Asian American Identity: Things You Might Not Know | Clarified | Very Local

In this episode of "Clarified," we meet members of the Asian American community who challenge the stereotype that the Asian identity is a monolith in their everyday lives.
Before 1968, the term Asian American did not exist. Inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, Berkley student activists Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee coined the term to replace the derogatory term "oriental" and to unite people who immigrated from all of the 49 Asian countries.
According to Pew Research, the Asian population increased 81%, from 10.5 million in 2000 to 18.9 million in 2019.
However, Asian American subgroups are combined in statistics, eliminating their individual identities such as language, culture, origin, socioeconomic class, and religion.
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