From Here: Celebrating AAPI heritage in the US

"I think Late Night networks and comedians don't take Asian stereotypes seriously because they don't feel like they have to," said Alex Song-Xia, a comedian.

My life is an ongoing battle... But I will continue to wear my skin color and my queerness as powerful parts of my identity," writes photographer and artist Brian Vu.

"No one can tell me how American I am, how Chinese I am, how Asian I am. My identity isn't defined by those who perceive me," writes Kara Chin.

This blended category is unique to the United States—nowhere else in the world are Asians linked with Pacific Islanders.

"You don't have to sell a sob story when you're telling these stories. You can celebrate the beauty and celebrate the fact that they're just like us."

Asian American women have long been subjected to gendered and racialized violence and discrimination. Now, they're renewing their fight to have their voices heard.

Everything from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 to modern model minority myth has fueled racist policies and attacks that have surged in the past year, Russell Jeung told Insider.

"Boba liberalism" can be defined as embracing the superficial aspects of AAPI culture through the mode of "capitalist consumption presented as 'API-ness.'"

Not only are Asian Americans the country's fastest growing minority, data shows that the country's 6.7 million US-born Asian Americans are the fastest growing segment of that group.

Aman Sehdev said that grieving the loss of his Nana (maternal grandfather) away from his extended family left him "soul searching" to better understand his cultural upbringing.

Nearly 3,800 anti-Asian incidents were reported between March 2020 and February 2021, according to data collected by the nonprofit Stop AAPI Hate.