Comments on: Push for English signs in Flushing’s Chinatown divides Asian community https://pavementpieces.com/push-for-english-signs-in-flushings-chinatown-divides-asian-community/ From New York to the Nation Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:07:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: denise https://pavementpieces.com/push-for-english-signs-in-flushings-chinatown-divides-asian-community/comment-page-1/#comment-25030 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:07:41 +0000 https://pavementpieces.com/?p=8057#comment-25030 Its Simple!!! Whatever country you are in you should display the larger words of your busniess sign in the native tongue period!!!!

I’m surprised that people are not doing this and disqusted by it, and since these people do not have any commen sense nor respect for the location where theirbusiness is then they should be penalized and/or shut down.

Have a clue and respect the native soil that you are profiting from!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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By: Pat https://pavementpieces.com/push-for-english-signs-in-flushings-chinatown-divides-asian-community/comment-page-1/#comment-24780 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:27:47 +0000 https://pavementpieces.com/?p=8057#comment-24780 The du facto language of the US is English, my grandparents had to learn it (they are from Ireland and Italy)even though Irish and Italian were spoken in their respective homes.

I have found on more than a few occasions that westerners are not welcome in many stores-or they are charged a different(read: higher) price than non-Asians/Chinese. This doesn’t do much to foster good relations with the rest of Flushingites. That said, I applaud those Chinese and Chinese -American leaders that call for the signs to be in English and Chinese. They take a lot of flack from fellow Chinese-many of whom see them as “sell outs” to the Americans.

WWhat is comes down to is this: Show respect to you native lands customs, but remember that you have to live by American rules when it comes to business.

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