• In June and July 2023, the American Medical Association (AMA) and American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) joined several other medical groups to denounce the recent SCOTUS ruling regarding affirmative action college admissions. (americanthinker.com)
  • In the period between March 19, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2021, a total of 10,905 hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. were reported to Stop AAPI Hate. (nbcwashington.com)
  • In 2021, Asian American employees accounted for 9 percent of senior vice presidents but just 5 percent of promotions from senior vice president to the C-suite, according to a McKinsey & Co. report. (shrm.org)
  • A demonstrator takes part in a rally to raise awareness of anti-Asian violence in Los Angeles, on Feb. 20, 2021. (go.com)
  • Fast-forward to 2021, and this obscure American brand has suddenly come under storm. (complex.com)
  • 18-year-old Natalie Choi, right, embraces younger brother Aidan, 16, while attending a 'Love our People: Heal our Communities' rally at Civic Center Plaza in condemnation of the recent increase in violence towards the Asian American community around the Bay Area in San Francisco, California Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (cnbc.com)
  • ANYA KAMENETZ, BYLINE: As of February 2021, almost 7 in 10 Asian American K-12 students were still learning online only, according to the Education Department's latest school survey. (nhpr.org)
  • The population of Asian Americans in the city of Los Angeles in 2018 denotes an increase from the 1,497,960 of 2010. (worldatlas.com)
  • A sian-American parents began mobilizing as a political force in June 2018, when de Blasio released a proposal to scrap the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT), an exam that tests verbal and mathematical ability and determines admissions to a special class of public high schools. (city-journal.org)
  • Nitha Mathew Joseph, PhD, RN, assistant professor at the Cizik School of Nursing at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston presented the findings during an oral session and press briefing at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 2018 Scientific Sessions . (medscape.com)
  • American Diabetes Association 2018 Scientific Sessions. (medscape.com)
  • House Republicans kicked off their first hearings of the year addressing the threat to America from China, with Democrats warning of racism. (breitbart.com)
  • Leftist internet trolls have been crying racism in response to Kyle Rittenhouse trial Judge Bruce Schroeder's reference to "Asian food" on Thursday as the court went into recess. (breitbart.com)
  • There are many barriers to testing, including anti-Asian racism. (scientificamerican.com)
  • So, in light of the controversy and the lack of coverage anti-Asian racism receives, here's why appropriating mahjong hurts the Asian and Asian American community. (complex.com)
  • The incidents come more than a year after many Asian Americans began experiencing Covid-related racism fueled by xenophobia, as well as former President Trump's repeated use of a racist description of the coronavirus . (cnbc.com)
  • One reason why more people aren't speaking up on the news, whether they're Asian American or not, may be due to a continued erasure of AAPI discrimination in the U.S. through what's known as the model minority myth , which holds the economic advancement of some Asian American individuals as a measure that AAPIs as a whole don't experience racism. (cnbc.com)
  • Poon, Jeung and other experts say beyond the rise in anti-Asian racism, there are more reasons that Asian Americans may be staying home from school in larger numbers. (nhpr.org)
  • Asian Americans' privilege is an uncomfortable thing for us to consider, given the very hard journey our immigrant parents, grandparents or great-grandparents may have taken to carve out a place for us here, and the microaggressions (along with more explicit forms of racism) we still experience in our own lives. (cnn.com)
  • As per estimates from 2016, Asian Americans make up at least 21 million of the total American population. (worldatlas.com)
  • According to the 2016 American Express State of Women-Owned Businesses Report, "[T]here are an estimated 922,700 Asian-American women-owned firms … generating $170.4 billion in revenues. (peta.org)
  • Questions for Anne K. Driscoll, Ph.D., Statistician and Lead Author of "Asian American Mothers: Maternal Characteristics by Maternal Place of Birth and Asian Subgroup, United States, 2016" Q: What do you feel was the most interesting finding in your report? (cdc.gov)
  • Astrid Norén-Nilsson is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies at Lund University, which she joined as an Associate Senior Lecturer in 2016. (lu.se)
  • Asian-Americans are buying guns to protect themselves amid a spike in anti-Asian hate crimes fueled by the coronavirus pandemic, firearms merchants say. (forbes.com)
  • But after the pandemic and all the hate crime going on, there are more Asians buying guns to defend themselves. (forbes.com)
  • Gong said that his gun sales have doubled during the pandemic, and about half of his business comes from Asian-Americans, who also buy lots of pepper spray. (forbes.com)
  • Tim Hensley, general manager of Towers Armory, a gun store and range in Oregon, Ohio, said they're now seeing about five or six Asian-American customers per day, compared to two or three per month before the pandemic. (forbes.com)
  • The researchers found that hate crimes spiked in March and April 2020 "amidst a rise in Covid cases and negative stereotyping of Asians relating to the pandemic. (forbes.com)
  • Edited by Dr. Tracy Buenavista, the current AAS 2022 Newsletter chronicles so many important moments for Asian American Studies as we are finally back on campus post-pandemic. (csun.edu)
  • As if a deadly virus weren't enough to contend with, Asian Americans face rising racist harassment and attacks during the pandemic. (scientificamerican.com)
  • The coronavirus pandemic has been linked to an uptick in attacks against Asian Americans. (go.com)
  • A barrage of attacks on Asian Americans, reported to be fueled in part by biases pertaining to the coronavirus pandemic, have filled communities around the country with fear and rage. (go.com)
  • The coronavirus pandemic and its suspected origins in Wuhan, China, is cited as having led to a new onslaught of Anti-Asian discrimination in the U.S. that has waged on for almost a year. (go.com)
  • While police say the motive for the attacks -- which include robberies and people being assaulted -- is unclear, it comes amid continued concern about anti-Chinese and anti-Asian sentiment surrounding the coronavirus pandemic and its origins in Wuhan, China. (go.com)
  • Since the beginning of the pandemic Asian American communities have been the target of and on guard for hate. (go.com)
  • Critics say former President Donald Trump helped fuel hate towards China and Chinese Americans over this issue since the beginning of the pandemic, often derisively referring to the coronavirus as the 'China virus' or 'Kung flu,' and continuously blaming China for the pandemic. (go.com)
  • Between March 19, 2020 and December 31, 2020, Stop AAPI Hate -- the nation's leading coalition documenting and addressing anti-Asian hate and discrimination amid the COVID-19 pandemic -- received 126 accounts of anti-Asian hate involving Asian Americans over 60 years old, accounting for 7.3% of Stop AAPI Hate's 2,808 self-reported incidents. (go.com)
  • Stop AAPI Hate , a national coalition documenting and addressing anti-Asian discrimination during the pandemic, received over 2,800 firsthand accounts of anti-Asian hate between March 19 and Dec. 31, 2020. (cnbc.com)
  • Whether related to perceived cultural norms or otherwise, some Asian Americans may feel the need to power through the normal routines of their day despite the many challenges of living through a pandemic, and on top of increased violence targeted toward people who look like them and their families. (cnbc.com)
  • KAMENETZ: Looking at the experiences of places like Taiwan or South Korea, some Asian Americans may feel that this country is not taking the pandemic seriously enough. (nhpr.org)
  • In 2020, Americans who identified as Asian alone (19,886,049) or in combination with other races (4,114,949) made up 7.2% of the U.S. population. (wikipedia.org)
  • Hate crimes against Asian-Americans surged 149% in 2020, while overall hate crimes fell 7%, according to a study based on police statistics by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. (forbes.com)
  • In an analysis of 50 million U.S. patients, Asians were most likely to die from COVID and to be hospitalized compared to white patients, according to a September 2020 report from Kaiser Family Foundation and Epic Health Research Network. (scientificamerican.com)
  • There have been nearly 3,000 hate incidents towards Asian Americans in 2020 alone, according to data from the Stop AAPI Hate coalition, which set up a website to help track the cases, some of which were not reported to police. (go.com)
  • Chen, now CEO of the Multicultural Leadership Institute in Los Angeles, spoke about the unique challenges that Asian American workers face on Oct. 26 at the SHRM INCLUSION 2022 conference in San Diego. (shrm.org)
  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2022 has concluded, but you can still enjoy a range of on-demand content and activities below! (asiasociety.org)
  • Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of such immigrants). (wikipedia.org)
  • Changing patterns of immigration and an extensive period of exclusion of Asian immigrants have resulted in demographic changes that have in turn affected the formal and common understandings of what defines Asian American. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cheese is a good rewards checking account for immigrants, Asian Americans, and people who want to support Asian American communities. (businessinsider.com)
  • Cheese is an online banking platform with a checking account meant for immigrants and Asian Americans. (businessinsider.com)
  • Vulnerable Asians-low-income, elderly, immigrants with limited English, and 1.7 million undocumented who can't readily access health care-are especially at risk. (scientificamerican.com)
  • The majority of the center's patients are Asian immigrants. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Tommy Lam is an Asian American designer at Complex Networks who grew up on Long Island, New York, as the son of Chinese immigrants. (complex.com)
  • Today, Tommy's father has a staff of Chinese immigrants who also came to America with the same intent to make money to feed and care for their families. (complex.com)
  • the reality is that many immigrants have to work twice as hard (if not harder) to have a comfortable living situation in America. (complex.com)
  • VAN TRAN: It cuts to the very core of trust and among immigrant families, what we call an institutional trust, with the public education system being one of the most important ones that many Asian immigrants encounter upon arriving in the United States. (nhpr.org)
  • May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a month that has special significance for me, since I'm a child of Chinese immigrants who were able to live the American Dream. (progressive.org)
  • And I will never forget the decades of interrogations and long detentions of immigrants at the Angel Island Immigration Station before they were admitted to America. (progressive.org)
  • SHAPIRO: Around the U.S., there are growing reports of targeted harassment against Asian Americans. (npr.org)
  • President Joe Biden has since signed an executive order directing federal agencies to combat coronavirus-fueled harassment and called the attacks on the Asian American community 'unacceptable,' but still, the violence has not stopped. (go.com)
  • The Biden directives are expected to include guidance to the Department of Justice instructing it to assist with more accurate data collection and reporting of hate incidents and harassment toward Asian Americans. (cbsnews.com)
  • Prior to being included in the "Asian" category in the 1980s, many Americans of South Asian descent usually classified themselves as Caucasian or other. (wikipedia.org)
  • According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "Asian person" in the United States is most often thought of as a person of East Asian descent. (wikipedia.org)
  • In vernacular usage, "Asian" is usually used to refer to those of East Asian descent or anyone else of Asian descent with epicanthic eyefolds. (wikipedia.org)
  • Despite being a new darling of the left for her vocal opposition to former President Donald Trump, Grammy-winning pop sensation Billie Eilish finds herself in the midst of a race scandal after video emerged on social media appearing to show the star mocking Asians, including using a racial slur against people of Chinese descent. (breitbart.com)
  • Eight people, including six women of Asian descent, were shot to death in a rampage at three spas on Tuesday. (forbes.com)
  • Critics said racist rhetoric by Trump exacerbated anti-Asian xenophobia in the U.S., alienating people of Asian descent. (go.com)
  • During President George W. Bush's administration, the Justice Department prioritized prosecuting bias crimes against Muslims, Sikhs, and persons of Arab and South-Asian descent. (cbsnews.com)
  • Wong, a native-born American of Chinese descent, traveled abroad and was denied re-entry to the United States because of the Chinese Exclusion Act. (progressive.org)
  • Many Asian parents, often of Chinese descent, say that abandoning the standardized-testing system will penalize Asian families, often poor, who have dedicated their limited resources to ensuring that their children can take advantage of every opportunity. (city-journal.org)
  • On Monday's edition of NBC's "MTP Now," Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) argued that the Supreme Court was wrong to strike down racial preferences in college admissions because discrimination hasn't ended because there have "been three years of anti-Asian hate. (breitbart.com)
  • Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called out anti-Asian American discrimination in the United States during a trip to East Asia this week to reassure allies and partners. (breitbart.com)
  • The 22-year-old Korean-American says she feels discrimination through small, subtle ways. (washingtonmonthly.com)
  • Claims of discrimination against Asian students at elite colleges aren't new at Harvard and elsewhere. (washingtonmonthly.com)
  • Russell Jeung is a professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University, and he set up a website to compile reports of discrimination. (npr.org)
  • During a nearly six-minute long report on Friday, NBC's Today show tried to directly lay blame for "growing discrimination" against Asian American at the feet of President Trump. (newsbusters.org)
  • We are back with an unexpected side effect of this coronavirus crisis - Asian Americans becoming targets of discrimination," co-host Hoda Kotb warned as she introduced the lengthy segment. (newsbusters.org)
  • HODA KOTB: We are back with an unexpected side effect of this coronavirus crisis - Asian Americans becoming targets of discrimination. (newsbusters.org)
  • Yet despite increasing calls for public awareness and action, many advocates say employers aren't doing enough provide support for AAPI employees who may be impacted by the news, or to recognize their own anti-Asian discrimination within the workplace. (cnbc.com)
  • Yes, Asian Americans face bias and discrimination . (cnn.com)
  • Just a few months ago, we were preoccupied by the impact of Covid-19 xenophobia and bigotry on our own Asian communities. (cnn.com)
  • The tech divide is wider for elderly Asians, especially during the lockdown when people cannot go to clinics or community centers for help. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Kin On, the organization that supports the elderly and adults in the greater Seattle Asian American community, recently named Randy Chan, Minh Ngo, Marcella Wing, Teri Wong, and David Yip as new board members for 2014. (nwasianweekly.com)
  • KAMENETZ: Russell Jeung is professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University and co-founder of the group Stop AAPI Hate. (nhpr.org)
  • As a rash of recent attacks in California and a number of incidents -- including the murder of an 84-year-old man -- have been caught on video, many Asian Americans are speaking out to raise awareness, offer support to each other and affirm to all the 'American' in the Asian American identity. (go.com)
  • A reported string of nearly two dozen violent, unprovoked attacks against Asians and Asian Americans in the Bay Area in recent weeks has left the community on edge, advocates say. (go.com)
  • Carl Chan, president of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, told ABC News that in recent weeks there's been an uptick in violent attacks targeting Asian families, customers and store owners in Oakland's Chinatown neighborhood. (go.com)
  • On Monday, police arrested Yahya Muslim, 28, who faces charges of assault and elder abuse in three of the 20 incidents reported in a series of unprovoked attacks targeting Asians in Oakland's Chinatown including the assault on the 91-year-old man, according to Oakland authorities. (go.com)
  • Even before the surge in attacks against Asians in the past year, the education issue had made many feel victimized by American society. (city-journal.org)
  • Jeff Lewis is walking back comments he and his radio guests made on SiriusXM about Asian Americans amid the global coronavirus crisis. (foxnews.com)
  • Before, there was never gun culture in the Asian community. (forbes.com)
  • TRUMP: It's very important that we totally protect our Asian American community in the United States and all around the world. (npr.org)
  • The editor of The Asian American Encyclopedia , he is also the co-editor of New Visions in Asian American Studies: Diversity, Community, Power, the author of Chinese Americans Struggle for Equality, and has written articles for anthologies and journals. (routledge.com)
  • With Asians getting "spat on, beaten up, killed … we suspect the Asian community was not getting tested for fear of leaving their homes," says Ninez Ponce, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Language is a big factor for serving vulnerable Asian patients, says Perry Pong, chief medical officer at the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center in New York. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Students can explore experiences of Asian Pacific Americans, particularly their community, culture, and histories. (ccsf.edu)
  • They can explore media stereotypes of Asian Americans, community issues and political participation, growing up in early Chinatown, Angel Island Immigration and Detention Center, early Asian American Women, workplace issues for Asian Americans. (ccsf.edu)
  • A clip followed of Democratic Texas State Representative Gene Wu proclaiming: "I have never seen the Asian American community this scared. (newsbusters.org)
  • After repeatedly calling it the "Chinese virus," President Trump appears to have stopped, and tweeted in part, "It is very important that we totally protect our Asian American community in the United States and all around the world. (newsbusters.org)
  • One of President Obama's biggest accomplishments with respect to the Asian Pacific American community is his appointment of a record number of APA federal judges . (msnbc.com)
  • For 40 years, AAJA has been a driving force in advocating for diversity in newsrooms, ensuring fair and accurate coverage of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and communities of color, and providing key educational programs and training to the community. (aaja.org)
  • Together, the Boeys have aided the growth and betterment of the community in a capacity of ways, some of which include having been donors to the NIU Foundation and serving as advocates and mentors for the Asian and Asian-American population on campus. (niu.edu)
  • Tuesdays offer an opportunity to learn about local Asian Americans who reflect the richness and diversity of our community through our video series Houston's Asian American Journeys . (asiasociety.org)
  • Our goal is to promote knowledge and understanding of the Asian and Asian American experience to the Purdue community and the Lafayette-West Lafayette community. (purdue.edu)
  • While research shows that individuals in the Asian American community suffer from high rates of mental illness, this is a population that has largely gone untreated. (psychologytoday.com)
  • This information on educational attainment for adults older than 25 comes from the the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey. (edweek.org)
  • The report recommends that campuses that do not disaggregate data on Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders should talk with community and student groups to consider changing their methods and look to the subgroups used by the Census Bureau as a guide. (edweek.org)
  • De Blasio postponed his plan and apologized in November to the Asian community, saying that he and Carranza "did not articulate well enough" the proposed reforms. (city-journal.org)
  • The study also suggests that "providing or implementing culturally friendly dietary education and physical activity intervention programs in the clinic itself or [in the Asian] Indian community may promote positive lifestyle changes and prevent diabetes and heart disease. (medscape.com)
  • Chinese, Indian, and Filipino Americans make up the largest share of the Asian American population with 5 million, 4.3 million, and 4 million people respectively. (wikipedia.org)
  • And just like "Latinx," the new term is proving to be massively unpopular among the very people it refers to - in this case, Filipinos and Filipino-Americans. (breitbart.com)
  • Some of the largest ethnic groups of Asian Americans include Chinese Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Japanese Americans, Filipino Americans, and others. (worldatlas.com)
  • Korean pop band BTS spoke from the White House Tuesday to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and urge fans to embrace diversity and speak out against hate crimes against AAPI Americans. (nbcwashington.com)
  • As HR professionals, the DE&I [diversity, equity and inclusion] challenges of Asian Americans are fundamentally different than those of other groups,' Chen said. (shrm.org)
  • Furthermore, inclusive workplaces have a responsibility to acknowledge the recent wave of anti-Asian violence and the racial trauma employees may be feeling, adds Michelle Kim , CEO of the diversity training provider Awaken . (cnbc.com)
  • Because of the diversity among students of Asian-American and Pacific Islander decent, a new report urges higher education officials to be more specific in how they collect and report information about their college experience. (edweek.org)
  • To advance the full and equal participation of Asian Pacific Americans in the building of a greater Michigan. (michigan.gov)
  • In January 2009, there were only eight Asian Pacific Americans in lifetime, federal judgeships throughout the country - out of 870 potential positions. (msnbc.com)
  • Asian Pacific Americans are the fastest growing racial group in the nation . (msnbc.com)
  • As an Asian American, it's always unsettling to see someone exploit our origins as a means of entertainment, co-opting our culture while minimizing our profile amid a surge in hate crimes against us . (complex.com)
  • Learn more about health disparities related to commercial tobacco use that affect Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander people. (cdc.gov)
  • Chen pointed to research revealing that 71 percent of Asian American adults were born abroad compared with 17 percent of all American adults. (shrm.org)
  • About 1 in every 20 (5.4%) non-Hispanic Asian adults smokes cigarettes. (cdc.gov)
  • Among Asian American adults, cigarette smoking is more common in men than women. (cdc.gov)
  • Learn the real stories of Asian American adults living with smoking-related diseases and disabilities. (cdc.gov)
  • South Asian (SA) and East Asian (EA) older adults represent the fastest growing group of Americans at risk for dementia , but their participation in aging and dementia research has been limited. (bvsalud.org)
  • 77 SA and 84 EA respondents were analyzed with 95 non- Asian adults . (bvsalud.org)
  • Although this term had historically been used for all the indigenous peoples of the continent of Asia, the usage of the term "Asian" by the United States Census Bureau only includes people with origins or ancestry from the Far East, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent and excludes people with ethnic origins in certain parts of Asia, including West Asia who are now categorized as Middle Eastern Americans. (wikipedia.org)
  • For example, since the removal of restrictive "national origins" quotas in 1965, the Asian American population has diversified greatly to include more of the peoples with ancestry from various parts of Asia. (wikipedia.org)
  • And I think on the other side of this crisis, you may see our Asian American communities in Los Angeles look very different, and that's what I'm concerned about. (npr.org)
  • Check out AAS 390: Asian American Communities taught by Professor Allan Aquino. (csun.edu)
  • According to People, Lewis and company said they would avoid eating at restaurants such as Panda Express and Chin Chin, refuse calls from Asian listeners, avoid venturing to Asian-dominated communities such as Chinatown and Los Angeles' famed TCL Chinese Theatre and even "quarantine" Asian American SiriusXM employees. (foxnews.com)
  • Some lawmakers and advocates , however, believe this represents a tiny fraction of the total in any given year -- as many victims in Asian American communities may not report crimes due to distrust of the government or language barriers. (go.com)
  • Selected to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the U.S. in May 1843 and the completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1859 that was made possible by thousands of Chinese laborers, APAH Month elevates the stories, contributions, and experiences of Asian and Asian American communities. (asiasociety.org)
  • Many communities are seeing a disturbing wave of anti-Asian violence in recent weeks, including robberies, burglaries and assaults targeting older Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) individuals. (cnbc.com)
  • During Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we remember the challenges and heartache that members of our communities faced and overcame to become part of the fabric of America. (progressive.org)
  • There's a quote from Cathy Park Hong's provocative and brilliant essay collection " Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning " that's one of the most jarringly apt summaries of the insidious nature of silence I've ever read. (cnn.com)
  • RUSSELL JEUNG: I think it is striking that Asian Americans are so hesitant to send their kids back to school. (nhpr.org)
  • These numbers equal 23%, 20%, and 18% of the total Asian American population, or 1.5% and 1.2% of the total U.S. population. (wikipedia.org)
  • SHAPIRO: So in Southern California, where you live, the Asian American population is big and diverse. (npr.org)
  • The City of Los Angeles in the state of California has the highest population of Asian Americans at about 1,884,669, which is about 14.7% of the total population. (worldatlas.com)
  • These three cities are the only ones with an Asian American population of at least one million. (worldatlas.com)
  • The population of Asian-Americans in the U.S. (washingtonmonthly.com)
  • Lewis continued in his berating of the Asian population and alleged that while he was a student at the University of Southern California, "[in] my experience, the Asians were the biggest cheaters of all. (foxnews.com)
  • POON: Asian Americans tend to be a very transnational population, meaning that we are - the majority of this population is immigrant or has immigrant ties. (nhpr.org)
  • Lumping data about Asian-American and Pacific Islanders together can provide a misleading statistical portrait about the population, the report says. (edweek.org)
  • Analyses of the 2010 census have shown that Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial group in the United States. (wikipedia.org)
  • The coalition is made up of nonprofit organizations, including Chinese, Pakistani and Indian groups, and it claims Harvard uses racial quotas to control the number of Asian-Americans on campus. (washingtonmonthly.com)
  • Tran adds that Asian Americans concerned about the news and how it's impacting them should check in with themselves first: 'Sometimes there are days I feel like this can power me through the work I do, because I do work on equity and racial justice. (cnbc.com)
  • Far more Asian American students are learning remotely than members of any other racial or ethnic group in the U.S., according to the latest federal data. (nhpr.org)
  • KAMENETZ: OiYan Poon is an expert in the racial politics of education, access and Asian Americans at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a mother. (nhpr.org)
  • There were almost twice as many Asian American voters in 2012 as there were in 2000, and by 2040, the number of Asian American registered voters will double yet again. (msnbc.com)
  • The Board of Supervisors of San Francisco agreed unanimously Tuesday to a resolution apologizing for centuries of prejudice against Chinese Americans, at the urging of a local high school student who organized the apology campaign. (breitbart.com)
  • She was a research fellow at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), Leiden, the Netherlands, 2013-15. (lu.se)
  • Along with all the other forms of stress and fear that Americans feel right now, Asian Americans feel one more - prejudice driven by the news that the virus was first detected in China. (npr.org)
  • The U.S. Mint has put silent-era Hollywood actress Anna May Wong on a special edition of U.S. quarters, making her the first Asian American to be featured on official U.S. currency. (breitbart.com)
  • Six months after she was immortalized with a U.S. quarter, Asian American Hollywood trailblazer Anna May Wong has received another accolade affirming her icon status - her own Barbie. (nbcwashington.com)
  • Mattel announced Monday the release of an Anna May Wong doll for Asian American and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month. (nbcwashington.com)
  • Wong, who is considered the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood, is the fifth and final woman to be individually featured on a quarter this year. (nbcwashington.com)
  • One Asian advocacy group says it has received more than 1,500 reports of COVID-related hate incidents since mid-January. (newsbusters.org)
  • New York City is second with 1,878,261 Asian Americans while San Francisco comes in the third position with about 1,005,823. (worldatlas.com)
  • In San Francisco, 84-year-old Thai American Vicha Ratanapakdee died from injuries after he was pushed to the sidewalk. (cnbc.com)
  • Nicole Hsiang, MFT has a psychotherapy practice in San Francisco, where she specializes in working with the unique issues facing second and third generation Asian American men and women. (psychologytoday.com)
  • As an Asian American therapist in San Francisco, I have worked with too many clients who suffered in silence for years before they finally sought help for their struggles. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Jake's a young Korean American dude like Amadeus, and in some ways they actually have a lot in common. (marvel.com)
  • When his friends and family members started noticing his unusual behavior and expressions, Ryan*, a Korean American man in his thirties, realized he needed to seek help for his feelings of depression in his late teens and twenties. (psychologytoday.com)
  • For Mark, a Korean American who grew up in the Midwest, the emotional struggle was visceral. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Is Harvard Showing Bias Against Asian-Americans? (washingtonmonthly.com)
  • History shows us that this nation's anti-Asian bias spikes in times of internal or external economic or military crisis and fades when these pressures abate. (cnn.com)
  • Headlines, health experts and policy makers rarely talk about COVID and Asian American disparities. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Yet reports show that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) suffer from disproportionately high COVID death rates and hospitalizations. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Yet among patients who tested positive for COVID, Asians were 57 percent more likely to be hospitalized and 49 percent more likely to die compared to whites with similar sociodemographic characteristics and underlying health conditions. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Another study of more than 85,000 patients in New York City's public hospital system also showed high COVID death rates and hospitalizations for Asians, especially for Chinese and South Asian patients respectively. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Yet these alarming numbers about Asian Americans and COVID get little attention from mainstream media, academics and public health experts. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Danielle Jaymes, general manager of Poway Weapons & Gear in Poway, California, said there's been a 20% increase in Asian-American first-time customers to her store over the last year, compared to the year before. (forbes.com)
  • David Liu, owner of Arcadia Firearm & Safety in Arcadia, California, a majority Asian-American town, said that there was a flood of gun buyers early last year. (forbes.com)
  • One contributing factor could be that many Asian students live in California, where many public schools remained closed in February. (nhpr.org)
  • Back in 1978, Congress passed a resolution to commemorate Asian American Heritage Week during the first 10 days of May. (progressive.org)
  • The most commonly used definition of Asian American is the U.S. Census Bureau definition, which includes all people with origins in the Far East, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. (wikipedia.org)
  • Chen also noted that 75 percent of white Americans have core social networks entirely made up of white people. (shrm.org)
  • So we don't know if it's intentional or unintentional, but this type of coughing at people and spitting at people, it's something that Asians are actually experiencing a lot more. (npr.org)
  • We found hundreds of articles about policies that people thought were xenophobic - economic boycotts of Asian businesses - and then later on about interactions that Asian Americans were having where people were bullying, taunting, harassing and now attacking. (npr.org)
  • Our classes are open to all students interested in exploring the experience of people from Asian and Pacific backgrounds in the United States. (ccsf.edu)
  • We love our Asian listeners and we would never want them to feel excluded," Lewis said, according to People. (foxnews.com)
  • There used to be three Asian American people working here, but Megan has locked them in the green room because she's so concerned. (foxnews.com)
  • From claiming mahjong to be 'American' to changing the original Mahjong set design, here's why The Mahjong Line appropriation hurts our people. (complex.com)
  • To Asian Americans feeling this way, Kim says, 'I really hope people are able to take the space and time they need to process what they're feeling, and to not minimize or invalidate that for themselves. (cnbc.com)
  • Smoking raises your risk for cancer, heart disease, and stroke, which are among the leading causes of death for people who are Asian American. (cdc.gov)
  • But our story begins with Amadeus having the chance to hang out with some of his fellow Asian American super heroes. (marvel.com)
  • But they have also exposed old wounds as advocates implore their fellow Americans to see and hear what they call a long-standing plight of invisibility. (go.com)
  • Tou Thao, Chauvin's Asian American fellow officer on the scene, stood by , hands in his pockets, even as onlookers pointed out that Floyd wasn't moving, and didn't seem to be breathing. (cnn.com)
  • Data also shows that 13 cities and places within Los Angeles are predominantly composed of Asian American populations. (worldatlas.com)
  • These Asian American populations in the city have roots in a number of countries such as China, Burma, China, Indonesia, Korea, and other Asian countries. (worldatlas.com)
  • Kathy Ko Chin is president and CEO of the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, a national social justice organization that works to improve the health of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders and other underserved populations. (progressive.org)
  • However, more studies of rare variants in non-European ancestry populations, in particular South Asian populations, are necessary to further evaluate the world-wide role of RIC3 in PD etiology. (lu.se)
  • The Biden administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to abandon a Trump-era legal challenge alleging that Harvard College's admission policies discriminate against Asian-American applicants. (breitbart.com)
  • Another surveillance video released by the owner of an Oakland Chinatown shop captured the moment that a man walked up to an Asian customer trying to pay at the cashier, when he snatched their wallet and fled. (go.com)
  • I will say that we know that suspects have come to Chinatown specifically to target Asian victims, older Asian victims. (go.com)
  • To celebrate the opening of the new semester, Asian American Studies (AAS) and the Asian American Studies Pathways Project (AASPP) in collaboration with the USU will be hosting two events happening this week. (csun.edu)
  • This Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, join Asia Society Texas for 31 ways to celebrate the vibrant and diverse traditions and contributions of Asians and Asian Americans. (asiasociety.org)
  • Since 1979, May has been a dedicated time to celebrate Asian Pacific American heritage, but it wasn't until 1992 that May was officially designated Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. (asiasociety.org)
  • Attend a live program, try a new restaurant, expand your playlist, and find inspiration to celebrate Asian Pacific American heritage throughout the month of May and beyond. (asiasociety.org)
  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is a great time to learn about the challenges and celebrate the achievements that define our great collective history. (progressive.org)
  • May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, but artist and baker Jasmine Cho uses her cookies as a canvas to bring attention to AAPIs every month. (nbcwashington.com)
  • A group of more than 60 organizations has filed a complaint with the federal government claiming Harvard holds higher expectations for its Asian applicants than other minorities. (washingtonmonthly.com)
  • And they say Harvard's admissions process lumps together different groups of Asian applicants into a single, high-performing stereotype. (washingtonmonthly.com)
  • A new play at Arena Stage featuring an almost all-Asian cast touches on the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which banned Chinese laborers from entering the U.S. for decades. (nbcwashington.com)
  • ORLANDO - An observational study of 1000 adult Asian Indians who had been living in the United States for about 20 years found that adopting American habits was bad for their cardiometabolic health: those with an unhealthy diet had poor HbA 1c levels and those who were inactive had poor HDL-C levels. (medscape.com)
  • Invited to comment, Rucha J. Mehta, MD, an endocrinologist in Bhat, Ahmedabad, India told Medscape Medical News in an email that "indeed a sedentary lifestyle as well as adoption of unhealthy dietary patterns seems to be the reason for the increasing prevalence of diabetes in India and the same is likely true of [Asian] Indians residing in the United States. (medscape.com)
  • I strongly believe that physicians caring for Asian Indians with diabetes need to spend a good amount of time analyzing the dietary patterns of this group," she stressed, "as it is a very carbohydrate-rich diet. (medscape.com)
  • Asian Indians have one of the highest incidence rates of diabetes," she stressed, "with rapid conversion from normoglycemia to dysglycemia. (medscape.com)
  • Asian Indians are the second largest and fastest growing group of Asian Americans, following Chinese, Mathew Joseph reported, and they have higher rates of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) than other groups. (medscape.com)
  • Previous research has shown that "Asian Indians are coming to the United States and eating fast foods, fatty foods, sugar-sweetened beverages, and added sweeteners, and so on, and [are] driving everywhere (as opposed to walking)," she added, "and this is putting them at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes and CVD. (medscape.com)
  • They're feeling a lot more unsafe in their environment and I think it's more dramatic for them now, especially with what just happened," he said, referring to Tuesday's mass shooting in Georgia where most of the victims were Asian. (forbes.com)
  • But the fact that most of his victims were Asian wasn't lost on anybody. (forbes.com)
  • Chan has collected more than 20 incident reports submitted by victims to the Oakland Chamber of Commerce in recent weeks as well as surveillance videos showing local stores being robbed and Asian business owners and customers being assaulted. (go.com)
  • The stigma of mental illness in Asian cultures can make it unsafe to express feelings of overwhelm and vulnerability, let alone talking openly about your symptoms of depression. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Clinicians need to be aware that Asian Indian Americans are at especially high risk for type 2 diabetes and they should screen such patients for prediabetes, insulin resistance, and diabetes," lead author Mathew Joseph told Medscape Medical News . (medscape.com)
  • The idea that AAPI individuals are 'tech, not exec' and the stereotypes of 'the perpetual foreigner' and 'the interchangeable Asian' hurt their careers. (shrm.org)
  • We also investigated RIC3 using summary statistics from a Latin American cohort of 1,481 individuals, and from a cohort of 31,575 individuals of East Asian ancestry. (lu.se)
  • We here at CSUN's Asian American Studies Department unequivocably condemn the heartless and cruel murders of Mr. George Floyd, Mr. Ahmaud Arbery, Ms. Breonna Taylor, Ms. Dominique Clayton and countless others. (csun.edu)
  • The Asian American Studies department offers courses year-round and now offers a certificate and degree in Asian American Studies. (ccsf.edu)
  • Studying Asian American Studies can lead to a variety of different jobs or career paths. (ccsf.edu)
  • She is also the Director of Studies for the MSc Asian Studies programme. (lu.se)
  • A federal judge Friday ruled that admissions changes at the nation's top public high school, which were put in place to pursue "equity," are discriminatory against Asian Americans. (breitbart.com)