Changing with the times: Oakland Chinatown

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Producers: Juliette Torres, Johnny Nguyen, Justin Yoon, Best Liudi

Description: In this podcast, we discuss Oakland Chinatown; its history, its relationship with the pandemic, and its future. Oakland’s Chinatown is one of the oldest Chinatowns in the United States historically served as a sanctuary for Chinese American immigrants. It still serves a large Chinese American community to this day and further serves as a district of cultural and historical significance for Asian Americans. Furthermore, we also notice that the face of Oakland Chinatown has been rapidly changing. Gentrification, COVID-19, and an aging local population are just a few of the phenomena that Oakland Chinatown has been experiencing in the 21st century.