The Latino and Asian populations each have more than doubled in the past 20 years, dramatically altering the dynamics of race. Just over a decade ago, the broad swath of the county popularly known as South Central was synonymous with black Los Angeles. Meanwhile, many non-Hispanic whites are relocating to more distant suburbs or leaving California altogether. What is happening here represents the leading edge of racial and ethnic changes affecting communities across America. That is b.s.
Diversity simply is.
But the exploding diversity also has changed the nature of racial conflict and drawn new groups into battles that once were waged almost exclusively between blacks and whites. This new reality fuels the racial isolation evident in many walks of life here. Many of the furniture factories in South Central have only Latino workers. The toy factories near downtown employ mainly Chinese. Many of the small grocery stores are owned and run by Koreans.