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The AAPI community includes nearly 50 diverse racial and ethnic groups, but the data we gather today doesn’t capture significant differences on key economic and social outcomes. Data equity is a civil rights issue—and I've got a plan for that. nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…
Here's just one example: Income inequality in Asian American communities nearly doubled from 1970 to 2016. Burmese, Nepalese, Hmong, and Bangladeshi Americans make, on average, less than half what people in some other AAPI communities make.
Tuesday was AAPI Women's Equal Pay Day. AAPI women as a whole are paid 90 cents on every dollar earned by white men. But Native Hawaiian women make 63 cents, Samoan women make 62 cents, and Fijian women make just 55 cents on the dollar. marketwatch.com/story/the-doub…
I believe that you measure what you care about—and I care about building a government that works for everyone in the diverse AAPI community. elizabethwarren.com/plans/aapi
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