Word: chinatown
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...Boston's Chinatown is small--eight square blocks--and quiet. The only testament to its presence is a large marble gate straddling Beach Street. From South Station, the arch announces Chinatown. Through the arch, the Rainbow Restaurant is one block down on Beach Street. The Rainbow is a Vietnamese and Chinese restaurant and it serves cheap, good food. A Chinese family that immigrated to Boston from Vietnam runs the restaurant...
...Rainbow has cleared out. Langlo'sparents are putting away lettuce and rice andsoup. Someone is cleaning the kitchen. Langlodarts from table to table, wiping them down,sweeping the floors. "People think Chinatown's notsafe, because of the race. People are afraid ofChinese people...
Langlo does not want to talk aboutChinese-Vietnamese tensions in Chinatown. "Ireally don't care. I have so much different racefriends. I try not to talk to them about it,because I'm afraid it would offend me or I wouldoffend them so I try not to talk, `cause I meanwe're all friends. I talk exactly how I feel andwe talk about everything, but when it comes torace tensions we just don't talk about...
...eleven o'clock, most of therestaurants have closed up for the night. Duringthe day, Chinatown is busy. People run to grocerystores, markets, restaurants and cafes. At night,Chinatown feels almost deserted. It does not havethe round-the-clock energy and activity of SanFrancisco's or New York's Chinatowns...
Members of the AAA presented Yan with a plaque commemorating a donation in his name to a Phillips Brooks House program which helps needy Chinese youths in Boston's Chinatown. Yan immediately opened his wallet and matched the $100 donation...