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El Sloth

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• Aug 18, 2017

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https://youtu.be/2NMrqGHr5zE

There's a rather unknown community of Chinese-Americans who've lived in the Mississippi Delta for more than a hundred years. They played an important role in the segregated South in the middle of the 20th century. Join us as we get a taste of Southern Chinese food and learn about the unique history of the Delta Chinese.

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This is a pretty good short video on something I personally had no idea about. Although I shouldn't be surprised after recently learning about the Chinese Coolies, some who ended up in the Caribbean for the same reasons.

Anyways, I thought this was a cool video and that people on here would enjoy it too. I found the one lady's comments at the end to be especially relevant to current events and fairly heartbreaking.

 

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Moppeh

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• Aug 18, 2017

• #2

That was a cool video, OP, thanks for sharing.

There is something so surreal and neat about hearing people with Asian backgrounds speak with the very iconic, non-Asian accents.

I remember hearing an Asian-Australian speak recently and thinking the same thing.

 

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Blackie

Member

• Aug 18, 2017

• #3

Very cool video, wow. Had no idea

 

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sfedai0

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• Aug 18, 2017

• #4

Whoa TIL. Pretty interesting how no matter your ethnicity, you tend to pick up the accent of that particualr region.

 

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Gnilres

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• Aug 18, 2017

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tm24

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• Aug 18, 2017

• #6

After watching this, all i could think about was the ending to The Gang gets trapped

 

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Chaos2Frozen

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• Aug 18, 2017

• #7

Hmmmm.... Southern food + Chinese food....

 

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Marvie_3

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• Aug 18, 2017

• #8

That was a cool video

 

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firehawk12

Subete no aware

• Aug 18, 2017

• #9

I'm reminded of my surprise when I read about the original Siamese twins who ended up in North Carolina and who had sons that fought for the Confederacy.

But I didn't expect that Chinese coolies would have ended up inland. I guess I just assumed they ended up on the coasts, but using them as farmers in addition to building railroads makes sense.

 

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TickleMeElbow

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• Aug 18, 2017

• #10

Moppeh said:

That was a cool video, OP, thanks for sharing.

There is something so surreal and neat about hearing people with Asian backgrounds speak with the very iconic, non-Asian accents.

I remember hearing an Asian-Australian speak recently and thinking the same thing.

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Yeah I recently saw a vid with this Chinese Jamaican guy and it was a trip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPJEbX_lJhk

Anyways OP that was a cool video. Had no idea.

 

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Timbuktu

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• Aug 18, 2017

• #11

Moppeh said:

That was a cool video, OP, thanks for sharing.

There is something so surreal and neat about hearing people with Asian backgrounds speak with the very iconic, non-Asian accents.

I remember hearing an Asian-Australian speak recently and thinking the same thing.

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Must be the same feeling i get when I see a white guy speak perfect Cantonese.

 

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Blablurn

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• Aug 18, 2017

• #12

Thanks for sharing mate! Appreciate it!

 

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El Sloth

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• Aug 18, 2017

• #13

Y'all should check out their previous video in the series too https://youtu.be/DvXJoCiP6hM