Category: Effects of Chinese Immigration

The Footprints of Chinese in Bensonhurst

As a result of immigrating to New York, many Chinese have started out at the bottom but eventually moved into professional occupations such as government, finance, and education….

Chinese-American Owned Stores

As any immigrant group would, when more and more Chinese immigrants started to come to Bensonhurst, they wanted to build a community. They wanted to be able to…

“Model Minority”

Chinese-Americans are often painted as the “model minority.” Due to severe language barriers and distrust of the government, the Chinese tended not to ask for a lot of…