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Clash in Chinatown: Activists spar with area landlord, cultural museum over city funding, alleged ‘quid pro quo’

By Mark Hallum Posted on October 5, 2021
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After finding itself the target of allegedly false accusations in regard to funding from the city budget, a museum in Chinatown dedicated to the Asian experience in America is fighting back.

While hundreds have protesters on the streets around it’s Centre Street location in recent weeks, the Museum of Chinese in America’s (MOCA) attempt to recover from a fire has become thoroughly knotted within the politics of criminal justice reform and displacement from gentrification.

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Clash in Chinatown: Activists spar with area landlord, cultural museum over city funding, alleged ‘quid pro quo’

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