Produced by Yvonne Gall of CBC-Radio, Vancouver, the 1-hour long program “Chinese Laundry Kids” examines the experiences and memories of several Chinese who grew up working in their family laundries. It will air on April 18, 9 p. m. Pacific Time, and on May 2 appear on their website: www.CBC.ca/ideas
The origins for this program started last May at a fund raising event at Vancouver’s historic Chinatown family restaurant, Foo’s Ho Ho where ‘laundry kids’, Elwin Xie, Judy Fong Bates, and I spoke about our experiences growing up and working to help our parents run laundries. Yvonne was in the audience and found a compelling story in what she learned. A few months later she came to southern California to interview me and to make a visit to West Los Angeles to visit one of the last fully operational Chinese laundries in town. (Laundries should not be confused with “laundromats,” which are not at all the same). Yvonne is to be commended for the outstanding program that she produced for CBC-Radio.
If you miss the program, listen to a downloadable audiofile Chinese Laundry Kids
