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The question is whether in our cities we can build a set of commonly accepted rules that enhances individuality and life chances but also provides the glue and tolerance to prevent us from going for each others throats. But remember. urban America is not only divided by a line between blacks on one side and whites on another. Increasingly. it is a mixture of races. languages. and religions as new Immigrants arrive in search of economic promise and freedom from state control. Just think. over 4.5 million Latinos and nearly 5 million AsianPacifics have arrived in America since In New Jersey. schoolchildren come from families that speak 120 different languages at home. In Atlanta. managers of some lowincome apartment complexes that were virtually once all black now need to speak fluent Spanish.