Hood Chinese Joints and their effect on Black Culture

[HarlemRiverDrive]

How "Hood" Chinese Food Became an NYC Staple

A quote that interested me.

Like the remixed tacos of Compton, this genre of Chinese food is rooted not only in economics (providing cheap meals to low-income, traditionally non-white neighborhoods), but also the forces of culinary assimilation—in this case, Chinese businesses catering to a largely underserved black and Latino population that surrounds them. As food historian Adrian Miller explains, this cross-pollination dates all the way back to the 1890s. “You had Chinese restaurants in New York City welcoming black customers,” he says. “They were one of the few places where African Americans could go out and eat that wasn’t an African American establishment.” As such, African Americans were among the first adopters of pseudo-Chinese dishes like pork-fried rice and chop suey that eventually went mainstream.

As cultural and food traditions fused together, the makeup of the urban fast-food Chinese menu took shape. “Fried chicken, fried rice, french fries, and beef with broccoli are the defining things on the menu,” says Jennifer 8 Lee, the author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles.

There's another article in that one that's linked in there that I don't feel like linking but I think it's interesting to read. The idea of the Asian-American community profiting from black culture and vice/versa inst exactly uncommon.

i need some pork fried rice now

 

[PhonZhi]

How much support does the chinese community give to black owned establishments nationwide?

 

[HarlemRiverDrive]

How much support does the chinese community give to black owned establishments nationwide?

Probably very little.

 

[Yup]

Probably very little.

Probably none.

 

[BaggerofTea]

Killin nikkas off early and taking their money

 

[Alan Emerald]

Can't really knock they hustle for capitalizing on the situation. Don't know black folk for enjoying it for a time. However, once i realized that many of those establishments make money off of black ppl selling primarily food that contributes to obesity and other ailments and often doing so with poor customer service, i stop being a patron. If they provide good customer service then eat there but be aware of the crap they serve and avoid it.

 

[KOohbt]

All non blacks in America not native are the enemy and only here to benefit from the country we built.

 

[wheywhey]

Chinese are good business people because they don't foolishly ignore potential customers. Whites ignored blacks as customers until the 70s/80s and now many blacks want to have businesses that only serve blacks, 13% of the US market. It doesn't make any sense.

Interesting Ted Talk about General Tso Chicken and Chinese food in general.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

selling primarily food that contributes to obesity and other ailments

So what makes them any different from any other restaurant.....? The customer service can be lackluster but I don't see how their food contributes to obesity........

I can eat to much grilled salmon and asparagus spears and gain weight

 

[BlackFruitPunch]

How "Hood" Chinese Food Became an NYC Staple

A quote that interested me.



There's another article in that one that's linked in there that I don't feel like linking but I think it's interesting to read. The idea of the Asian-American community profiting from black culture and vice/versa inst exactly uncommon.

i need some pork fried rice now

When does the black community profit off of Asians?

 

[Anti-Anime]

all i can think of is that fugees chinese restaurant skit

 

[Wild self]

Yeah, black folk should get off of that and support Jamaican places instead.

 

[Alan Emerald]

So what makes them any different from any other restaurant.....? The customer service can be lackluster but I don't see how their food contributes to obesity........

I can eat to much grilled salmon and asparagus spears and gain weight

Not generalizing, just speaking on the those that fit the bill. They are not differnt in that they have a menu with various items and people make their own decisions. However, the foods that ate often on special are usually the most unhealthy.

True you can gain weight from excess grill salmon and asparagus spears but would you think you would have the same effect and as fast as you would from a six piece teriyaki wings and fried rice?

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Not generalizing, just speaking on the those that fit the bill. They are not differnt in that they have a menu with various items and people make their own decisions. However, the foods that ate often on special are usually the most unhealthy.

True you can gain weight from excess grill salmon and asparagus spears but would you think you would have the same effect and as fast as you would from a six piece teriyaki wings and fried rice?[/QUOTE]



Nope...... nowhere near the same effect

 

[newworldafro]

Just talked to to someone about eating fried chicken in the "hood"...... Why do these restaurants never offer grilled chicken. I'm not falling for black people don't eat grilled or baked chicken........that's bs.....

Even more BS is the lack of black owned sit down restaurants that serve more than just fried foods..... ....my 2 cents.