Slum Tourists: When Wealthy People Toured Chinatown ‘For Fun’
February 23, 202244m 58s
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Show Notes
It’s true — back in the day, wealthy residents of cities from London to Chicago would pay for tours of disadvantaged communities, the same way that you might take your friends to a zoo today. The communities responded, staging events meant to give the upper class an ersatz sense of authenticity. Spoiler, it was terrible.
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