Chinese Restaurants Are Closing- And The Owners Are OK With It.

[Cynic]

And the average African-American doesn't? My grandfather was a sharecropper working on land he didn't own, saved up took buses and trains to NJ, put his savings into a small house, worked at a can factory, raised 6 children, with a 5th grade education. My grandmother scrubbed white people's toilets for 40 years.

Fast forward a few decades they raised an Olympian, a Marine, 2 successful accountants (go figure), My father, a laborer who eventually managed an oil rig, and an operations manager for Bell Atlantic before she retired.

And that story isn't uncommon.

I will say this.

One thing Asian people and Africans to some extent do do differently is that they don't rush their kids out the house.

Your anecdote doesn't nullify what I said. I have examples of this within my own immediate family.

but two things that standout are

• Level of education
• Societal expectations of marriage

Their children are more likely to mirror natives and be accepted into mainstream. So there's that also.

 

[saturn7]

These immigrants come from severe circumstances and are willing to save and live like sh!t for decades just so their kids can have a better life.

You shouldn't compare them to any Westerners.

To be fair a lot of Western kids don't want to live with their parents once they become "adults". Young people want their own space. Society is also harsh, you get looked at as a "loser" if you still "live at home" after a certain age.

 

[Rell Lauren]

A lot of these Chinese restaurants were a means to an end, and this is the case with a lot of immigrants, hell I know an Albanian guy who opened up a pizzaria and sold once he got his kids through college. It's just a shame because we as Black people do not have the resources nor will banks lend to us to give the ability to start/manage fast cashflow businesses like that.

Or they're indebted to foreign entities which fund their voyage and business venture.

Basically saying thanks nikkas for funding our livelihoods.

 

[$lim]

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

OK and.... Lets focus on building black owned chain food spots to empower our families...

I’ve eaten at nothing but black owned restaurants since moving back to Atlanta (except last night I got Chinese because they were the only ones open on Christmas)

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

this is a major fact that everyone overlooks

black people wont even allow their kids to stay home past 18, meanwhile soo yung has saved enough to buy a house staying with her family until 30

Oh yeah. Those kids are chillin in the cut through college and working at the front counter of the restaurant when their not in class. You go in when it’s slow and they’ll have their text book open until someone comes in to be seated.

 

[I Really Mean It]

A savvy breh or brehette with proper financial backing should look at the void left by these closures as an opportunity to open their own Chinese restaurant.

 

[Copy Ninja]

A savvy breh or brehette with proper financial backing should look at the void left by these closures as an opportunity to open their own Chinese restaurant.

Mexicans are doing this

 

[GzUp]

this is a major fact that everyone overlooks

black people wont even allow their kids to stay home past 18, meanwhile soo yung has saved enough to buy a house staying with her family until 30

 

[chkmeout]

These immigrants come from severe circumstances and are willing to save and live like sh!t for decades just so their kids can have a better life.

You shouldn't compare them to any Westerners.

this is a major fact that everyone overlooks

black people wont even allow their kids to stay home past 18, meanwhile soo yung has saved enough to buy a house staying with her family until 30

Your anecdote doesn't nullify what I said. I have examples of this within my own immediate family.

but two things that standout are

• Level of education
• Societal expectations of marriage

Their children are more likely to mirror natives and be accepted into mainstream. So there's that also.

To be fair a lot of Western kids don't want to live with their parents once they become "adults". Young people want their own space. Society is also harsh, you get looked at as a "loser" if you still "live at home" after a certain age.

Loser mentals

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

A lot of these Chinese restaurants were a means to an end, and this is the case with a lot of immigrants, hell I know an Albanian guy who opened up a pizzaria and sold once he got his kids through college. It's just a shame because we as Black people do not have the resources nor will banks lend to us to give the ability to start/manage fast cashflow businesses like that.

BANKS WILL LEND. WE JUST DON'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE TO GET THEM ON BOARD.

 

[Cave Savage]

I figured that these Chinese takeout places would disappear eventually.
I don't really see any young people working in them (youngest is 40+ usually), and immigrants from China these days are generally less desperate than back in the day.
Another change is that there's more demand for authentic Chinese food now, so that likely means a gradual decline in the demand for Americanized Chinese takeouts.

 

[chkmeout]

BANKS WILL LEND. WE JUST DON'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE TO GET THEM ON BOARD.

Wrong!!

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Good For Them

 

[Will Ross]

These immigrants come from severe circumstances and are willing to save and live like sh!t for decades just so their kids can have a better life.

You shouldn't compare them to any Westerners.

Bullshyt narrative a lot of them use other immigrants to get rich. Those restaurants are successful because people working in them ain’t getting paid