African Americans accounted for 13% of the total, Hispanics 10%, and Asian Americans and others 5%.
This myth is fundamentally flawed and masks real challenges faced by many Asian Americans.
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have helped to fulfill that promise for generations now.
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Asian Americans are meeting other challenges head-on by conducting vigorous naturalization and voter registration drives.
And many Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have known tremendous unfairness and injustice during our history.
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Phil Olaya is a Policy Advisor for the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
The producers of the evening are a music collective called Demal(ph), made up of mostly South Asian Americans.
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) have made significant progress in expanding access to opportunity in recent decades.
Since taking a stand, Honda has emerged as a leader who represents the broader interests of Asian Americans.
The biggest mistake Caucasians make about Asian Americans is to assume they think alike and share similar cultural backgrounds.
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However, educational barriers continue to be a huge challenge, particularly for Southeast Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and English Language Learners.
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It was put together two years ago in reaction to the frustration that Asian Americans felt over the fund-raising scandal.
During the 1996 campaign, Asian Americans had thought that writing a check to a politician was the way to gain influence.
Asian Americans range from fifth-generation Chinese and Japanese Americans to Southeast Asian refugees and burgeoning populations of Filipinos, Koreans and Indo-Americans.
But he also won many friends among Chinese, Korean, Filipino and other Asian Americans whose ancestral countries suffered under Japanese imperialism.
For example, the use of social media is highly skewed towards Caucasians and Asian Americans between the ages of 18 and 34.
These are issues that speak directly to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Nearly 40% of the Asian Americans in the country live in California.
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.
Whatever gains Asian Americans have made to overcome hardships have been made with blanket protections that other communities of color have enjoyed as well.
One such challenge for the community has been Japan's crimes against its Asian neighbors during World War II--old baggage that still affects Asian Americans.
People get lumped into one category, and obviously so many Asian Americans are doing so well that the fact of disparity is lost and forgotten.
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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward talks about his childhood and why he got involved in the President's Advisory on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
With the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, we are working to prevent, treat, and control hepatitis B infections in AAPI communities.
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As small business owners, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders know how important it is that we continue to spur growth after a long and brutal recession.
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Adil Kabani is the Economic Policy Advisor and Courtney Chappell is the Senior Policy Advisor with the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
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Moreover, Asian Americans like Avon chief Andrea Jung (No. 57) and fashion designer Vera Wang (No. 91) are shaping brands that have become household names.
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is tasked with improving the quality of life and opportunities for all Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
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The group can already send e-mail to more than 300, 000 supporters, and by November 2001, it anticipates being able to communicate with 1 million Asian Americans online.
One way to emulate the Jewish community, members of the 80-20 Initiative believe, is by getting at least 80% of Asian Americans to vote as a bloc.
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