"Includes people who indicate their race(s) on the census as 'Asian' or reported entries such as 'Chinese, Indian, Bangladeshi, Filipino, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Korean, Japanese, Pakistani, Malaysian, and Other Asian'."
This topic covers the patterns and reasons for Asian immigration to the United States, including the earliest Chinese immigrants, Japanese internment during World War II, and post-1965 immigration.
Push and Pull Factors: The reasons why immigrants either leave their home country or choose to come to the United States.
Angel Island: A detention center on the West Coast where Asian immigrants were held for weeks or even months before being granted entry into the United States.
The Fourteenth Amendment: An amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted citizenship to anyone born or naturalized in the United States.
The Chinese Exclusion Act: A law passed in 1882 that prohibited Chinese immigrants from coming to the United States for 10 years.
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965: A law that opened the doors to Asian immigrants, specifically those from Southeast Asia.
Internment Camps: During World War II, Japanese Americans were forcibly removed from their homes and placed in internment camps for the duration of the war.
Southeast Asian Refugees: During the 1970s, large numbers of refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos came to the United States after the end of the Vietnam War.
Model Minority Myth: The stereotype that Asian Americans are successful, hardworking and law-abiding, which has been used to divide communities of color and create tension.
Anti-Asian Racism: The history of discrimination towards Asians and Asian Americans in the United States, including policies and laws that have limited their access to education, employment and other opportunities.
Asian American Activism: The ongoing struggle for equality and social justice for Asian Americans, including protests, advocacy and community organizing.
Chinese Immigration: This type of history focuses on the period between the California Gold Rush and the late 1800s when Chinese immigrants came to the United States in large numbers.
Japanese Immigration: This type of history focuses on the period from the late 1800s to the early 1900s when Japanese immigrants came to the United States to work on Hawaiian plantations.
Korean Immigration: This type of history focuses on the period after the Korean War when many Koreans came to the United States in search of better economic opportunities.
Southeast Asian Immigration: This type of history refers to the immigration of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos to the United States after the Vietnam War.
South Asian Immigration: This type of history covers the immigration of people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka to the United States.
Filipino Immigration: This type of history refers to the immigration of Filipinos to the United States dating back to the 1900s during the American colonial period of the Philippines.
Multiracial Asian American Immigration: This type of history covers the experiences of Asian Americans who are of mixed race or identify as multiracial.
Gender and Sexuality in Asian American Immigration: This type of history covers the experiences of LGBT Asian Americans and the challenges they faced in the United States.
Contemporary Issues in Asian American Immigration: This type of history covers the recent experiences of Asian American immigrants and the challenges they face in modern American society, including discrimination, economic inequality, and underrepresentation in politics.
"In 2020, Americans who identified as Asian alone (19,886,049) or in combination with other races (4,114,949) made up 7.2% of the U.S. population."
"Chinese, Indian, and Filipino Americans make up the largest share of the Asian American population with 5 million, 4.3 million, and 4 million people respectively."
"These numbers equal 23%, 20%, and 18% of the total Asian American population."
"Or 1.5% and 1.2% of the total U.S. population."
"Since the 17th century."
"In the mid-19th century."
"Excluded various Asian groups, eventually prohibiting almost all Asian immigration to the continental United States."
"Immigration laws were reformed during the 1940s–1960s, abolishing national origins quotas."
"Asian immigration increased rapidly."
"Analyses of the 2010 census have shown that Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial group in the United States."
"People with origins or ancestry from the Far East, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent."
"People with ethnic origins in certain parts of Asia, including West Asia."
"This term had historically been used for all the indigenous peoples of the continent of Asia."
"7.2% of the U.S. population."
"Americans who identified as Asian alone (19,886,049) or in combination with other races (4,114,949)."
"Chinese Americans."
"Chinese, Indian, Bangladeshi, Filipino, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Korean, Japanese, Pakistani, Malaysian."
"Prohibiting almost all Asian immigration to the continental United States."
There is a varied ethnic composition within the Asian American population, including diverse ethnic backgrounds from different regions of Asia.