Asian Americans, hosted by the Pan-Asian Organization.
Photo by Pei Robins.
*All factual information taken from PBS’ Asian Americans Episode 5: “Breaking Through”
Asian Americans are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States. Comedian Hari Kondabolu reassured the group projected to become the statistical minority by 2042: “Don’t freak out, white people!” he said, “You were the minority when you came to this country.” Those lines begin the final installment of PBS’ five-episode feature documentary,
Asian Americans, which was streamed at the Pan-Asian Organization’s (PAO) second Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM) event. The series takes on the herculean task of narrating the expansive but buried history of the eponymous group.