PoopMobile9000 t1_jdhu8ul wrote on March 24, 2023 at 2:34 PM

Reply to comment by KindAwareness3073 in TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01

Also because cities instituted America’s first zoning ordinances for the purpose of segregating Chinese to particular neighborhoods. Also the Chinese immigrant population was mostly male because the US made immigration rules to prevent Chinese women from arriving.

opiate_lifer t1_jdihbh1 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 5:01 PM

As my username indicates I have an interest in drugs, its astounding the amount of outright racism Chinese labourers faced in the western USA. Some of the first instances of drug prohibition were moral panics about white women being lured to opium dens in Chinatowns.

Davebobman t1_jdjmad5 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 9:28 PM

Meanwhile, the Chinese were lured into opium dens by the English.

stickyWithWhiskey t1_jdjrjeb wrote on March 24, 2023 at 10:05 PM

It's opium all the way down.

moal09 t1_jdk5r0h wrote on March 24, 2023 at 11:50 PM

The Chinese also had trouble finding work as employees, so many opened restaurants, etc.