighborhood is freaking called Chinatown. It can't get more frank than that.
However, I have two young kids, ages 4 and 7, and do not feel comfortable about discussing the topic of race with them at such an innocent age. I am worried that they will ask questions about the Chinese traditions that they may come across while living there.
I'm curious, what exactly is the "topic of race"? In NYC you will encounter people who are ethnically Russian, Jewish, African, Albanian, Chinese, Korean, and the list goes on.
Also, Chinatown isn't exactly Asia where you will find Buddhist temples all around and people chanting and lighting incense and doing rituals in the street. The cultural elements that you might be unfamiliar with are the languages you'll hear on the street, the food in the grocery stores and the food in the restaurants. Are you concerned that your children will ask questions for which you have no answer? What an educational opportunity for your family!
So what areas of Chinatown don't have many Chinese people in it? Is there a specific area where all the whites only live? Thanks fo your help.
Ni hao (that's "howdy" in Chinese).
Chinatown is part of the Lower East Side, a neighborhood that traditionally housed immigrants from all over the world. 100 years later, this has not changed. NY is an immigrant city, so if you're looking for a white bread existence you're headed for the wrong place.
If you're still determined to come here, and would like to fit in, I suggest you expand your horizons and get to know people belonging to different ethnic groups from your own. There's nothing to fear, and you'll discover that good friends come in all colors.
I do not want to start conversations with them about different races and would much rather shield them from the topic altogether. So what areas of Chinatown don't have many Chinese people in it? Is there a specific area where all the whites only live? Thanks fo your help.
So I see, your one of those white people who don't see race. Unless you going to throw your kids in a private all white school, like back in the Jim Crow era, you going have to bring explain things to them.
What you can do is move to a hipster neighborhood, mostly whites there, but than you'll probably have to explain to them why two grown men are holding hands.
racist ignorant fool. that sums it up! go try brownsville brooklyn. def wont' have much chinese over there. guaranteed! or your money back
Def, but there are Chinese takeout places in Brownsville fo sho! I answered the OP but this is troll thread.
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