Asians & Pacific Islanders in the United States

Contents

The diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander American population includes members of more than 30 ethnic groups who speak more than 300 languages and dialects.

A guide to the Arnold Bernhard Library's resources on Asian American Pacific Islander heritage, challenges, and support for anti-racism is available at https://libraryguides.quinnipiac.edu/asiapacific .

We also offer a more general guide for Anti-Racism/Racial Justice at https://libraryguides.quinnipiac.edu/ABLanti-racism .

People

AAPI Heritage Slides 2021 PDF Narrative version AJ.pdf
Who Are AAPI.pdf

Disaggregation and Classification

Wherever possible, this virtual exhibit attempts to represent the variety of cultures and lived experiences included in the broad categories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The naming of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month has undergone several changes, and the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget periodically re-evaluate how they collect and classify demographic data.

Please bear in mind that ethinic groups as well as individuals have intersecting identites that are affirmed in more than one observance. For example, see the QU Indigenous Student Union's statement of recognition of the Kanaka Maoli people during Native American and Alaska Native Heritage Month in support of the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement (PDF).

Invented the Home Page Reader (HPR), the first practical voice browser to provide effective Internet access for blind and visually impaired computer users

Organizes Asian American coalitions for climate justice, multiracial coalition builder.

Lawyer, documentary filmmaker, and interfaith organizer. Founded Groundswell Movement and Yale Visual Law Project.

Documented and championed the stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and he considered his camera to be a sword wielded against stereotypes and injustice.

Scholar with broad interests in equitable community and economic development. His research has ranged from the political engagement of Pacific Islanders in Hawai‘i and Guåhan, to the role of worker centers — many of which serve undocumented immigrants in the informal economy –– in California’s workforce development system.

Worked for black liberation and Japanese American redress and against the Vietnam War, imperialism everywhere, and the imprisonment of people for combating injustice.

Discovered and developed the green fluorescent protein, GFP, an important tool for studying biological processes in cells.

Labor leaders who organized farm workers in California, eventually leading to the formation of the United Farm Workers.



At Work

Jobs Created by Asian American-Owned Businesses

Foreign-Born Asian American Owned

3,521,219

U.S.-Born Asian American Owned

1,614,961

Total Asian American-Owned

5,136,180

Source: 2016 American Survey of Entrepreneurs and Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, "Immigrant Entrepreneurship in America: Evidence from the Survey of Business Owners 2007 & 2012," NBER Working Paper No. 24494 (April 2018). In Spotlight on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. 9 Jul 2019. New American Economy Research Fund. https://research.newamericaneconomy.org/report/spotlight-on-asian-americans/

Essential Workers

Edlagan, C., & Kopparam, R. (2020). Disaggregated data on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders is crucial amid the coronavirus pandemic. Washington Center for Equitable Growth. http://www.equitablegrowth.org/disaggregated-data-on-asian-americans-native-hawaiians-and-pacific-islanders-is-crucial-amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic/

Any Occupation

Loo, M., & Chang, V. (2020). The future of work must include Asian American and Pacific Islanders: Harnessing the power of the fastest-growing working-age population in the labor movement. Asian American Policy Review, 30, 22. https://aapr.hkspublications.org/2020/10/04/the-future-of-work-must-include-asian-american-and-pacific-islanders-harnessing-the-power-of-the-fastest-growing-working-age-population-in-the-labor-movement/

In Universites and Colleges

Students

Shah, S., & Ramakrishnan, K. (18 Apr 2017). Why disaggregate? big differences in AAPI education. http://aapidata.com/blog/countmein-aapi-education/

Fong, J. (25 Apr 2017). The Asian American education story you probably don't know. http://aapidata.com/blog/education-nonelite/


Also,

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Facts, not Fiction: Setting the Record Straight (2008). CARE and The College Board. https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/professionals/asian-americans-and-pacific-islanders-facts-not-fiction.pdf

Postsecondary National Policy Institute. (11 May 2020). Asian American and Pacific Islander Students in Higher Education. Factsheets. https://pnpi.org/asian-americans-and-pacific-islanders/

Faculty

National Center for Education Statistics (2018). Race/ethnicity of college faculty. https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=61


Also,

Kim, G. M., & Cooc, N. (23 Apr 2020). Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in academe: race and gender through the tenure pipeline from 1993-2017. Race, ethnicity and education, 1-19. https://doi-org.libraryproxy.quinnipiac.edu/10.1080/13613324.2020.1753675