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The Inadequacy of the Term “Asian American” Sarath Suong has often felt like the term “Asian American” doesn’t really serve him. A Cambodian refugee who immigrated to the US as a child, Suong prefers to identify as Southeast Asian instead. “I was told that I am Asian American when we came here,” he says. “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’s family was among tens of thousands of refugees who fled during the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, even...

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Do I count as ‘Asian American’? What the history behind the term taught me TODAY 5/1/2021 Maura Hohman During Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, TODAY is sharing the community’s history, pain, joy and what’s next for the AAPI movement. We will be publishing personal essays, stories, videos and specials throughout the entire month of May. When I saw the photos of the six Asian American women who died in the Atlanta spa shootings in May, I saw my mother, my grandmother and my godmother. The victims may have come from different places from my family and lived their ...

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, ev...