Harks back to the San Fran conversation we had a month back. Austin is a very strange case, because as the reporter points out, it really makes no bones about its segregation. The interstate highway near-perfectly divides the races.
A point worth making is that south Austin (very Hispanic) and east Austin (black and Hispanic, more or less) are by far the most interesting parts of town. I grew up in west Austin, being white. West Austin's just a giant suburb. I spent all my time in south Austin, where the food, head shops and fun neighborhoods are. I guess what I'm trying to say is that the segregation is in my opinion extremely detrimental to both sides of the coin, not just the segregated group. Strange situation in Austin.
And of course disregarding for what purpose the segregation was originally begun, it's a largely economic thing now. That's pretty hard to reverse.