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Sunset Tensions

15 years ago, San Francisco's Sunset district was overwhelmingly Irish-Catholic. Now it's 60 percent Asian. Recently, swastikas have been painted on Asian-owned businesses and racial tensions have been rising. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports that despite the city's reputation for tolerance, San Francisco has not been immune to the problems experienced in other cities when neighborhoods are transformed.

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