Resisting Change in Suburbia: Asian Immigrants and Frontier Nostalgia in L.A. Volume 67 Zarsadiaz James

2023 Lawrence W. By the late 1990s, their "model minority" status resulted in greater influence in local culture, neighborhood politics, and policies regarding the use of suburban space. Levine Award Winner, Organization of American HistoriansBetween the 1980s and the first decade of the twenty-first century, Asian Americans in Los Angeles moved toward becoming a racial majority in the communities of the East San Gabriel Valley.

While some Asian suburbanites challenged whites' concerns, many others did not. In the "country living" subdivisions, which featured symbols of Western agrarianism including horse trails, ranch fencing, and Spanish colonial architecture, white homeowners encouraged assimilation and enacted policies suppressing unwanted "changes"--that is, increased density and influence of Asian culture. Rather, white critics found support from affluent Asian