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Theme: Racial Justice
Focus: Asian American Discrimination

Chose focus based on prevalence of discussion

Sociodemographics

22 million Asian Americans (Budiman & Ruiz, 2021)

Younger on average

Higher household incomes

Experience varies within the population

"Asian American" terminology mostly adopted by activists

Trends

U.S. Asian population projected to reach 46 million by 2060

~57% of Asian Americans, including 71% of Asian American adults, were born in another country. By comparison, 14% of all Americans – and 17% of adults – were born elsewhere.

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History of Asian American Discrimination

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History of Asian American Discrimination

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Historical Treatment of Asian Americans

Asian immigrants have played a vital role in the development of the U.S.

Asian Migration primarily began mid-19th century (Miller, 1995).

Depression of 1876 - "stealing jobs"

1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act

1907 - Japanese immigration restricted by a "Gentleman's Agreement" between the U.S. and Japan

By 1924 - Barring Filipino "nationals," all Asian immigrants were fully excluded by law, denied citizenship and naturalization, and prevented from marrying Caucasians or owning land

Different backgrounds, similar exclusionary experiences

Immigration restrictions continue

Asian American Movement in 1960s and 1970s

Killing of predated the passage of hate crime laws in the U.S.

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Pre-COVID

Tricky stereotypes

More difficult to identify as racially harmful

Mix of discrimination and generalized positive attributions

COVID-19 Pandemic

Discrimination against Asian Americans rebooted

Sentiments of uncleanliness + blame

Asian Americans were initially perceived by many to be more likely to be carrying the COVID-19 virus at any given time based on race

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What we learned about doing research on Asian American culture is that microaggressions can still be prevalent even if it's even almost considered positive to some. An example of this is "Asian people are just smarter than everyone else", imitating accents, or the exploitation of Asian Woman(Sue, Bucceri, etc., 2017).

Something that is not talked about much is the collection of Asian people in internment camps in 1942 (Death of a Thousand Cuts, 2021). Asking where someone is from, or asking someone to help with a math problem because they are Asian are all settled jabs into the bigger problem of making racial assumptions (Chan, 2021).

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Some ways that we can be active as social workers in the issue of racism against Asian Americans is to bring awareness that Asian Americans, along with many other racial groups, have suffered racism, genocide, and presently microaggressions. Not partaking/speaking up to those who make offensive remarks relating to Asian culture.

Asian American Advancing Justice is an organization that fights for the rights of Asian Americans. Their main goal is to create an America that is an America for all, and not separated (AAJC, 2021).

Stop AAPI Hate is a campaign against racism. The point of their campaign is to end racism against Asian American people and bring awareness to the community about the hate, and violence that Asian Americans face presently (AAPI, 2021).

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MINIMUM 10

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6. Budiman, A., & Ruiz, N. G. (n.d.). Key facts about Asian Americans, a diverse and growing population. Pew Research Center. Retrieved December 9, 2021, from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/04/29/key-facts-about-asian-americans/

7. Katharine Chan, M. (2021, March 26). 9 Examples of Microaggression I've Experienced as an Asian Canadian. Retrieved from https://aninjusticemag.com/9-examples-of-microaggression-ive-experienced-as-an-asian-canadian-392b7cebec82

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