jenny_zhang
Active Member
Nice try, scarberian. You know what you said initially and how it would be interpreted.
Also, the Chinese community particularly in that area has enough population to be able to close ourselves off without much hit economically. I have a relative who owns a restaurant and never really has any non-Chinese customers and doesn't want them either. It doesn't matter because the amount of Chinese potential customers is enough to pay his rent. If a non-Chinese guy walks in he'll get a stare or two and awkward service. Pacific Mall is a slightly less severe version of this but a bit more "mainstream". Since the government policy encourages cultural separation I can't see this changing any time soon but I hope so. I hear they're also building a south Asian mall soon. I personally wonder if this the right direction for Canadian society but whatever.
Well, language *and* cultural barrier-based; and whitey might not help through condescending behaviour, or just a woodenheadedness like Americans bringing snowshoes to Canada in July...
Also, the Chinese community particularly in that area has enough population to be able to close ourselves off without much hit economically. I have a relative who owns a restaurant and never really has any non-Chinese customers and doesn't want them either. It doesn't matter because the amount of Chinese potential customers is enough to pay his rent. If a non-Chinese guy walks in he'll get a stare or two and awkward service. Pacific Mall is a slightly less severe version of this but a bit more "mainstream". Since the government policy encourages cultural separation I can't see this changing any time soon but I hope so. I hear they're also building a south Asian mall soon. I personally wonder if this the right direction for Canadian society but whatever.
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