documentary
Lively, informative doc on the history and evolution of Chinese restaurants in the US. Hated, resented by locals they survived in two businesses outside the whites control - laundries and restaurants.
The sprinkling of Chinese restaurants throughout the country was done by the Chinese-American societies which organized the distribution of families so that no Chinese family would be competing with another Chinese. Wise policy. That's why there's a Chinese place in nearly every town, no matter how small.
Good story well told.
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