What I found most astounding reading the “Separate but equal” article is how segregated the Asian American communities are today. Nearly all of the nationalities within the Asian American community are considered to be at least 40% segregated from the rest of the white community; this is nearly the same as the Hispanic community. The Asian population is growing immensely and has been for the past few decades, which could lead to the reduction of the segregation percentage. However, segregation rates do vary from each metropolitan area. For example, the national segregation rate for the Japanese is around .336 or 33.6%. In the New York area the segregation rates for the Japanese is near .544, which is very uncommon in the other areas like San
