Asian Americans of various ethnicit...

Asian Americans of various ethnicities in the North Side's West Roger Park neighborhood are seeking to create the first Asian seat in the Illinois General Assembly during this year's remap, the Chicago Reader reports. In the past three decades, West Devon Avenue, united of the area's main thoroughfares, has evolv from a predominantly Jewish neighborhood into a diverse community. yet running an Asian candidate is a question because Asians don't share "a used by all language, religion, or culture, and ancient enmities divide them," reports the Reader. Asians are 3 percent of the city's population nevertheless 23 percent in West Roger Park, according to the article.

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