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Segregation levels for Asian-Americans are much lower then for blacks. Where black/white indexes of dissimilarity are commonly 50 or higher, Asian-Amerian/white indexes rarely reach 50, and are more commonly in the 30s and 40s. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The maps for L.A., N.Y. and the Bay Area show a classic immigrant pattern: a low-income "Chinatown" where newly arrived immigrants from east Asia first settle in high densities (taking advantage of the concentration of Chinese speakers), and dispersion of later-generation ethnic-group members to more prosperous, integrated neighborhoods. The stark contrast with black patterns of settlement reflects the fact that whites are much more willing to live with Asian neighbors than with black ones, so housing discrimination against Asians is very low. It also reflects the much greater relative prosperity of later-generation Asians to blacks, enabling them to move into richer areas. |  
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