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Re-Evaluating The American Dream For Low-Wage Chinese Workers In Los Angeles, Priscilla Hsu
Re-Evaluating The American Dream For Low-Wage Chinese Workers In Los Angeles, Priscilla Hsu
CMC Senior Theses
The research in this thesis will look at the lives of a very specific group of Chinese immigrant workers in the restaurant industry, particularly those in the metropolitan city of Los Angeles. While unskilled Chinese workers are popular in the Chinese restaurant business because of the lack of skills required, they are quite mobile between the manufacturing and construction sectors as well. Working conditions are less than ideal for these immigrants, who find that life in America may not be what they expected prior to arrival. Though there are many organizations that seek to improve the lives of immigrants already …