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Community Observation Paper

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Chinatown, the home to many Chinese immigrants, holds one of the most historical museum in New York. 215 Centre St. NY, 10013 might not be a noticeable address at first glance. But this address is actually the location of the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA). Surrounded by the Chinese natives of the area, I began to look at their age, gender, race/ethnicity, and the different languages they use. When I first came on a Monday morning there were not many people around the block. The movement and flow of things seemed very slow paced, because no one seemed to be in a rush. I believe there was around 15 people walking around the entire block. Some were caucasian, whom I found out were a group of tourist from Germany, and the rest look like …show more content…

When I conducted this survey, I conducted it with a total of 10 people. 8 of whom I surveyed were Chinese, and 4 out of those 8 individuals were immigrants. The other 2 were a Korean couple who actually lived around Koreatown. When I did the age survey most of the ages ranged from 30-47, and the last 2 were in their 20s. The majority of the people around the block of MOCA were female, and the minority were male. When I asked about language, many of them knew English and the majority spoke Chinese in Mandarin while the minority spoke in Cantonese. One notable thing that I saw in the morning time is that many Chinese women in the area were shopping for groceries and products at the Seafood Centre/ Meat Centre across from the Museum. Around the block of the Museum a lot of texts on the stores and businesses were in Chinese characters, to make it more convenient for the Chinese immigrants who aren't proficient in english. Around the block of MOCA there were a lot of apartments, some were average looking, and some looked really fancy and expensive. There were also stores that sold exclusive Chinese products, that aren't available at many

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