What It's Like Navigating Asian American Identity as a Transracial Adoptee 24 Shares Violence perpetrated against members of the APIA (Asian Pacific Islander American) community is nothing new. However, the rise in divisive political rhetoric against the APIA community during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the sharp rise in violence, has thrown the systemic violence against the Asian community into renewed light. The more recent attacks on the community, including the murders of six Asian women in Atlanta have heightened the conversation, resulting in members of the APIA community speaking candidly about their painful experiences with racism and xenophobia. The Asian American and Pacific Islander communities are not a monolith. In fact, the APIA community encompasses the diaspora of roughly 50 ethnic groups, with histories and experiences at the intersection of racial identity, immigration status, and discrimination within the US. However, in dialogue surrounding the Asian American experience, the experiences of those who identify as transracially adopted are often left out of the APIA narrative. Transracial adoptions are defined as when children of one race are adopted into a family of another race. This is particularly prevalent in the US, where many white families adopt children from China or Korea.