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The power and the perils of an Asian American political awakening
The surge in hate crimes is feeding a new spirit of solidarity. But it’s also renewing a longstanding question for the movement: How do disparate sets of people unite without flattening their substantial differences?
By Noah Y. KimUpdated April 2, 2021, 3:05 a.m.
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Bystanders watch as demonstrators march against anti-Asian violence in New York City on March 27.Stephanie Keith/Getty
An odd thing about the term “Asian American” is that it’s more often used by nonprofits and census-takers than by the people it’s supposed to describe. Most Asian Americans — two-thirds according to some surveys — choose to identify themselves along ethnic, rather than racial, lines, calling themselves Korean or Bangladeshi Americans, for example, as opposed to Asian. ....

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