Chinatown kicked off its July 4th celebration one-day early Sunday for the fourth annual Independence Day Parade & Festival organized by the Better Chinatown Society and the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. At right: An undoctored photo of Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields at the event. Campaign aides to Fields, a candidate for mayor, admitted this week they combined photos of Asians, blacks, whites and Hispanics in literature to make it look like she was speaking to a diverse group. Left, Caitlan Escobar, 9, of the Zhang Martial Arts Center shows off her form.
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Chinatown kicked off its July 4th celebration one-day early Sunday for the fourth annual Independence Day Parade & Festival organized by the Better Chinatown Society and the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. At right: An undoctored photo of Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields at the event. Campaign aides to Fields, a candidate for mayor, admitted this week they combined photos of Asians, blacks, whites and Hispanics in literature to make it look like she was speaking to a diverse group. Left, Caitlan Escobar, 9, of the Zhang Martial Arts Center shows off her form.
