“Every year when it's Chinese New Year here in New York, there are fireworks going off at all hours. New York mothers calm their frightened children by telling them it's just gunfire.” YearsChildrenMotherHoursNew YorkCalmChineseFrightenedNew YearFireworks Book:Late night with David Letterman: the book Source: Late night with David Letterman: the book
“New York is a meeting place for every race in the world, but the Chinese, Armenians, Russians, and Germans remain foreigners. So does everyone except the blacks. There is no doubt but that the blacks exercise great influence in North America, and, no matter what anyone says, they are the most delicate, spiritual element in that world.” WorldDoeMatterAmericaSpiritualRaceDoubtInfluenceNew YorkExerciseElementsNo Matter WhatMeetingsChineseNo DoubtDelicateForeignersNorth AmericaArmeniansGreat Influence Author:Federico Garcia Lorca
“I engage with New York and America but my parents pretty much hang out in this radius of Long Island where their friends are and where their work is. That's why you have people who have lived in New York for like 20, 30 years who don't speak English. They just live in a Chinese community or an Indian community. More than anywhere you'll find that in Queens.” PeopleYearsLongAmericaSpeakParentCommunityNew YorkChineseIndianQueensIslandsHanging OutJust LiveSpeak EnglishLong IslandRadius Author:Himanshu Suri
“There are a couple of specific things about the show [Into the Badlands]. We didn't want to do a contemporary show, which is always "Chinese cop comes to New York, teams up with racist cop, together they fight crime..."” WantShowsTogetherFightingTeamCrimeNew YorkCoupleContemporaryChineseRacistCop Author:Miles Millar