{"id":208337,"date":"2021-08-16T10:48:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T08:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=208337"},"modified":"2021-08-16T10:48:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T08:48:07","slug":"chinatown-market-changes-its-name-to-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/chinatown-market-changes-its-name-to-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinatown Market changes its name to &#8216;MARKET&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>After announcing in March that they were changing their name, Chinatown Market is now called MARKET.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-208332\" src=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/highxtar-chinatown-market-cambia-su-nombre-a-market-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1706\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/highxtar-chinatown-market-cambia-su-nombre-a-market-1.jpg 1706w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/highxtar-chinatown-market-cambia-su-nombre-a-market-1-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/highxtar-chinatown-market-cambia-su-nombre-a-market-1-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/highxtar-chinatown-market-cambia-su-nombre-a-market-1-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/highxtar-chinatown-market-cambia-su-nombre-a-market-1-1536x1080.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/highxtar-chinatown-market-cambia-su-nombre-a-market-1-973x684.jpg 973w, https:\/\/highxtar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/highxtar-chinatown-market-cambia-su-nombre-a-market-1-508x357.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1706px) 100vw, 1706px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The company made the decision to change its name in response to the growing number of attacks directed by the Asian-American community. A petition even appeared on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/chinatown-market-ha-anunciado-que-cambiara-su-nombre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Change.org<\/a><\/strong> demanding a name change, claiming that &#8220;the concept of Chinatown is not for sale, let alone to a white person who only uses the word as a synonym for piracy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The brand took to Instagram to acknowledge the criticism and announce the upcoming change in March, writing: &#8220;We should have done it sooner, but it&#8217;s never too late to do the right thing. 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