What is it about?
Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial group and fastest growing immigrant group. Two out of three are foreign-born, and more than one-third is limited in English language proficiency. These factors affect how Asian Americans identify on the census.
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Why is it important?
When you do not accurately count Asian Americans, this population is denied the federal allocation of funds that it rightly deserves.
Perspectives
I hope that this article makes people realize that how categories are presented on the census has far-reaching impacts.
Jennifer Lee
Columbia University
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This page is a summary of: Accurately Counting Asian Americans Is a Civil Rights Issue, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, April 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0002716218765432.
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