SGV Asian American Suburbs Fame Spreads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEfZIAWCZIw

Here at 8Asians, we’ve blogged about the Rise of Asian Majority Suburbs (Jeff) and the racial tensions in a super rich Southern California community transitioning from majority white to majority Asian in a single generation in The “Asianization” of Southern California’s San Marino (Koji). The First 626 Nightmarket (Mary) was an event that exploded beyond what anyone expected–I didn’t even go because on my way there, I saw the immediate tweets and facebook updates of how it was one massive traffic jam of people. Now, New York Times has apparently caught a whiff of the stinky tofu fragrances wafting over their way from Los Angeles’s dozens of Asian American dominant suburbs. Kids growing up in the SGV seriously think this is what America looks like, as in 60%+ Asian Americans, and still gawk in disbelief that the Census has recorded that Asian Pacific Heritage Americans only make up about 6% of the nation. Cultural, historical, political, and economic shifts aside, one thing is for sure–with food from almost every part of Asia within a 30 minute drive, life is pretty delicious down here in the 626. What a little taste of SGV? Make your own boba in the video above!