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NBC News: Asian American enclaves survived racist laws. Can they survive redevelopment?

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NBC News - More than 150 years since the first Chinatowns emerged in the United States, Asian American neighborhoods across the country continue to thrive as cultural hubs that also provide spaces for new immigrants to gain a foothold in American society.

While the legal segregation that once defined Chinatowns is past, Asian neighborhoods now face new challenges, such as gentrification and urban redevelopment, and also opportunities, such as new capital, that will shape these regions into the futureā€¦

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