Asian-American

To many Asian-Americans, Charlie Chan is an offensive stereotype, another sort of Uncle Tom.

He noted that the new year will also be celebrated by Asian-Americans in cities and towns across the United States.

Many Asian Americans come from an educated elite in their native countries. Their children seem to do especially well.

"There's been a political awakening among Asian Americans, " said Gene Kim, communications director with APAICS.

Cancer and cardiovascular disease are the two leading causes of death for Asian Americans in the U. S.

In your research, what did you find to be the differences in parenting in the U. S. among blacks, whites, Latinos, and Asian-Americans?

The way Asian Americans deal with illness and disease is also very different from the general population .

In every education and outreach effort, relevant cultural issues unique to Asian Americans are always considered and respected.

Due to various reasons mentioned above, Asian Americans are disproportionately affected by many health disparities.

That dynamic is now routinely seen among native-born Asian Americans and Hispanic Americans.

And on Asians . Already, orientals and Asian Americans constitute the majority of the engineering staffs at many Valley firms .

He has a strong interest in promoting health among Asian Americans and reducing health disparity.

Kim-Chi is part of a wave of bright, highly-motivated Asian-Americans who are suddenly surging into our best colleges.

AAHI is always looking for students who are interested in health issues among Asian Americans .

Many Asian Americans have achieved the American Dream of earning a good education and financial stability.

The group cited examples of Asian Americans being asked to provide more identification than other citizens, in contravention of federal law.

Communication and understanding is important, so I tend to be attracted to Asian-Americans.

"The audience will come away from the show with a better understanding of Asian Americans and diversity, " Ng said.

Over the 12 years of the study, the number of Asian Americans reporting a diabetes diagnosis rose from just over 4% to 8%.

The risk of suicide among Asian Americans with family problems was triple the risk of other Asian Americans, even factoring for depression.

To improve the access of Asian Americans to health care facilities and cancer resources within the County.

Reportedly, times for African-Americans, Asian Americans and people from Pacific Islands to perform masturbation are less.

Sure enough, when shown complex, busy scenes, Asian-Americans and non-Asian--Americans recruited different brain regions.

In recent years, however, the character has been criticized as a stereotyped caricature of Asian-Americans.

Low socioeconomic status is a major barrier that prevents many Asian Americans from receiving health insurance.

Even in struggling parts of the country, Asian-Americans do well.

Middle-income whites have the best blood pressure. But Asian-Americans have fewer bad habits and the best health.

Moreover, the laws discouraged Asian Americans from political engagement for fear of further backlash.

But critics say the portrayal of Charlie Chan, with his broken English, is embarrassing for Asian-Americans.

Commonly used by some ignorant people as a catch-all term for all Asian Americans and Asian immigrants.

They found that volunteers linked white Americans more strongly than Asian-Americans with, well, America.

Asian Americans often lack the necessary skills, including language proficiency, to find jobs that offer health insurance.

Their achievements were celebrated as signs of Asian Americans' progress in U. S. political leadership.

Everything we're talking about falls disproportionately on African-Americans, on Hispanics, on a lot of Asian-Americans.

Amidst these struggles, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have contributed in great and significant ways to all aspects of society.

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have endured and overcome hardship and heartache.

Dr. Yeh is experienced in counselling parent-teenager conflicts, and specializes in building up Asian Americans' mental wellness.

and strict vegetarianism. More than 80 percent of blacks, American Indians and Asian Americans are lactose intolerant.

The effect of such massive and extremely diversified immigration on Asian Americans is manifold.

Asian-Americans and Intermarriage. (All readings on Library reserve) Paul R.

To expand and improve the existing health services available to Asian Americans.

Why were there not more Asian Americans represented in American literature?

Shops and groceries owned by Asian-Americans were attacked, looted, burnt.

Hard work has marked Asian Americans as a model minority.

Asian Americans enjoy a high socioeconomic status, are well educated and are healthy.

Most common mode of transmission among Asian Americans .

I think the percentage of authoritarian households was highest in Asian-Americans.

Asian Americans, even though they are citizens, are still perceived as foreigners.

To recruit bilingual health promoters to increase Asian Americans access to AAHI Programs and other health services.

There are significant variations in smoking rates among Asian Americans.

Asian-Americans also faced problems when they went to vote in the last U. S. presidential election.

Asian-Americans make up 16 percent of Harvard undergraduates.

The "newcomers" among Asian Americans include the Indians at 13%, Vietnamese at 11%, and Koreans also at 11%.

And is it used as a traditional medicine by Americans or just Asian-Americans?

Hispanic and Asian Americans who are new immigrants.

In that year, 24% of Asian Americans claimed Chinese ancestry, 21% Filipino, and 10% Japanese.

Where do Asian Americans live?

This is a mistake, he reckons: the median household income of Asian-Americans is some $10, 000 higher than that of non-Hispanic whites.

Asian Americans had their lives shortened the least, by 4. 1 years for men and 3. 6 years for women.

Hispanics now make up 11. 2 percent of its U. S. customer base, and Asian Americans, 6. 7 percent.

Asian-Americans concentrated in the West Bank, of which 47 percent live in California and Hawaii.

There are even signs of distorted sex ratios in America, among various groups of Asian-Americans.

Asian-Americans have a life expectancy of 87 years compared with 79 years for whites and 73 years for African-Americans.

On average, the Asian Americans in the sample had 0. 69 long genes, the black Americans had 1. 47 and the white Americans had 1. 12.

Meanwhile, 12. 1 percent of Asian Americans fell below the poverty line in 2010, which was statistically unchanged from 2009.

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