Asian-American Awareness

Telling stories & shedding light on Asian American experiences within the United States.

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Welcome to the Asian American Awareness Twitter account! My goal is to help shed light on the experiences of Asian Americans within the United States while also providing a foundational background of key terms, events, and themes relating to Asian Americans in the U.S.!

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feel free to tell your stories with the hashtag #asianawareness!

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It is important that we work to ensure that all people are heard in our Nation, and we allow room for multiple stories to be told!

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📌Major Take Away📌
The Asian American experience is not a Monolith within the United States and that a variety of stereotypes and expectations that society pushes are oftentimes inaccurate and harmful.

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The results of this case are able to show that Affirmative Action is not inherently Anti-Asian.
As well as contrary to popular belief, a majority of Asian Americans have no issue with Affirmative Action.

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✏Thread:
The Myth of Affirmative Action & its effects on Asian Americans.

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However, the court found that Asian Americans actually score better than others on Harvards academic rating, and bias claimed against them as being described as "shy" was also used to describe other races

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🔑Key Term:
Affirmative Action (admissions): the process in which underrepresented students' status is taken into account during the admission process for higher education.

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If you want to check out more on the topic!
source of previously mentioned article:
https://t.co/ftamNrWabv

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It is important that we work to include all Asian nations in the definition of "Asian American" and not just those that easily fit the constructed view that our Nation has created.

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✏Thread:
Sitting Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris is the first Black Asian-American Sitting Vice-President:
However, at times, part of her race is overlooked / not acknowledged at all? Why is that? Well there are a few explanations

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Through this, we begin to see that the American perception of what is considered "Asian" does not always encompass South Asians.