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Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. They tend to refer specifically to Chinese, Korean and Japanese Americans, though in definition they encompass any minority group whose national origin is from the Asian continent. Overall, Asian Americans have the second lowest poverty rate after non Hispanic whites. and the highest educational attainment levels, median household income, and median personal income of any racial demographic in the nation. Asian Americans make up the third largest minority group in the United States. The term Asian American was used informally by activists in the 1960s who sought an alternative to the term Oriental, arguing that the latter was derogatory and colonialist. Formal usage was introduced by academics in the early 1970s, notably by historian Yuji Ichioka, who is credited with popularizing the term. Today, Asian American is the accepted term for most formal purposes, such as government and academic research, although it is often shortened to Asian in common usage. As with other racial and ethnicity based terms, formal and common usage have changed markedly through the short history of this term. The most significant change occurred when the Hart-Celler Act of 1965 eliminated highly restrictive "national origins" quotas, designed, among other things, to restrict immigration of those of Asian racial background. The new system, based on skills and family connections to U.S. residents, enabled significant immigration from every nation in Asia, which led to dramatic and ongoing changes in the Asian American population. As a result of these population changes, the formal and common understandings of what defines Asian American have expanded to include more of the peoples with ancestry from various parts of Asia. Because of their more recent immigration, new Asian immigrants also have had different educational, economic and other characteristics than early 20th century immigrants. They also tend to have different employment and settlement patterns in the United States. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Hi can anybody give me some historical context during the Asian American Movement? Q. Hi can anybody give me some historical context during the Asian American Movement? what was going on during this time? what made the asian american movement so important? Asked by scrub - Tue May 26 23:13:09 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. What Asian American movement? To Americans, "Asians" can include people from China, India, Japan, Korea.. Answered by unknown - Tue May 26 23:30:04 2009 Why do white women dislike dating east asian american men or pacific islander? Q. Why do white women dislike dating east asian american men or pacific islander? I lived in West Coast and Hawaii for many years, and found many white women date asian american men. As i move toward the midwest (chicago) and east coast (new york city), i find majority white women dislike dating asian amercian men. Its really funny Asked by John B - Mon May 14 10:34:49 2007 - - 13 Answers - 0 Comments A. i'm an equal opportunity dater, and have gone out with women of many ethnicities. we treat each other as regular people and tend to get along that way. in some cases, rejection may not have anything to do with race. do these women ever say why? do they tell you "i'm not into asians?" what's a guy (or girl) supposed to do when he/she hears that? jasumi is absolutely right about one dimensional media portrayals of asian men. any stereotype is hurtful, and for asians, they range from being an honors student to the violent alcoholic. but how attractive is a person who believes and projects stereotypes onto you? even if i wasn't an asian male, i would question the integrity and character of a person who has some kind of racial or culturized… [cont.] Answered by Daniel - Wed May 16 16:32:46 2007 Average sizes for an asian american women?
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