https://www.scmp.com/rss/500080/feed The latest news, analysis and opinion on Laundry business. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In this ad from the 1970s, detergent maker Calgon depicts its soap as the “ancient Chinese secret” behind Chinese laundromats. The stereotype of the Chinese laundry gets routinely parodied in the media, because so many Americans are familiar with the small, Chinese-owned laundry. To trace the origins of this, we have to go back to the California gold rush of 1849. Initially, the thousands of Chinese men who moved to the west worked in mines, but by the ‘70s, growing anti-Chinese sentiment... https://www.scmp.com/identity/why-chinese-laundry-stereotype-persists/article/3000121?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/identity/why-chinese-laundry-stereotype-persists/article/3000121?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Sep 2018 12:41:50 +0000