The White House’s Office of Management and Budget, which is hosting three virtual town halls about the subject this week, is set to decide on new classifications next year.
Though a common identity has helped build political power over decades, the term “Asian American” is burying subgroups. It’s time, advocates say, to rethink how its used.
“Back in those days, no one had an Asian man and an Asian woman in the lead roles,” Wong said. “It’s crazy how far we’ve come. But then again, how far are we?”
Police are searching for the three people, one of whom yelled anti-Asian slurs at a woman before two others joined to physically attack the woman and a man Thursday in Queens.