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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 ...
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 ...
The Workshop also offers the Asian American Literary Awards and sponsors Page Turner: The Asian American Literary Festival. In 2007, AAWW partnered with Hyphen Magazine to start a short story contest called the Hyphen Asian American Short Story Contest, the only national, pan-Asian American writing competition of its kind. [6]
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
Sunil Yapa is a Sri Lankan American fiction writer and novelist. Yapa won the 2010 Hyphen Asian American Short Story Contest for his short story, "Pilgrims (What is Lost and You Cannot Regain)," which is also published in the Fall 2010 issue of Hyphen, Issue No. 21, the "New Legacy Issue."
Of the top films and television shows on streaming platforms that included at least one Asian cast member in 2022, only 6% had an Asian character in a leading role, a new report found. The study ...
Shien Biau Woo became the first Asian American statewide officer in the Northeast, when he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in 1984. Leana Wen, prominent Asian American and public health leader, currently Commissioner of Health in Baltimore. David Wu, first Taiwanese American U.S. Representative (D-OR) Lily Wu, mayor of Wichita, Kansas
The Welsh American Myrna Loy was the "go-to girl" for any portrayal of Asian characters and was typecast in over a dozen films, while Chinese detective Charlie Chan, who was modeled after Chang Apana, a real-life Chinese Hawaiian detective, was portrayed by several European and European American actors including Warner Oland, Sidney Toler, and ...