Didn't this story from 2 years ago? Anyways, this "science" has been going on for quite some time now.
Tuskegee experiment
Small pox blankets
and this story OP.
Stick to burbon st and you will find everything you need. I don't know it s it's still there, but at the end of Burbon st there is a little breakfast spot thats open late. I would hit that up at least 4X a week.
From my experience, 9/10 consider themselves pacific islanders. Asian as a political term has been used to refer to specific countries in the continent of Asia. This is also the reason why people do a double take when Indian's are referred to as asian.