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For example, the Jaslin Hotel allows people from further places to come and stay so they are able to enjoy more of the things that Chinatown has to offer, while Starbucks can give them a familiar taste while experiencing the unique tastes of the Asian culture. Gentrification should not be seen as destructive to the Chinese community but a mean of business and expansion to further display the Asian culture to

Chapter six examines the anti-Chinese sentiment with the emerging class antagonism and turmoil between white capitalists and workers. The unwelcomed arrival of Chinese immigrants brought along their own social organizations such as the huiguan, fongs, and tongs. These types of social organizations secured areas of employment and housing for Chinese immigrants in California. This social structure that was unknown to Anglos led them to also categorize Chinese on the same level as Indians by depicting them as lustful heathens whom were out to taint innocent white women. These images were also perpetuated onto Chinese women, thus, also sexualizing them as all prostitutes.

The water hose, too, did not operate as accordance with the fire laws already in place. The hose did not work at all. Similarly, fireproof doors and sprinklers would have contained and protected the workers. The Asch Building was “fireproof”, but the furnishings had not been. The flammable material, cotton, caused the fire to spread quicker than if another material had caught fire; proper containment and storage of such combustible fabric would have prevented such widespread

What is happening in our culture and why has the majority of this ethnic group ended up becoming the so displaced in our

Another result of the fire was the creation of the American Society of Safety Engineers. Which was Designed for all buildings to fall under the code to make them safer? The American Society of Safety Engineers did just that, and there has not been any other building tragedy fire not caused by arson as severe as the shirtwaist fire. I will now like to return to the original question.

The Triangle Fire The Triangle fire that claimed the lives of 146 people, most of them immigrant women and girls, caused an outcry against unsafe working conditions in factories. Firefighters arrived at the scene, but their ladders could only reach the 6th floor of the ten-story building, while the hose could only reach the 7th floor. Workers were trapped inside because the owners had locked the fire escape exit doors to prevent theft, so workers jumped to their deaths. The government could’ve prevented the Triangle fire earlier if they listened to the workers’ plea for a safety working environment. Union organization tried to address the employees’ working conditions but wasn’t recognized.

It has been suggested that the lyric’s meaning is in relation to drugs or about a journey through love and hopelessness. Another idea is that the entirety of it is an extended metaphor, some ideas including that it was an old church taken over by the devil worshippers, a psychiatric hospital, a prison, an inn run by cannibals, and even possibly that “Hotel California” is a representation of the Playboy Mansion. Nonetheless, as is true with most songs, the true interpretation can only come from one source, and that is simply the writer of the lyrics, Don Henley, himself.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was a devastating fire that killed 146 girls in New York City (Leap for Life, Leap for Death). At this time, citizens of New York were furious and demanded that the government do something to prevent future tragedies. The government responded and the reforms that the government made, it changed the future of New York industry. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, one of history’s deadliest fires, came as a result of outrageously unsafe working conditions, led to a high death toll and injury total, but, ultimately resulted in reforms that helped safeguard future factory workers.

The Grenfell Tower fire tragedy is presumed to have claimed 79 lives. Initially, the local council authorities were blamed for approving the construction of substandard high-rise buildings that threatened public safety (Scott p.1). On the contrary, it appears most of these assumptions were flawed, since additional revelations were exposed. For example, construction experts blamed the rapid spread of the fire on the of the 1967 archaic design standards. In addition, the failure was attributed to the external cladding that had been installed in the £10 m refurbishment.

The Seton Hall University fire took place in January of the year 2000. Sadly, three students were killed and dozens were injured due to a fire that had started in the common room area. At first details about the cause of the fire were a little confusing, there were many reports that said smoking was the cause and a few that had stated that some drunk students had set the fire as a prank and the fire spread more rapidly than they had anticipated as a result of the carpeting containing synthetic fibers that had acted almost like an accelerant due to its makeup (Boland Hall Fire). This was such an unfortunate happening, what started as a seemingly harmless prank turned into an extremely dangerous situation that none would soon forget. During this incident, students thought it best to ignore the sounding of the fire alarms because

The flood of Asian culture in Flushing came because Exclusion Acts granted entry and “Asian arrivals gradually made up almost half of Flushing’s population” (Cooke, 1995, p.363). During the economic panic of the 1970s, people left allowing immigrants to take their place. Urban planner, Wellington Chen, best said, “It was the town looking at it as half-empty that caused the new arrivals to come in and look at it as half-full” (Chen, 2009) and Urban Planning Graduate student, Jefferson Mao, described the change by saying, “It was in the midst of its complete commercial, residential and industrial collapse that Asian immigrants came to Flushing” (Mao, 2013). The population of Main Street, Flushing changed a surprising amount in a short period of time, changing the neighborhood’s culture

Nowadays, when traditional urban Chinatowns in Manhattan, San Francisco, Boston and Philadelphia are fading due to gentrification and changing cultural landscapes, Chicago 's Chinatown is growing larger — becoming what experts say could be a model for Chinatown survival in the U.S. Between 2000 and 2010, Chicago Chinatown 's population increased 24 percent and its Asian population increased 30 percent. Asians make up nearly 90 percent of the neighborhood 's population, according to 2000 and 2010 Census of the U.S. Census Bureau. Experts also say that of all the foreign-born Asians living in Chicago 's Chinatown, nearly 10 percent arrived in the last three years — a stark contrast to New York and San Francisco, where immigrants no longer fuel

Interviews Chinese immigration helped pave the road for Asian immigration in America. As quoted from Justice Harry A. Blackmun, "One last word: Diversity yields strength. To oppose it is to ignore and violate the American testament and its precious dream. " The Gold Rush, an event which lasted only a decade yet so crucial to American history in more ways than one, had an everlasting impact on the society that Americans live in today. Although their ethnic and cultural background may be different from other immigrants in the U.S., the Chinese immigrants helped shape and construct

The Owner’s Building The owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, had a historic fire to happen in one of their buildings, which was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. This fire was one of the worst fires in New York with a total of 146 people that died. The fire started supposedly under a table when someone threw a cigarette butt under the table which then caught on fire. The owners on the other hand were being accused of arson because Blanck and Harris owned other types of buildings that also caught on fire.

Soon there will be no home for minorities and lower income in San Francisco. The districts of San Francisco soon will lose all its original dwellers to the high demands of the Bay Area. The new, “improved” population is overtaking a district such as the Mission that historically has been home to Central and South American immigrants. As you stroll down Valencia Street, once home to taquerias, bakeries, bars and auto mechanic shops, one can instantly see the difference.