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Is the term “Asian American” fading into history, like “Oriental” before it? <\/strong><\/p>\n

As Sacramento’s growing Asian immigrant communities celebrated Sunday’s Pacific Rim Street Fest, a growing number note that Asian American isn’t a race and said they choose to identify by their ethnicity.<\/p>\n

Robbie Mae Lopez and her family came downtown to enjoy more than 15 Asian cultures represented \u2013 but don’t call her Asian American. <\/p>\n

“I’m full-blooded Filipino American,” said Mae Lopez, 27, of West Sacramento. “Asian American is kind of a loose term. I think being Filipino American is a full-blown identity crisis itself. We were overrun by the Japanese, Spanish \u2026 .”<\/p>\n

As the race question on the U.S. census form has expanded to 15 categories and write-in options \u2013 giving Americans the right to check as many boxes as they want \u2013 fewer are embracing the term Asian American.<\/p>\n

Rights activists Jerry Chong and Alice Wong:<\/strong>
\n“There are so many Asian ethnicities, the term Asian American still gives us a sense of unity, solidarity and identity,” said Chong, legal counsel for CAPITAL (Council of Asian Pacific Islanders Together for Advocacy & Leadership), an umbrella group for several dozen organizations.<\/p>\n

“To break ethnicity down into the various subgroups works against the collective voice the greater community needs,” Wong said. “When you look at our history, culture and language, there are a lot of similarities.”<\/p>\n

They include emphasis on hard work, education and family values, Chong said.<\/p>\n

What about the mixed Asian Americans? Not everyone is specific Filipino American or Chinese American. No wonder the census is messed up! There are definitely more Asian Americans than 4%.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For entire article visit www.sacbee.com<\/a>
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