It is common knowledge that whites and blacks used to be segregated in the U.S, especially in the south. However, what was the place of groups that were neither black or white, such as latinos and asians within this segregation? Were they simply placed on the "whites" side?
Apparently this has been asked before and led to a 115 comment discussion, so it may be helpful:
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1e38qd/what_was_it_like_to_be_asianlatino_in_the/