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In the United States, the term hyphenated American refers to the use of a hyphen (in some styles of writing) between the name of an ethnicity and the word American in compound nouns, e.g., as in Irish-American. Calling a person a "hyphenated American" was used as an insult alleging divided political or national loyalties, especially in times of ...
The majority of Americans can’t name a single famous Asian American, according to a recent survey. The most common answers besides "I can't think of one" was Jackie Chan, who's not American, and ...
Hazel Ying Lee (李月英) – first Chinese American woman to earn a pilot's license; flew for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II as a Woman Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) Kurt Lee – Major, US Marine Corps.; first Asian American Marine Corps officer, Navy Cross recipient [7] [8]
Asian Americans play in a handful of "all-American" bands, including quarter-Indonesian Eddie Van Halen, James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins, Korean American bassist and a founding member of the progressive metal group Dream Theater John Myung, Keralan Indian Kim Thayil of Soundgarden, Karen O the Korean American lead vocalist of rock band Yeah ...
American Born Chinese: Majority of the cast is Chinese 2023 –present My Adventures with Superman: Lois Lane is voiced by Alice Lee: 2023 –present Mech Cadets: Majority of voice cast is Asian 2023 –present Ahsoka: Major starring characters portrayed by Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Eman Esfandi: 2023 –present One Piece
Cynthia Kadohata; Michiko Kakutani; Mindy Kaling; Jay Caspian Kang, journalist, novelist; Michael Kang; Minsoo Kang, historian and writer; Younghill Kang, novelist ...
Job applicants with Asian-sounding names — e.g. Khan, Chiang and Suzuki — are 28% less likely to get called in for an interview than their Anglo counterparts, according to a new study ...
1957: Dalip Singh Saund becomes the first Asian-American elected to the United States Congress, as a Representative for California's 29th district. 1962 Patsy Mink becomes the first Asian-American woman elected to a state legislative body in the United States, in the Hawaii State Senate [48] 1964: Hiram Fong becomes the first Asian-American U.S ...