Chinese got a lot of Hells.
Jan. 14th, 2021 02:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreToday's research for the SFBA:RED project, reading the history of San Francisco's Tongs, the Chinese organized crime groups that grew up with the city. It's a fascinating topic.
The tongs are classical minority crime groups. Part local support structure for the Chinese, part business people, part criminal enterprise. The youth gangs in Chinatown would compete for the tongs' favor by doing the dirty work for them. This includes the infamous Golden Dragon massacre.
I think I'll recreate Rose Pak, a local legend who ran the political machine in Chinatown for many years, right up to her death in 2016. She's the perfect tong boss, aloof from the actual crimes, but has a hand in everything. She'll make a great long-term foe. . . or ally.
The tongs are classical minority crime groups. Part local support structure for the Chinese, part business people, part criminal enterprise. The youth gangs in Chinatown would compete for the tongs' favor by doing the dirty work for them. This includes the infamous Golden Dragon massacre.
I think I'll recreate Rose Pak, a local legend who ran the political machine in Chinatown for many years, right up to her death in 2016. She's the perfect tong boss, aloof from the actual crimes, but has a hand in everything. She'll make a great long-term foe. . . or ally.
