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During the 1990s and 2000s, Asian American voting behavior shifted from moderate support for the Republican Party to stronger support for the Democratic Party. [61] In the 1992 presidential election Republican George H. W. Bush received 55% of the Asian-American vote compared to 31% for Democrat Bill Clinton.
This is a list of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans in the U.S. Congress. Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The term refers to a panethnic group that includes diverse populations with ancestral origins in East Asia, South Asia or Southeast Asia, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. [1]
The book chronicles Zia's childhood in New Jersey and her interactions with American racial dynamics of the mid-20th century. Somini Gengupta of The New York Times stated that the book has a "polemical" tone and that it "is part memoir, part social history". [1] It also discusses the murder of Vincent Chin and the 1992 Los Angeles riots. [2]
In July 2021, the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act, which was led by Asian Americans Advancing Justice and The Asian American Foundation was signed into law, making Illinois the first state in the US to require all public schools to teach a unit of Asian American history. The legislation went into effect starting ...
In 2021, in Fairfax County, Virginia, a legal case has been filed by a group of Asian American parents against the school board in federal court for overhauling admission procedures which they claim now discriminates against Asian American students. The new policies have decreased Asian American representation at the prestigious Thomas ...
The production of "Frozen" by PS 124 helps Asian-American kids break stereotypes and tackle diversity and inclusion - and it's all captured on film.
It found there was little to no meaningful increase in representation, despite Asian Americans being the fastest-growing demographic in the U.S. Only 3.4% of films had an Asian American lead or co ...
[1] In 1989, Lin Liu, Sandra Yamane, Sharon Yanagi, Melinda Yee, Paul Igasaki, Rod Hsiao, and Chantale Wong, founded CAPAL in Washington D.C. in order to address the lack of Asian American Pacific Islander representation in public service. In almost 30 years, the organization has grown from an all-volunteer nonprofit organization to one with a ...