"I can't really think of one," said Annie Clark, development officer for the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority and a well-known activist in the community.  Bob Santos, a civil-rights activist who led the community in the 1960's, had a similar response.

Clark did point to the problem that Asian American communities across the nation face - a loss of heritage once people immigrate to this country.  While she was at a barbecue in the International District last week, she heard a father speak to his son in Chinese and the son replied, "Speak to me in English, dammit!"

Clark wonders what will happen as the generations progress what the term 'Asian-American' will really mean.  She says that some Asian-Americans now are "too busy making money and caught up in the American dream to remember the traditional values."

Another concern of Clark's is the threat of large real estate developments to the predominantly Asian International District.  Since the Kingdome was erected in 1976, it has closed small businesses in the district because of the increase in traffic. She says that elderly people are also afraid to walk outside during baseball games because of drunken sports fans.

"The neighborhood already shuts down when there is a baseball game," she said.

Clark is concerned about Paul Allen's development of a one million-square-foot office development nearby.  The $250 million project includes a 1,100-car parking facility. Although Allen gave the three communities affected by the new office space $10 million, Clark said that this will not be enough to compensate the damage on the community.