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🚨 JUST OUT ➡️ The 2023 STAATUS Index
Now in its third year, the STAATUS Index (Social Tracking of #AsianAmericans in the US) is the leading nationally representative survey of Americans' attitudes towards #AsianAmericans
🧵of some findings @taaforg #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM
Now in its third year, the STAATUS Index (Social Tracking of #AsianAmericans in the US) is the leading nationally representative survey of Americans' attitudes towards #AsianAmericans
🧵of some findings @taaforg #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM
1 in 4 Americans believe that #AsianAmericans are MORE LOYAL to their country of origin than to the United States
1 in 5 Americans still believe that Asian Americans are partly responsible for #COVID19
1 in 5 Americans still believe that Asian Americans are partly responsible for #COVID19
31% of Americans believe that #AsianAmericans should be subject to MORE SCRUTINY when working in areas considered critical to US global strategic competitiveness
#AsianAmerican and #PacificIslander communities are among the most dynamic populations in the U.S. Today, @AAPIData released the latest available demographic data, and it is CHOCK FULL of important findings! 🧵and link aapidata.com/reports/ #DataEquity #AAPI #WhoWeAre
Between 2010 and 2020, the Asian American pop grew rapidly by 40% to over 24M. The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander population also grew by 30% to 1.6M #DataEquity #AAPI #WhoWeAre
Indians are now the second largest Asian population in the United States, passing Filipinos #DataEquity #AAPI #WhoWeAre
Dr. Grace Yeh speaks about the importance of knowing our histories as #AsianAmericans, but also the necessity of responsibility & care for other communities of color & indigenous peoples. #Ethnicstudies
I also love learning about Dr. Yeh and her work, like the "Filipino Love Stories" project to highlight immigrant lives on the central coast: sanluisobispo.com/news/local/art…
Dr. Yeh talks about the history of #AsianAmerican studies, of ethnic studies, highlighting the solidarity in the early movement & work of the TWLF, their demands & that #ethnicstudies wasn't just about diversity & multiculturalism but power & empire
Colonialism was NEVER A PASSIVE ACT.
GANDHI IS A COLONISER.
