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soopaman2 · 09-29-12, 08:30 PM

This reminds me of a childhood thought I had.

Pardon if it rambles off topic.

But I grew up in NYC.

I always found it amazing, even to this day, how if you walk 2 blocks out of little Italy, how the faces would change from white to Chinese (Chinatown is literally blocks away)

I do not mind ethnic enclaves, just watch where you eat.

I got asked to leave a place in Chinatown because I was disturbing the customers with my whiteness. They implied my food would not be as good, and perhaps I could find another place. Though my soda was free.

That is where I learned what gwailo meant.

I went back to Mulberry street and ate at Umbertos instead.

09-29-12, 08:30 PM	#1
soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	This reminds me of a childhood thought I had. Pardon if it rambles off topic. But I grew up in NYC. I always found it amazing, even to this day, how if you walk 2 blocks out of little Italy, how the faces would change from white to Chinese (Chinatown is literally blocks away) I do not mind ethnic enclaves, just watch where you eat. I got asked to leave a place in Chinatown because I was disturbing the customers with my whiteness. They implied my food would not be as good, and perhaps I could find another place. Though my soda was free. That is where I learned what gwailo meant. I went back to Mulberry street and ate at Umbertos instead. __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world.