Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry. 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. The "Asian" census category includes people who indicate their race(s) on the census as "Asian" or reported entries such as "Chinese,Indian,Bangladeshi,Filipino,Vietnamese,Indonesian,Korean,Japanese,Pakistani,Malaysian,and Other Asian". 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.
Jade Snow Wong was a Chinese American ceramic artist and author of two memoirs. She was given the English name of Constance,also being known as Connie Wong Ong.
Dorinne K. Kondo is a professor of American studies and Ethnicity and Anthropology at the University of Southern California. She is a scholar,playwright,and has over 20 years of work experience in dramaturge;her work shows the structural inequality of race and ethnicities in the world of contemporary theatre. Her creative performances are shedding light on racism and power in the theatre industry but her work mostly focuses on discrimination and racism towards Asians,which makes a link to art and politics. Kondo's writings discuss issues on power,gender inequality,the discourses in a Japanese workplace,and racism in the fashion industry. She is an activist against racism in America as she has openly discussed and teaches about racism and inequality of the sexes as she thinks that there is a chance for social transformation.
The term model minority refers to a minority demographic,defined by factors such as ethnicity,race,or religion,whose members are perceived to achieve a higher socioeconomic status in comparison to the overall population average. Consequently,these groups are often regarded as a reference group for comparison to external groups (outgroups). This success is typically assessed through metrics including educational attainment,representation within managerial and professional occupations,household income,and various other socioeconomic indicators such as criminal activity and strong family and marital stability. The prominent association of the model minority concept is with Asian Americans within the United States. Additionally,analogous concepts of classism have been observed in numerous European countries,leading to the stereotyping of specific ethnic groups.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an Indian-born American author,poet,and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Her short story collection,Arranged Marriage,won an American Book Award in 1996. Two of her novels,as well as a short story were adapted into films.
The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) is a nonprofit organization of Asian-Pacific American trade union members affiliated with the AFL–CIO. It was the "first and only national organization for Asian Pacific American union members".
Nellie Wong is an American poet and activist for feminist and socialist causes. Wong is also an active member of the Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women.
Lisa Lowe is Samuel Knight Professor of American Studies Yale University,and an affiliate faculty in the programs in Ethnicity,Race,and Migration and Women's,Gender,and Sexuality Studies. Prior to Yale,she taught at the University of California,San Diego,and Tufts University. She began as a scholar of French and comparative literature,and since then her work has focused on the cultural politics of colonialism,immigration,and globalization. She is known especially for scholarship on French,British,and United States colonialisms,Asian migration and Asian American studies,race and liberalism,and comparative empires.
Indian Americans are citizens of the United States with ancestry from India. The term Asian Indian is used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States,who are also referred to as "Indians" or "American Indians." With a population of more than 4.4 million,Indian Americans make up approximately 1.35% of the U.S. population and are the largest group of South Asian Americans and the second-largest group of Asian Americans after Chinese Americans. Indian Americans are the highest-earning ethnic group in the United States.
Velina Hasu Houston is an American playwright,essayist,poet,author,editor and screenwriter who has had many works produced,presented and published. Her work draws from her experience of being multiracial as well as from the immigrant experiences of her family and those she encountered growing up in Junction City,Kansas.
Elaine H. Kim is an American writer,editor and professor emerita in Asian American Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of California,Berkeley. Kim retired from teaching in 2015. Her academic interests and research areas included Asian American cultural studies,art,literature,Asian diaspora studies,and Asian American feminism.
Asian Americans represent a growing share of the national population and of the electorate. The lower political participation of Asian Americans has been raised as a concern,especially as it relates to their influence on politics in the United States. In the 21st century,Asian Americans have become a key Democratic Party constituency.
National Asian American Survey is a nonpartisan organization that conducts representative surveys of the political and social preferences of the Asian American and Pacific Islander population in the United States.
Deborah Anne Wong is an American academic,educator,and ethnomusicologist. She is known for her studies of Asian-American and Thai music.
Natalia Molina is an American historian and Distinguished Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Fit To Be Citizens? Public Health and Race in Los Angeles,1879-1939,How Race Is Made in America:Immigration,Citizenship,and the Historical Power of Racial Scripts,and A Place at the Nayarit:How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community. In 2019,Molina co-edited a series of essays on the formation of race in the United States,Relational Formations of Race:Theory,Method,and Practice,in collaboration with Daniel Martínez Hosang and Ramón Gutiérrez. She has also published numerous articles in scholarly journals and contributes op-eds in nationally circulated newspapers. She received a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship for her work on race and citizenship. Molina is currently serving as the Interim Director of Research at The Huntington Library.
Sandra L. Hofferth is a Professor,the Department of Family Science,University of Maryland School of Public Health in the United States,and Director,Maternal and Child Health Bureau. She is the former co-director of the Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics and founding Director of its Child Development Supplement. Her research focuses on American children's use of time;poverty,food insecurity,public assistance,and child health and development;and fathers and fathering. Hofferth is the author of more than 100 articles and five books. Dr. Hofferth studies employment and parenting among women and most recently has extended this interest to men. Her current research focuses on the transition of young men to adulthood,particularly disadvantaged young men. Her papers have examined the link between the timing of childbirth and relationship outcomes for young men,factors influencing the transition of young men into residential and nonresidential fatherhood,the consequences of children for young men's relationships,and how young men's and their partner's employment experiences affect their relationships with children.
Michael Andrew Jones-Correa is President's Distinguished Professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. His research centers on the topics of immigrant political incorporation and ethnic and racial relations in the United States,often writing about political behavior in the context of institutional structures.
Subramanian Karthick Ramakrishnan,typically published as S. Karthick Ramakrishnan or Karthick Ramakrishnan,is an American political scientist,currently a professor of public policy and political science at the University of California,Riverside. He is also a founder and director of the UC Riverside Center for Social Innovation,and has been the Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy. He studies the political behavior and engagement of immigrants to the United States,and manages projects to gather data about minority groups in America.
Jane Junn is an American political scientist. She is the University of Southern California Associates Chair in Social Sciences,and a professor of political science and gender studies. She studies public opinion,political behavior,and survey methodology,including work on the relationship between education and public participation,Asian American political participation,and gender and politics.
Mary Margaret Conway,often published as M. Margaret Conway or Margaret Conway,is an American political scientist. She is a Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Florida. Conway is a scholar of political behavior,and particularly on how gender and race affect political participation.
