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Joey Azar History 112C April 23,2001 “New York before Chinatown” Dr. Jack Tchen was the speaker for today’s lecture. He is a historian, a cultural activist, and does studies of Asian humanities. Chinese people were shunned out of the Chinese settlements in 1882 the Chinese exclusion act was passed. There was the development of Chinatown in New York. Before it was even established there was more detail to how it became to be, historical imagination was …showed first 75 words of 506 total…

…showed last 75 words of 506 total…The Chinese exclusion act was the reasoning behind this. There were dramatic changes used to increase exclusion of the Chinese at the ports. The segregated communities emerged and profound exclusion lead to segregated communities, which lead to the creation of Chinatown. Dr. Jack Tchen spoke of New York before Chinatown he spoke of many events leading to find out were the first real start of Chinese culture was started in New York City. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**