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The Inadequacy of the Term “Asian American” Details
MEDIA WATCH-Sarath Suong has often felt like the term “Asian American” doesn’t really serve him.
“I was told that I am Asian American when we came here,” says Suong, a Cambodian refugee who immigrated to the US as a child. “But I faced a lot of colorism, a lot of classism, and not a lot of understanding about who Southeast Asians are and how we fit into the Asian American context.”
Suong and his family were among tens of thousands of refugees who fled during the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, eventually settling in the Boston area. When he arrived in the US, he struggled to find where exactly he fit in a country where everyone from teachers to neighbors made him feel unwanted.
We speak about Asian Americans as a single block. Here’s how incredibly complex they are
Asian Americans are often labeled as a singular group, but the fastest growing population in the US is far from a monolith and their complex history and cultures are often glossed over.
While they have been in America since the nation’s infancy, Asian Americans continue being harmed by stereotypes like the “model minority” as well as racial violence. Much of the recent anti-Asian bias is a result of many people being ignorant of the group’s history in the country and xenophobic messaging around the Covid-19 pandemic, experts and lawmakers say.
Where Limited English Skills Mean Limited Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine
Our analysis finds that many states are not meeting their legal obligations to make information accessible.
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A Fire department health worker administering the COVID-19 vaccine. The Reno Fire department, City of Reno, and Mexican Consulate of Las Vegas partnered up to hold a COVID-19 vaccine event to engage the Mexican and Hispanic community and encourage people to get immunized.
In New York City’s Chinatown, a city-run vaccination site with no signage or intake questions in Chinese. In California, non-English speakers handed COVID-19 vaccination cards without information on what they mean. In Pennsylvania, people who speak Mandarin, Korean, and Japanese unable to make vaccine appointments due to a lack of interpreters at hospital call centers.
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