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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 exac...

PUBLISHED: 04/22/2021 By: Thao-Vy Duong Coined in 1968 by Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee, the term “Asian American” is a marker of collectivism. Its inception is inseparable from the founding of the Asian American Political Alliance, which aimed to unite Asian American voices. Prior to the invention of this phrase, Asian Americans were simply identified by their ethnic subgroup or broadly by obtuse and racist terms. The organization of various subgroups under the banner of “Asian American” worked to centralize and amplify Asian American activist power. Now in the wake of the Covid-19 pande...

Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month on HRN Aired: Wednesday, April 21st 2021 SHARE By: Thao-Vy Duong Coined in 1968 by Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee, the term “Asian American” is a marker of collectivism. Its inception is inseparable from the founding of the Asian American Political Alliance, which aimed to unite Asian American voices. Prior to the invention of this phrase, Asian Americans were simply identified by their ethnic subgroup or broadly by obtuse and racist terms. The organization of various subgroups under the banner of “Asian American” worked to centralize and amplify ...

  People participate in a protest to demand an end to anti-Asian violence in New York City on April 4, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] Hate crimes against Asians in the United States reportedly increased by 150 percent in 2020 and have escalated this year. To fight hate crimes as a minority group that accounts for 6.5 percent of the US population, Asian American communities should create a united and visible front that must be articulate but not provocative. It is true that the current US administration responded soon after the killing of six women of Asian descent in Georgia, as US President Joe...

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. Email to a Friend 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 ...