"It was the overall impact this is having on the Asian-American community."

Because that is really their only point of contact, or awareness, with the Asian-American community.

Scholars say this change reflects a general demographic shift in the last decade or so within many Asian-American communities.

In the Asian-American community, the wait for low-cost, culturally competent child care can be three years.

"They don't think they're going to get any backlash from the Asian-American community," she said.

And with the immigrants came the same entrepreneurial culture that has been at work in older Asian-American communities for decades.

In December 2007, a new library was opened to serve the area's Asian-American community.

Colleagues say he has raised millions, much of it from the Asian-American community.

But many say the bigger problem is that the Asian-American community is turning upon itself in fear.

Their actions prompted national outrage and boycotts from local Asian-American communities.