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Asian Americans represent a growing share of the national population and of the electorate. [1] 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. [2] [3] Asian Americans were once a strong constituency for Republicans.
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 Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Research Consortium (AAPIPRC) focuses on critical policy issues facing the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. . Conceived of as part of the White House Executive Order 13515 (2009) (Increasing Participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Federal Programs) [1] the consortium supports, promotes, and conducts applied social ...
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) was a United States governmental office first created on June 7, 1999, under the Clinton Administration that coordinated an ambitious whole-of-government approach to advance equity, justice, and opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA and NHPIs).
Ramakrishnan said the concept of Asian American representation can be divided into "descriptive," meaning physically representative of a group, and "substantive," meaning representative of the ...
"Asian‐American Public Opinion." (2011). Findings from the National Asian American Survey have been used and interpreted in the following: Hajnal, Zoltan L., and Taeku Lee. Why Americans don't join the party: Race, immigration, and the failure (of political parties) to engage the electorate. Princeton University Press, 2011.
WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Monday declined to decide whether Asian Americans and white students can challenge a school's admissions policy as discriminatory even if those racial groups ...
Asian American representation in Hollywood increased significantly over the last 15 years, a new study by the University of Southern California shows. At the same time, progress has been stagnant ...