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Today is the first day of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, a time to celebrate and shine a spotlight on Asian Americans as part of the American fabric. This year, such recognition is particularly important because of the current violence against our community.
The size of the Asian American community hovers around 23 million, accounting for around 7 percent of all Americans, and that small 7 percent contains multitudes, a dizzying and constantly evolving diversity! With members hailing from 50 countries and ethnic groups and speaking more than 100 different languages, the Asian American story in its great breadth and richness has been hard to convey. As a result, the general public does not have a good understanding of the AAPI community, which has contributed to some Asian Americans feeling voiceless or unheard as part of the larger American story. At this moment in 2021, however, while we may feel unheard, we are very visible. ....