Culture clash
Reporter Jennifer McLain wrote a story in today's paper about the Rosemead Chamber of Commerce, and its past president's allegations of a racial divide.
Robin Hu said he resigned from the 86-year-old group last month becasue the chamber refuses to promote the Asian business community. Rosemead's Asian population makes up nearly 50 percent of the city's total population, according to McLain.
Is it just me, or does it seem like a chamber would want to tap into nearly half of a target market?
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Change is hard, for both the newcomers and the old-timers.
The old timers have been running the show in Rosemead for the past thirty years and view anyone beyond their own little clique as "outsiders" who have come to "take over" "their" city.
The newcomers see they aren't welcome in the "white" Chamber and have formed their own ethnically-based organizations.
Posted by: Anonymous | March 24, 2008 12:54 PM