Asian American

[ ey-zhuhn-uh-mer-i-kuhn, ey-shuhn- ]

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noun

a citizen or resident of the U.S. of Asian birth or descent.

adjective

of or relating to Asian Americans or their culture.
��·��-��·��·��·��, occurring between the United States and Asia:
Protectionist tariffs negatively affected the volume of Asian-American trade.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Asian American¹

First recorded in 1965–70

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Asian Americans have long had the highest admission rates among first-year Californians compared with other racial and ethnic groups.

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Arcadia, with an Asian American population of nearly 60%, is home to many Taiwanese and Chinese immigrants.

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When I first started, I was involved in an Asian American theater company that branched out from the college theater company.

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The “Interior Chinatown” writers room in particular was almost all Asian American writers, and they kept me real honest.

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I appreciate it because, growing up as a second-generation Korean American, I had some cultural difficulties when it came to my father — something I think a lot of Asian American families can relate to.

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