In Cupertino it was just like this. I had people yell at me at gas stations because they thought I was Chinese. The Chinese and Indians were coming over in droves, buying houses sight unseen to tear them down and build monstrosities. The city council was angry because Indian and Chinese people were starting to get politically active and now there were enough of them to start getting on school boards and the city council. The animosity was so great that the city council turned down a Chinese businessmen who was willing to build and donate a library and property and all he wanted was to have the library named after him.
It really was the old school farming families and their heirs being pushed out of "their home." Lot's of anger. Twenty five years later things are much more diverse and the political climate reflects the changes but it didn't happen without much anger and animosity.
