Laura Li-Hua Sun has just completed her dissertation entitled DARE TO HOME SCHOOL: FAITH AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES OF CHINESE CHRISTIAN MOTHERS (Biola University) and has made it available for the interested public. You can download it at these links:
http://www.geocities.com/sunl99/001__PreliminaryPages0522.pdf
http://www.geocities.com/sunl99/002_body.pdf
Monday, August 27, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Call for Papers - East of California Asian American Studies Conference (Oct 1, 2007 deadline)
August 20, 2007
We're sending out a Call for Papers for EOC panels for the April 16-20, 2008 AAAS annual conference (to be held in Chicago, IL--please see the AAAS conference website, (http://www.aaastudies.org/index.tpl ). Attached is a description of the CFP (due date, Monday--Oct. 1), but we are also pasting it below (although the formatting may be off). Please forward to any interested parties and list serv--we'd like to see many new people come to AAAS and be part of EOC.
Best wishes,
East of California Caucus Co-Chairs
Jennifer Ho (UNC Chapel Hill) & Cathy Schlund-Vials (UCONN, Storrs)
======================
CFP: Annual Association of Asian American Studies Conference (AAAS)
Chicago, IL, April 16-20, 2008 [http://www.aaastudies.org/index.tpl]
East of California / Roundtables and Panels
Brief Overview:
Taking advantage of this year’s conference theme, “Where is the Heart of Asian America?: Troubling American Identity and Exceptionalism in an Age of Globalization and Imperialism” and location (Chicago, IL), the East of California caucus proposes two roundtables and two academic sessions that consider new directions for the field with regard to professionalization, further institutionalization, and academic practice. Mindful that Asian American Studies was founded on both theory and practice, the proposed roundtables and panels acknowledge the extent to which the field continues to grow and expand, particularly East of California.
“Centering the Margins: Revising and Re-envisioning East of California” (Roundtable)
Asian American Studies has historically been focused on work and scholarship in California. However, as the emergence of programs across the country suggests, geographic considerations of the field no longer adequately accommodate for the heterogeneity of scholarship in Asian American Studies. Nor does such a location – “east” of California – immediately enable conversations of the field outside of simple geographic designation. This roundtable brings together administrators, faculty, and graduate students whose work reflects the need for further dialogue about the future of Asian American Studies. What are struggles that exist on the institutional or programmatic level? What about the issue of resources and the often lack of resources with regard to faculty numbers and student demands? How do these struggles suggest a potential for a larger Ethnic Studies collaboration in various sites? Additionally, we are interested in hearing from scholars whose main field of inquiry may not be Asian American studies but who nonetheless have an academic and/or activist interest in Asian American issues and in teaching Asian American subjects.
“Surviving in Academia: From First Year Graduate Student to Tenured Faculty Member” (Roundtable)
This roundtable is focused on the multiple levels of professionalization that occur from the graduate to the post-graduate level. Given that the field has grown considerably and that positions and programs are in new locations, how does thinking in terms of East of California shift the conversation about professionalization? How does one select a program? What about the job market? How does one negotiate a postdoctoral position? What about the ever-pressing need to publish? How does one broker a contract or negotiate an often complicated terrain of politics and missions? The experiences of graduate students to tenured faculty will allow this roundtable to present shared knowledge as a means of negotiating and surviving Academia as Asian Americanists.
“Re-Centering Asian American Narratives” (Panel)
As reflected in the larger field of Asian American Studies, Asian American scholarship about narrative is often located on the West Coast. However, as demographic shifts occur with regard to APA populations, and as more and more Asian American bodies move to locations like the Midwest (and the South), what is the impact on cinematic or literary narrative between the two coasts? In other words, how do narratives that take place outside of both the West Coast and the Eastern Seaboard , M. Evelina Galang’s collection of stories set largely in Chicago, Her Wild American Self, Ruth Ozeki’s second novel set in Idaho, All Over Creation, Susan Choi’s The Foreign Student, which moves between Sewanee, TN, Korea, and Chicago, the newly released memoir by Bich Minh Nguyen, Stealing Buddha’s Dinner, set in Grand Rapids, Michigan, or films like Renee Tajima-Pena’s My America or Honk if You Love Buddha or the groundbreaking documentary by Tajima and Rea Tajiri Who Killed Vincent Chin? force a reconsideration of narrative that brings us as scholars and academics back to Lisa Lowe’s now famous assertion of heterogeneity, hybridity, and multiplicity? What is the unique shape of narratives that take place in the heartland, away from the coasts, and how does a repositioning of Asian American narratives influence our understanding of where Asian America exists?
“Alternative Spaces in Asian America” (Panel)
EOC was founded as an alternative space to discuss issues of Asian American studies outside of the West Coast. Similarly, the internet, with its proliferation of blogs, social sites like Facebook and MySpace, and a growth of on-line journals, has become yet another alternate space to discuss Asian American issues. This panel brings together scholars, activists, and intellectuals, whether formally trained or home grown, to discuss the internet as an alternative space to explore Asian American identity, epistemology, pedagogy, activism, and social networking. What are the limits to using different spaces (blogs, on-line journals, social networking sites) to explore Asian American identity? What are the pleasures, perils, and pitfalls of doing Asian American studies in these alternative spaces? How can “traditional” academics make effective use of the internet to engage with more “organic” intellectuals to promote social justice and change as well as to create networking across the blogosphere and internet communities?
Requirements for Submission:
*Roundtable
--1 page cv
--1 page outline for 5-7 minute remarks
*Panel
--1 page cv
--1 page abstract (250 words) for 15 minute paper/presentation
Please send electronic copies of all materials to both Cathy Schlund-Vials and Jennifer Ho by Monday, October 1, 2007.
We're sending out a Call for Papers for EOC panels for the April 16-20, 2008 AAAS annual conference (to be held in Chicago, IL--please see the AAAS conference website, (http://www.aaastudies.org/index.tpl ). Attached is a description of the CFP (due date, Monday--Oct. 1), but we are also pasting it below (although the formatting may be off). Please forward to any interested parties and list serv--we'd like to see many new people come to AAAS and be part of EOC.
Best wishes,
East of California Caucus Co-Chairs
Jennifer Ho (UNC Chapel Hill) & Cathy Schlund-Vials (UCONN, Storrs)
======================
CFP: Annual Association of Asian American Studies Conference (AAAS)
Chicago, IL, April 16-20, 2008 [http://www.aaastudies.org/index.tpl]
East of California / Roundtables and Panels
Brief Overview:
Taking advantage of this year’s conference theme, “Where is the Heart of Asian America?: Troubling American Identity and Exceptionalism in an Age of Globalization and Imperialism” and location (Chicago, IL), the East of California caucus proposes two roundtables and two academic sessions that consider new directions for the field with regard to professionalization, further institutionalization, and academic practice. Mindful that Asian American Studies was founded on both theory and practice, the proposed roundtables and panels acknowledge the extent to which the field continues to grow and expand, particularly East of California.
“Centering the Margins: Revising and Re-envisioning East of California” (Roundtable)
Asian American Studies has historically been focused on work and scholarship in California. However, as the emergence of programs across the country suggests, geographic considerations of the field no longer adequately accommodate for the heterogeneity of scholarship in Asian American Studies. Nor does such a location – “east” of California – immediately enable conversations of the field outside of simple geographic designation. This roundtable brings together administrators, faculty, and graduate students whose work reflects the need for further dialogue about the future of Asian American Studies. What are struggles that exist on the institutional or programmatic level? What about the issue of resources and the often lack of resources with regard to faculty numbers and student demands? How do these struggles suggest a potential for a larger Ethnic Studies collaboration in various sites? Additionally, we are interested in hearing from scholars whose main field of inquiry may not be Asian American studies but who nonetheless have an academic and/or activist interest in Asian American issues and in teaching Asian American subjects.
“Surviving in Academia: From First Year Graduate Student to Tenured Faculty Member” (Roundtable)
This roundtable is focused on the multiple levels of professionalization that occur from the graduate to the post-graduate level. Given that the field has grown considerably and that positions and programs are in new locations, how does thinking in terms of East of California shift the conversation about professionalization? How does one select a program? What about the job market? How does one negotiate a postdoctoral position? What about the ever-pressing need to publish? How does one broker a contract or negotiate an often complicated terrain of politics and missions? The experiences of graduate students to tenured faculty will allow this roundtable to present shared knowledge as a means of negotiating and surviving Academia as Asian Americanists.
“Re-Centering Asian American Narratives” (Panel)
As reflected in the larger field of Asian American Studies, Asian American scholarship about narrative is often located on the West Coast. However, as demographic shifts occur with regard to APA populations, and as more and more Asian American bodies move to locations like the Midwest (and the South), what is the impact on cinematic or literary narrative between the two coasts? In other words, how do narratives that take place outside of both the West Coast and the Eastern Seaboard , M. Evelina Galang’s collection of stories set largely in Chicago, Her Wild American Self, Ruth Ozeki’s second novel set in Idaho, All Over Creation, Susan Choi’s The Foreign Student, which moves between Sewanee, TN, Korea, and Chicago, the newly released memoir by Bich Minh Nguyen, Stealing Buddha’s Dinner, set in Grand Rapids, Michigan, or films like Renee Tajima-Pena’s My America or Honk if You Love Buddha or the groundbreaking documentary by Tajima and Rea Tajiri Who Killed Vincent Chin? force a reconsideration of narrative that brings us as scholars and academics back to Lisa Lowe’s now famous assertion of heterogeneity, hybridity, and multiplicity? What is the unique shape of narratives that take place in the heartland, away from the coasts, and how does a repositioning of Asian American narratives influence our understanding of where Asian America exists?
“Alternative Spaces in Asian America” (Panel)
EOC was founded as an alternative space to discuss issues of Asian American studies outside of the West Coast. Similarly, the internet, with its proliferation of blogs, social sites like Facebook and MySpace, and a growth of on-line journals, has become yet another alternate space to discuss Asian American issues. This panel brings together scholars, activists, and intellectuals, whether formally trained or home grown, to discuss the internet as an alternative space to explore Asian American identity, epistemology, pedagogy, activism, and social networking. What are the limits to using different spaces (blogs, on-line journals, social networking sites) to explore Asian American identity? What are the pleasures, perils, and pitfalls of doing Asian American studies in these alternative spaces? How can “traditional” academics make effective use of the internet to engage with more “organic” intellectuals to promote social justice and change as well as to create networking across the blogosphere and internet communities?
Requirements for Submission:
*Roundtable
--1 page cv
--1 page outline for 5-7 minute remarks
*Panel
--1 page cv
--1 page abstract (250 words) for 15 minute paper/presentation
Please send electronic copies of all materials to both Cathy Schlund-Vials and Jennifer Ho by Monday, October 1, 2007.
Monday, May 21, 2007
SF Chronicle: Evangelicals Build Flock on UC Berkeley Campus
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/21/ASIANGOD.TMP
Monday, May 21, 2007
This article appeared on page B - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle
UC BERKELEY
Evangelicals build flock on campus
At Cal, Christian groups find eager adherents among Asian American students
Vanessa Hua, Chronicle Staff Writer
The end-of-the-year mood in a classroom at UC Berkeley's Warren Hall was giddy as a crowd of mostly Asian American students watched a slide show of good times and candid shots and shared stories of intense pressure from their parents.
They weren't celebrating their culture, though. They were celebrating Christ.
"So here I am, all of me," the students sang. "Finally, everything. Wholly, wholly, wholly, I am wholly, wholly, wholly yours."
For three hours, they shared impassioned testimonies of faith and prayed for one another, laying hands in turn on each person receiving support. The graduating seniors passed down a 6-foot wooden cross for next year's senior leaders to keep in their apartment.
Asian Americans dominate evangelical Christian groups at UC Berkeley, far outstripping their share of enrollment, even as the number of Asian Americans on campus has grown markedly. The trend is visible to varying degrees at several of the nation's elite universities.
With this shift has come the realization by college ministries that faith is not always colorblind -- no matter the Christian ideal -- and that they should tailor their outreach to different communities instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.
"Our mission is to reach the whole campus, but you can't reach the whole campus in one particular way," said Paul Tokunaga, the national Asian American ministries coordinator for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, which has been a leader in ethnic outreach. Founded in 1941, InterVarsity serves more than 35,000 students and faculty nationwide.
At Cal -- which now has among the highest Asian American attendance in the nation at 43 percent of undergraduates -- InterVarsity was predominantly white until the late 1980s. Within a couple of years, it became predominantly Asian American and now offers separate fellowships for Filipino, black and Latino members. The "multiethnic" fellowship is the largest, but its roughly 200 members are mostly East Asian, with a handful of white students and members of other races.
Many students attend Christians fellowships affiliated with their local churches instead of joining campus ministries, so it is hard to gauge the overall proportion of evangelical students attending UC Berkeley.
Attendance at weekly fellowships offered by InterVarsity and Campus Crusade for Christ -- large group sessions with singing and speakers and small groups for intimate Bible discussions -- isn't meant to replace going to church. But it enables worship during the week and offers a social network, which is important at large schools, where students seek subgroups to avoid feeling lost.
One night this spring, roughly 20 students in InterVarsity's new Ethnic Identity small group delved into Bible passages about Queen Esther, a Jew under Persian rule who must decide whether to speak for her people, who are facing genocide. One discussion led by senior Jon Akutagawa grew lively as the students started to relate to Esther's experience.
"Esther never revealed her ethnic identity," said Akutagawa, 21, a Japanese American with black-framed glasses and a modern take on Abe Lincoln's beard.
"Is it OK not to be fully open to whom we are to get ahead? Look at politics or economic power," he said. "Is it OK for us to choose to make more money?"
Joyce Lin, 21, said people sometimes tell her that she's their only Asian friend. The daughter of immigrants, she grew up in San Bruno and attended a Chinese Christian church. Most of her friends are Asian American. This year, when she began working as a physical trainer with the football team, which is mainly African American and white, she began hearing "that I'm actually really cool."
"I go out of my way to prove stereotypes are not how I act usually," Lin said.
Hatty Lee, 20, had a different take.
"Why should I have to feel what I do represents my race?" asked Lee, who grew up in Los Angeles. "I am who God made me to be.
"I don't represent Korean Americans, I represent God," said the slender South Korea native, who plans to major in music and psychology.
The magazine Christianity Today dubbed the trend "the tiger in the academy," saying "Asian students are more likely to show Christian commitment" than other ethnic groups, including white students.
It is hard to back up such a generalization because very small proportions of students on any given campus join student fellowships. But Collin Tomikawa, an InterVarsity official for the East Bay, said evangelical groups could attract many more Asian Americans.
"We're only touching the tip of the Asians," he said.
Tomikawa said the group has tried to diversify its staff, hoping to make prospective members from all ethnic backgrounds feel welcome. But as students recruit their friends to join, many evangelical groups have found they are continuing to attract a disproportionately Asian American membership, he and others said. And some members of other ethnicities and races have responded by seeking fellowship elsewhere.
But senior Heather Brent, one of a scattering of white students at the year-end celebration at Warren Hall this month, said she learned about herself by joining the multiethnic fellowship.
"It took a long time for me, learning what it means to be white and about white privilege. I grew up thinking you should be colorblind," Brent said. "Now, I think, 'Be educated on who you are.' "
Evangelical groups have consistently appealed to Asian Americans because Asians often share common values, despite coming from different ethnicities, said Russell Jeung, an assistant professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University.
"Because Asians have a hard work ethic, they need to work to experience grace," he said. "They try to earn God's favor, just like they earn a parent's approval."
Asian Americans may also be drawn to evangelical groups because they are more accustomed than other students to identifying with a group rather than seeing themselves foremost as individuals, said Tommy Dyo, former leader of the Asian American Christian Fellowship, a national evangelical organization. He now heads the Asian American ministry for Campus Crusade for Christ.
"A lot of what we are taught in general society is that it's very individual, that it's all you," Dyo said. "But Asian Americans are attached to the greater whole."
That collective sense often stems from Asian Americans' relationship with their parents, leaders said. Christie Heller De Leon explained the pressure of parental expectations in a speech at InterVarsity's most recent Asian American conference, held the same weekend as ethnic-specific get-togethers for black, Latino, multiracial and white students in Northern California.
"Our parents have been dreaming about us since we were in the womb," said De Leon, a Filipina and a staff leader at UC Davis. "Dreams full of blessings and happiness. Yet sometimes the dream is so specific it feels like a script, handed down, ready for us, already written and ready for us to step into the role."
God's love is different, they say.
"You receive the blessing before you've done anything good," De Leon said. "Despite anything bad that you have done."
Through Cal's InterVarsity, 20-year-old Jianni Xin said she has explored her ethnic identity as an Asian American Christian. Though many in the fellowship were raised in Christian families, Xin and others contend with parents who do not understand their faith.
Her mother, a Chinese immigrant, thinks Xin should seek blessings from her grandmother and believes Christianity is taking Xin from her family.
"She's a really traditional woman. In China, she didn't know of any Christians there. I guess she wants me to focus on my studies," said Xin, 20, a sophomore from San Francisco. "She thinks I'm dating God."
Reflecting on the year, InterVarsity leader Akutagawa said the ethnic identity group struggled with understanding what "gifts or heritage" that Asian Americans offer, compared with white and black churches.
"We tried to understand how we as Asian Americans contribute to the spiritual backdrop of America," said Akutagawa, a bioengineering major who grew up in Southern California. "There's still not a definite answer. We're trying to figure out who we are in America, how we fit in, and what things we can bring to the culture here."
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Campus fellowships
It is difficult to compare the membership in evangelical Christian fellowships at different schools because they are not organized in the same manner. But InterVarsity fellowships at private elite schools and large state schools across the country began to experience "Asianization" in the early 1990s, said Collin Tomikawa, an InterVarsity area director for the East Bay.
By 2006, InterVarsity's 205-member multiethnic fellowship at UC Berkeley was 80 percent Asian American (while the campus was 43 percent Asian American). And the Campus Crusade for Christ chapter's 125-member multiethnic ministry was more than 60 percent Asian American, and its Korean ministry had 75 members.
At Stanford in 2006, Asian Americans accounted for roughly 40 percent of InterVarsity members but only 25 percent of undergrads. At UC Davis, Asian Americans are about 40 percent of the fellowship and of enrollment. At UC Santa Cruz, they account for one-third of InterVarsity and about 20 percent of students overall. MIT's and Harvard's InterVarsity fellowships each have significant Asian American memberships, too.
In contrast, at San Francisco State University, the 75-member InterVarsity chapter had nine Asian American members in 2006, even though Asian Americans account for one-third of the campus's undergrads.
-- Vanessa Hua
© 2007 Hearst Communications Inc
Monday, May 21, 2007
This article appeared on page B - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle
UC BERKELEY
Evangelicals build flock on campus
At Cal, Christian groups find eager adherents among Asian American students
Vanessa Hua, Chronicle Staff Writer
The end-of-the-year mood in a classroom at UC Berkeley's Warren Hall was giddy as a crowd of mostly Asian American students watched a slide show of good times and candid shots and shared stories of intense pressure from their parents.
They weren't celebrating their culture, though. They were celebrating Christ.
"So here I am, all of me," the students sang. "Finally, everything. Wholly, wholly, wholly, I am wholly, wholly, wholly yours."
For three hours, they shared impassioned testimonies of faith and prayed for one another, laying hands in turn on each person receiving support. The graduating seniors passed down a 6-foot wooden cross for next year's senior leaders to keep in their apartment.
Asian Americans dominate evangelical Christian groups at UC Berkeley, far outstripping their share of enrollment, even as the number of Asian Americans on campus has grown markedly. The trend is visible to varying degrees at several of the nation's elite universities.
With this shift has come the realization by college ministries that faith is not always colorblind -- no matter the Christian ideal -- and that they should tailor their outreach to different communities instead of a one-size-fits-all approach.
"Our mission is to reach the whole campus, but you can't reach the whole campus in one particular way," said Paul Tokunaga, the national Asian American ministries coordinator for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, which has been a leader in ethnic outreach. Founded in 1941, InterVarsity serves more than 35,000 students and faculty nationwide.
At Cal -- which now has among the highest Asian American attendance in the nation at 43 percent of undergraduates -- InterVarsity was predominantly white until the late 1980s. Within a couple of years, it became predominantly Asian American and now offers separate fellowships for Filipino, black and Latino members. The "multiethnic" fellowship is the largest, but its roughly 200 members are mostly East Asian, with a handful of white students and members of other races.
Many students attend Christians fellowships affiliated with their local churches instead of joining campus ministries, so it is hard to gauge the overall proportion of evangelical students attending UC Berkeley.
Attendance at weekly fellowships offered by InterVarsity and Campus Crusade for Christ -- large group sessions with singing and speakers and small groups for intimate Bible discussions -- isn't meant to replace going to church. But it enables worship during the week and offers a social network, which is important at large schools, where students seek subgroups to avoid feeling lost.
One night this spring, roughly 20 students in InterVarsity's new Ethnic Identity small group delved into Bible passages about Queen Esther, a Jew under Persian rule who must decide whether to speak for her people, who are facing genocide. One discussion led by senior Jon Akutagawa grew lively as the students started to relate to Esther's experience.
"Esther never revealed her ethnic identity," said Akutagawa, 21, a Japanese American with black-framed glasses and a modern take on Abe Lincoln's beard.
"Is it OK not to be fully open to whom we are to get ahead? Look at politics or economic power," he said. "Is it OK for us to choose to make more money?"
Joyce Lin, 21, said people sometimes tell her that she's their only Asian friend. The daughter of immigrants, she grew up in San Bruno and attended a Chinese Christian church. Most of her friends are Asian American. This year, when she began working as a physical trainer with the football team, which is mainly African American and white, she began hearing "that I'm actually really cool."
"I go out of my way to prove stereotypes are not how I act usually," Lin said.
Hatty Lee, 20, had a different take.
"Why should I have to feel what I do represents my race?" asked Lee, who grew up in Los Angeles. "I am who God made me to be.
"I don't represent Korean Americans, I represent God," said the slender South Korea native, who plans to major in music and psychology.
The magazine Christianity Today dubbed the trend "the tiger in the academy," saying "Asian students are more likely to show Christian commitment" than other ethnic groups, including white students.
It is hard to back up such a generalization because very small proportions of students on any given campus join student fellowships. But Collin Tomikawa, an InterVarsity official for the East Bay, said evangelical groups could attract many more Asian Americans.
"We're only touching the tip of the Asians," he said.
Tomikawa said the group has tried to diversify its staff, hoping to make prospective members from all ethnic backgrounds feel welcome. But as students recruit their friends to join, many evangelical groups have found they are continuing to attract a disproportionately Asian American membership, he and others said. And some members of other ethnicities and races have responded by seeking fellowship elsewhere.
But senior Heather Brent, one of a scattering of white students at the year-end celebration at Warren Hall this month, said she learned about herself by joining the multiethnic fellowship.
"It took a long time for me, learning what it means to be white and about white privilege. I grew up thinking you should be colorblind," Brent said. "Now, I think, 'Be educated on who you are.' "
Evangelical groups have consistently appealed to Asian Americans because Asians often share common values, despite coming from different ethnicities, said Russell Jeung, an assistant professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University.
"Because Asians have a hard work ethic, they need to work to experience grace," he said. "They try to earn God's favor, just like they earn a parent's approval."
Asian Americans may also be drawn to evangelical groups because they are more accustomed than other students to identifying with a group rather than seeing themselves foremost as individuals, said Tommy Dyo, former leader of the Asian American Christian Fellowship, a national evangelical organization. He now heads the Asian American ministry for Campus Crusade for Christ.
"A lot of what we are taught in general society is that it's very individual, that it's all you," Dyo said. "But Asian Americans are attached to the greater whole."
That collective sense often stems from Asian Americans' relationship with their parents, leaders said. Christie Heller De Leon explained the pressure of parental expectations in a speech at InterVarsity's most recent Asian American conference, held the same weekend as ethnic-specific get-togethers for black, Latino, multiracial and white students in Northern California.
"Our parents have been dreaming about us since we were in the womb," said De Leon, a Filipina and a staff leader at UC Davis. "Dreams full of blessings and happiness. Yet sometimes the dream is so specific it feels like a script, handed down, ready for us, already written and ready for us to step into the role."
God's love is different, they say.
"You receive the blessing before you've done anything good," De Leon said. "Despite anything bad that you have done."
Through Cal's InterVarsity, 20-year-old Jianni Xin said she has explored her ethnic identity as an Asian American Christian. Though many in the fellowship were raised in Christian families, Xin and others contend with parents who do not understand their faith.
Her mother, a Chinese immigrant, thinks Xin should seek blessings from her grandmother and believes Christianity is taking Xin from her family.
"She's a really traditional woman. In China, she didn't know of any Christians there. I guess she wants me to focus on my studies," said Xin, 20, a sophomore from San Francisco. "She thinks I'm dating God."
Reflecting on the year, InterVarsity leader Akutagawa said the ethnic identity group struggled with understanding what "gifts or heritage" that Asian Americans offer, compared with white and black churches.
"We tried to understand how we as Asian Americans contribute to the spiritual backdrop of America," said Akutagawa, a bioengineering major who grew up in Southern California. "There's still not a definite answer. We're trying to figure out who we are in America, how we fit in, and what things we can bring to the culture here."
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Campus fellowships
It is difficult to compare the membership in evangelical Christian fellowships at different schools because they are not organized in the same manner. But InterVarsity fellowships at private elite schools and large state schools across the country began to experience "Asianization" in the early 1990s, said Collin Tomikawa, an InterVarsity area director for the East Bay.
By 2006, InterVarsity's 205-member multiethnic fellowship at UC Berkeley was 80 percent Asian American (while the campus was 43 percent Asian American). And the Campus Crusade for Christ chapter's 125-member multiethnic ministry was more than 60 percent Asian American, and its Korean ministry had 75 members.
At Stanford in 2006, Asian Americans accounted for roughly 40 percent of InterVarsity members but only 25 percent of undergrads. At UC Davis, Asian Americans are about 40 percent of the fellowship and of enrollment. At UC Santa Cruz, they account for one-third of InterVarsity and about 20 percent of students overall. MIT's and Harvard's InterVarsity fellowships each have significant Asian American memberships, too.
In contrast, at San Francisco State University, the 75-member InterVarsity chapter had nine Asian American members in 2006, even though Asian Americans account for one-third of the campus's undergrads.
-- Vanessa Hua
© 2007 Hearst Communications Inc
Friday, May 18, 2007
NATIONAL CONFERENCE (June 9, 2007): "Rise of Korean American Studies: 15 Years after the 1992 Los Angeles Civil Unrest"
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center cordially invites you to attend . . .
Rise of Korean American Studies:
15 Years after the 1992 Los Angeles Civil Unrest
Saturday, June 9, 2007
9:00 AM- 4:30 PM
Viewpoint Conference Room, Ackerman Student Union, "A" Level, UCLA Campus.
Free and Open to the Public
Please pre-register and reserve a free lunch via email or by phone (310.825.2974). Park in Lot 6 (next to Pauley Pavilion), $8/day
An Invitation
We would like to convene a conference on the status of Korean American Studies in order to commemorate the 1992 unrest. This national conference will be the third one commemorating the 1992 Los Angeles Civil Unrest. We propose to critically reflect on what kinds of knowledge have been produced about Korean Americans. Its main objective is to discuss the status of the field, to clarify the mission of Korean American Studies, to share our strategies, and our vision. We would also like to invite you to share your assessment of the field, strategy, or vision. In addition, we would like to come together to mourn the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings and offer condolences to their families and friends. Korean American community leaders and ordinary Korean immigrants on the street have taken it upon themselves to apologize for the actions of gunman Seung Hui Cho, citing a sense of collective guilt and shame simply by virtue of a shared ethnicity. We would like to reflect on how the Korean American community coped with the enormity of this horrific event, beyond concerns about a racial backlash.
9:00- 9:30 Registration
9:30-10:00 Welcoming Remarks
10:00- 11:00 Session I: Humanities
Moderator/Discussant: Grace Hong (UCLA)
Discussants: Elaine Kim (UC Berkeley), Laura Kang (UC Irvine),
Ji-Yeon Yuh (Northwestern University)
Break (10 min)
11 :10- 12 :10 Session II: Social Sciences
Moderator: Kyeyoung Park (UCLA)
Discussants: John SW Park (University of California, Santa Barbara), Pyong Gap
Min (Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY),
Jung-Sun Park (California State University, Dominguez Hills)
12:10- 1:10 Session III (over lunch): Community-Based Research
Moderator: Ailee Moon (UCLA)
Discussants: Eun Sook Lee (National Korean American Service & Education
Consortium - NAKASEC), Hae Jung Cho (Koreatown Youth and
Community Center - KYCC), (Asian Pacific Counseling and Treatment Center)
Break (10 min)
1: 20- 2:20 Session IV: Asian Americanists
Moderator/Discussant: Lane Hirabayashi (UCLA)
Discussants: Min Zhou (UCLA), Purnima Mankekar (UCLA),
L.M. San Pablo Burns (UCLA)
Break (10 min)
2:30- 3:30: Plenary Session: Korean American Studies Programs and Activities
Moderator: Elaine Kim (UC Berkeley)
Discussants: Edward T. Chang (UC Riverside), Hyojoung Kim (California State
University, Los Angeles), Kyeyoung Park (UCLA),
Jeongduk Yi (Chonbuk National University, Korea)
--
Don T. Nakanishi, Ph.D.
Director and Professor
UCLA Asian American Studies Center
3230 Campbell Hall
PO Box 951546
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1546
phone: (310) 825-2974
fax: (310) 206-9844
e-mail Dr. Nakanishi
Please visit the Center's web site: www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc
Rise of Korean American Studies:
15 Years after the 1992 Los Angeles Civil Unrest
Saturday, June 9, 2007
9:00 AM- 4:30 PM
Viewpoint Conference Room, Ackerman Student Union, "A" Level, UCLA Campus.
Free and Open to the Public
Please pre-register and reserve a free lunch via email or by phone (310.825.2974). Park in Lot 6 (next to Pauley Pavilion), $8/day
An Invitation
We would like to convene a conference on the status of Korean American Studies in order to commemorate the 1992 unrest. This national conference will be the third one commemorating the 1992 Los Angeles Civil Unrest. We propose to critically reflect on what kinds of knowledge have been produced about Korean Americans. Its main objective is to discuss the status of the field, to clarify the mission of Korean American Studies, to share our strategies, and our vision. We would also like to invite you to share your assessment of the field, strategy, or vision. In addition, we would like to come together to mourn the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings and offer condolences to their families and friends. Korean American community leaders and ordinary Korean immigrants on the street have taken it upon themselves to apologize for the actions of gunman Seung Hui Cho, citing a sense of collective guilt and shame simply by virtue of a shared ethnicity. We would like to reflect on how the Korean American community coped with the enormity of this horrific event, beyond concerns about a racial backlash.
9:00- 9:30 Registration
9:30-10:00 Welcoming Remarks
10:00- 11:00 Session I: Humanities
Moderator/Discussant: Grace Hong (UCLA)
Discussants: Elaine Kim (UC Berkeley), Laura Kang (UC Irvine),
Ji-Yeon Yuh (Northwestern University)
Break (10 min)
11 :10- 12 :10 Session II: Social Sciences
Moderator: Kyeyoung Park (UCLA)
Discussants: John SW Park (University of California, Santa Barbara), Pyong Gap
Min (Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY),
Jung-Sun Park (California State University, Dominguez Hills)
12:10- 1:10 Session III (over lunch): Community-Based Research
Moderator: Ailee Moon (UCLA)
Discussants: Eun Sook Lee (National Korean American Service & Education
Consortium - NAKASEC), Hae Jung Cho (Koreatown Youth and
Community Center - KYCC), (Asian Pacific Counseling and Treatment Center)
Break (10 min)
1: 20- 2:20 Session IV: Asian Americanists
Moderator/Discussant: Lane Hirabayashi (UCLA)
Discussants: Min Zhou (UCLA), Purnima Mankekar (UCLA),
L.M. San Pablo Burns (UCLA)
Break (10 min)
2:30- 3:30: Plenary Session: Korean American Studies Programs and Activities
Moderator: Elaine Kim (UC Berkeley)
Discussants: Edward T. Chang (UC Riverside), Hyojoung Kim (California State
University, Los Angeles), Kyeyoung Park (UCLA),
Jeongduk Yi (Chonbuk National University, Korea)
--
Don T. Nakanishi, Ph.D.
Director and Professor
UCLA Asian American Studies Center
3230 Campbell Hall
PO Box 951546
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1546
phone: (310) 825-2974
fax: (310) 206-9844
e-mail Dr. Nakanishi
Please visit the Center's web site: www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Conference on Local Cultures and the Global Church (Notre Dame, Indiana, June 24-27, 2007)
From: H-Net Announcements:
Local Cultures/Global Church: Challenges and Mission in the History of Women Religious, June 24-27, 2007
This conference explores women's missionary work in Asia, Africa, Australia, Latin America, work among diverse groups in the United States and Europe as well as the challenges of cultural diversity within communities. Papers address aspects of women's and gender history, history of religions, cultural history, peace history and the history of the global connections of citizens and residents of the United States. Keynote speakers Angelyn Dries, St. Louis University, will speak on "Women Religious: Mission and World Christianity," and Meg Guider, Weston Jesuit School of Theology, will speak on "Mission in the Americas: The Challenge of Reciprocity." The NGOMA group, a Chicago ensemble of nine musicians, will provide a musical journey through African-American history. Scholars and the general public are welcome to participate.
Kathleen Cummings
University of Notre Dame
1135 Flanner Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone 574-631-8749
Email: cushwa.1_AT_nd_DOT_edu
Visit the website at http://www.nd.edu/~cushwa
Local Cultures/Global Church: Challenges and Mission in the History of Women Religious, June 24-27, 2007
This conference explores women's missionary work in Asia, Africa, Australia, Latin America, work among diverse groups in the United States and Europe as well as the challenges of cultural diversity within communities. Papers address aspects of women's and gender history, history of religions, cultural history, peace history and the history of the global connections of citizens and residents of the United States. Keynote speakers Angelyn Dries, St. Louis University, will speak on "Women Religious: Mission and World Christianity," and Meg Guider, Weston Jesuit School of Theology, will speak on "Mission in the Americas: The Challenge of Reciprocity." The NGOMA group, a Chicago ensemble of nine musicians, will provide a musical journey through African-American history. Scholars and the general public are welcome to participate.
Kathleen Cummings
University of Notre Dame
1135 Flanner Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone 574-631-8749
Email: cushwa.1_AT_nd_DOT_edu
Visit the website at http://www.nd.edu/~cushwa
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Call for Papers: Asian Americans and the New South
Call for Papers:
Asian Americans and the New South (University of Georgia Press)
Edited by Khyati Y. Joshi and Jigna Desai
Description
The American South has a rich and vibrant tapestry of longstanding Asian American communities as well as exponentially growing recent ones. In addition to the historical presence of Asian Americans for the last two centuries (e.g., Chinese Americans in Mississippi and Filipino Americans in New Orleans), geographically diverse areas including Atlanta, the Research Triangle (Chapel Hill, Raleigh -Durham), New Orleans, Orlando and Nashville, have also become sites of recent immigration and internal migration. In an attempt to recognize and reckon with these historical and emerging minority communities, scholarly fields are beginning to map these unique histories, new communities, and the South's changing racial formations. This interdisciplinary anthology seeks to bring together essays that touch upon a wide-ranging number of topics that reflect the breadth and depth of the Asian American presence in the South. Historical perspectives on Asian Americans in the South. Contributions will be sought for an anthology exploring the historical, political, cultural, social, and/or economic issues associated with Asian Americans in the South. We would be interested in manuscripts that examine any of the following:
Abstracts Due: 06.01.07
Final Drafts Due: 11.15.07
Manuscript Length: 6000-8000 words
For more information contact:
Assistant Professor
School of Education
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Teaneck, NJ 07666
v-201.692.2826
f-201.692.2603
Asian Americans and the New South (University of Georgia Press)
Edited by Khyati Y. Joshi and Jigna Desai
Description
The American South has a rich and vibrant tapestry of longstanding Asian American communities as well as exponentially growing recent ones. In addition to the historical presence of Asian Americans for the last two centuries (e.g., Chinese Americans in Mississippi and Filipino Americans in New Orleans), geographically diverse areas including Atlanta, the Research Triangle (Chapel Hill, Raleigh -Durham), New Orleans, Orlando and Nashville, have also become sites of recent immigration and internal migration. In an attempt to recognize and reckon with these historical and emerging minority communities, scholarly fields are beginning to map these unique histories, new communities, and the South's changing racial formations. This interdisciplinary anthology seeks to bring together essays that touch upon a wide-ranging number of topics that reflect the breadth and depth of the Asian American presence in the South. Historical perspectives on Asian Americans in the South. Contributions will be sought for an anthology exploring the historical, political, cultural, social, and/or economic issues associated with Asian Americans in the South. We would be interested in manuscripts that examine any of the following:
- Historical Perspectives on Asian Americans in the American South
- Asian American Religious Communities
- Past and emerging AA racial formations
- The South as regional and transnational crossroads
- Interethnic and panethnic relations among Asian Americans
- Multiracial and interracial relations
- Katrina and its consequences
- Education
- Social movements in the South
- Labor, class and social organizing
- Internal migration or transnationalism
- Public health, illness and/or the body
- Gender & Sexuality
- Policies, politics, and/or politicians in Asian American communities
- The impact of organizing around current immigration policies
- Past and emerging AA racial formations
- Second and third generation identities
Abstracts Due: 06.01.07
Final Drafts Due: 11.15.07
Manuscript Length: 6000-8000 words
For more information contact:
- Khyati Y. Joshi, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Fairleigh Dickinson University * khyati-AT-fdu-DOT-edu
- Jigna Desai, Associate Professor, Women's Studies & Director, Asian American Studies Program, University of Minnesota * desai003-AT-umn-DOT-edu
Assistant Professor
School of Education
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Teaneck, NJ 07666
v-201.692.2826
f-201.692.2603
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
2007 statistical portrait of APNA populations
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center, as an official U.S. Census Information Center (as a co-partner with National Coalition for Asian Pacific Community Development), is pleased to provide this 2007 statistical portrait of the Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations produced by the US Census Bureau for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which will take place in May, 2007. The portrait provides current census data, population projections, and internet links that should be useful for research, planning, writing and general educational purposes. Please see the "Editor's note" at the end of this announcement for more information. The first section provides information on "Asians," while the second part highlights "Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders".
Asians
14.4 million
The estimated number of U.S. residents in July 2005 who said they were Asian or Asian in combination with one or more other races. This group comprised about 5 percent of the total population. California had the largest population (4.9 million) of people of this group. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/006808.html>
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/007263.html>
3%
Percentage growth of the Asian population between 2004 and 2005, the highest of any race group during that time period. The increase in the Asian population over the period totaled 421,000. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/006808.html>
3.3 million
Number of Asians of Chinese descent. Chinese-Americans are the largest Asian detailed group, followed by Filipinos (2.8 million), Asian Indians (2.5 million), Vietnamese (1.5 million), Koreans (1.4 million) and Japanese (1.2 million). These estimates represent the number of people who are either of a particular detailed group only or are of that group in combination with one or more other Asian detailed groups or races. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
Education
49%
The percentage of single-race Asians 25 and older who have a bachelor's degree or higher level of education. This compares to 27 percent for all people 25 and older. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
86%
The percentage of single-race Asians 25 and older who have at least a high school diploma. This compares to 84 percent for all people 25 and older. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
20%
The percentage of single-race Asians 25 and older who have a graduate or professional degree (e.g., master's or doctorate). This compares with 10 percent for all people 25 and older. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
The Asian population comprises many groups who differ in languages spoken, culture and length of residence in the United States. This is reflected in the demographic characteristics of these groups. For instance, 68 percent of Asian Indians 25 and older had a bachelor's degree or more education, and 36 percent had a graduate or professional degree. The corresponding numbers for Vietnamese-Americans were 26 percent and 7 percent, respectively.
(Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance
$61,094
Median household income for single-race Asians in 2005, the highest among all race groups.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html>
Median household income differed greatly by Asian group. For Asian Indians, for example, the median income in 2005 was $73,575; for Vietnamese-Americans, it was $50,925. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
11.1%
Poverty rate for single-race Asians in 2005, up from 9.8 percent in 2004. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html>
17.9%
Percentage of single-race Asians without health insurance coverage in 2005, up from
16.5 percent in 2004.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html>
Businesses
Source for the statements referenced in this section, unless otherwise indicated:
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/business_ownership/006814.html>
1.1 million
Number of businesses owned by Asian-Americans in 2002, up 24 percent from 1997. The rate of increase in the number of Asian-owned businesses was about twice that of the national average for all businesses.
More than $326 billion
Receipts of Asian-American-owned businesses in 2002, up 8 percent from 1997. An estimated 319,468 Asian-owned businesses had paid employees, and their receipts totaled more than
$291 billion. There were 49,636 Asian-owned firms with receipts of $1 million or more, accounting for 4.5 percent of the total number of Asian-owned firms and nearly 68 percent of their total receipts.
In 2002, more than three in 10 Asian-owned firms operated in professional, scientific and technical services, as well as other services such as personal services, and repair and maintenance.
2.2 million
Number of people employed by an Asian-owned business. There were 1,866 Asian-owned firms with 100 or more employees, generating nearly $52 billion in gross receipts (18 percent of the total revenue for Asian-owned employer firms).
46%
Percentage of all Asian-owned firms that were either Chinese-owned or Asian Indian-owned.
Nearly 6 in 10
Proportion of all Asian-owned firms in the United States that were in California, New York, Texas and New Jersey.
New York, Los Angeles, Honolulu and San Francisco Cities with the highest number of Asian-owned firms.
1 in 3
Proportion of Asian-owned businesses that were home-based. This is the lowest proportion for any minority group. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/business_ownership/007537.html>
Languages
2.3 million
The number of people 5 and older who speak Chinese at home. After Spanish, Chinese is the most widely spoken non-English language in the country. Tagalog and Vietnamese have more than 1 million speakers each. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
Serving Our Nation
293,321
The number of single-race Asian-American military veterans. About one in three was 65 and older. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
Jobs
47%
The proportion of civilian employed single-race Asians 16 and older who work in management, professional and related occupations, such as financial managers, engineers, teachers and registered nurses. Additionally, 23 percent work in sales and office occupations, 15 percent in service occupations and 11 percent in production, transportation and material moving occupations. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
Counties
1.4 million
The number of Asians (alone or in combination with one or more other races) in Los Angeles County, Calif., in 2005, which tops the nation's counties. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/007263.html>
Age Distribution
35.1
Median age, in years, of the single-race Asian population in 2005. This is younger than the corresponding figure of 36.4 years for the population as a whole. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
The Future
33.4 million
The projected number of U.S. residents in 2050 who will identify themselves as single-race Asians. They would comprise 8 percent of the total population by that year.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/001720.html>
213%
The projected percentage increase between 2000 and 2050 in the population of people who identify themselves as single-race Asian. This compares with a 49 percent increase in the population as a whole over the same period of time.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/001720.html>
Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders
990,000
The estimated number of U.S. residents in July 2005 who said they are Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander in combination with one or more other races. This group comprised 0.3 percent of the total population. There were 282,000 Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders in Hawaii, which led all states.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/006808.html>
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/007263.html>
1.5%
Percentage growth of the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population between
2004 and 2005, the highest of any race group except for Asians. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/006808.html>
Education
15%
The percentage of single-race Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders 25 and older who have at least a bachelor's degree. This compares with 27 percent for the total population this age. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
83%
The percentage of single-race Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders 25 and older who have at least a high school diploma. This compares with 84 percent for the total population this age. (These two percentages are not significantly different from one another.) (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
4%
The percentage of single-race Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders 25 and older who have obtained a graduate or professional degree. This compares with 10 percent for the total population this age. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance
$54,318
The three-year average (2003-2005) median income of households whose householders reported their race as Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander but did not report any other race. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html>
12.2%
The three-year average (2003-2005) poverty rate for those who rep
orted their race as Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander but did not report any other race.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html>
21.8%
The three-year average (2003-2005) percentage without health insurance for those who reported their race as Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander but did not report any other race.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html>
Businesses
Source for the statements referenced in this section: <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/business_ownership/007092.html>
28,948
Number of Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned businesses in 2002, up 49 percent from 1997. The rate of growth was more than three times the national average. The 3,693 Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned businesses with paid employees employed more than 29,000 and generated revenues of $3.5 billion.
2,415
Number of Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms in Honolulu alone. Honolulu led the nation.
$4.3 billion
Receipts for Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned businesses in 2002, up 3 percent from 1997. There were 727 Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms with receipts of $1 million or more. These firms accounted for 2.5 percent of the total number of Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms and 66.8 percent of their total receipts.
In 2002, nearly 21,000 Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms operated in health care and social assistance; other services (such as personal services, and repair and maintenance); retail trade; administrative and support, and waste management and remediation services; professional, scientific and technical services; and construction.
28
Number of Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms with 100 or more employees. These firms generated $698 million in gross receipts - 19.9 percent of the total revenue for Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned employer firms.
53%
Percentage of all Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms in Hawaii or California. These two states accounted for 62 percent of business revenue.
Serving Our Nation
28,084
The number of single-race Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander military veterans. One in five was 65 and older. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
Jobs
23%
The proportion of civilian employed single-race Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders 16 and older who work in management, professional and related occupations, such as financial managers, engineers, teachers and registered nurses. Meanwhile, 30 percent work in sales and office occupations, 22 percent in service occupations and 15 percent in production, transportation and material moving occupations. (The percentages for management, professional and related occupations and service occupations are not statistically different.) (Source: 2005 American Community
Age Distribution
30.6
The median age of the single-race Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population in 2005, much younger than the median age of 36.4 for the population as a whole. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
Note: American Community Survey estimates are based on the population of one race only and do not include those living in group quarters.
--
Don T. Nakanishi, Ph.D.
Director and Professor
UCLA Asian American Studies Center
3230 Campbell Hall
PO Box 951546
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1546
phone: (310) 825-2974
fax: (310) 206-9844
e-mail: dtn-at-ucla-dot-edu
Please visit the Center's web site: www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc
Asians
14.4 million
The estimated number of U.S. residents in July 2005 who said they were Asian or Asian in combination with one or more other races. This group comprised about 5 percent of the total population. California had the largest population (4.9 million) of people of this group. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/006808.html>
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/007263.html>
3%
Percentage growth of the Asian population between 2004 and 2005, the highest of any race group during that time period. The increase in the Asian population over the period totaled 421,000. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/006808.html>
3.3 million
Number of Asians of Chinese descent. Chinese-Americans are the largest Asian detailed group, followed by Filipinos (2.8 million), Asian Indians (2.5 million), Vietnamese (1.5 million), Koreans (1.4 million) and Japanese (1.2 million). These estimates represent the number of people who are either of a particular detailed group only or are of that group in combination with one or more other Asian detailed groups or races. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
Education
49%
The percentage of single-race Asians 25 and older who have a bachelor's degree or higher level of education. This compares to 27 percent for all people 25 and older. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
86%
The percentage of single-race Asians 25 and older who have at least a high school diploma. This compares to 84 percent for all people 25 and older. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
20%
The percentage of single-race Asians 25 and older who have a graduate or professional degree (e.g., master's or doctorate). This compares with 10 percent for all people 25 and older. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
The Asian population comprises many groups who differ in languages spoken, culture and length of residence in the United States. This is reflected in the demographic characteristics of these groups. For instance, 68 percent of Asian Indians 25 and older had a bachelor's degree or more education, and 36 percent had a graduate or professional degree. The corresponding numbers for Vietnamese-Americans were 26 percent and 7 percent, respectively.
(Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance
$61,094
Median household income for single-race Asians in 2005, the highest among all race groups.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html>
Median household income differed greatly by Asian group. For Asian Indians, for example, the median income in 2005 was $73,575; for Vietnamese-Americans, it was $50,925. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
11.1%
Poverty rate for single-race Asians in 2005, up from 9.8 percent in 2004. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html>
17.9%
Percentage of single-race Asians without health insurance coverage in 2005, up from
16.5 percent in 2004.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html>
Businesses
Source for the statements referenced in this section, unless otherwise indicated:
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/business_ownership/006814.html>
1.1 million
Number of businesses owned by Asian-Americans in 2002, up 24 percent from 1997. The rate of increase in the number of Asian-owned businesses was about twice that of the national average for all businesses.
More than $326 billion
Receipts of Asian-American-owned businesses in 2002, up 8 percent from 1997. An estimated 319,468 Asian-owned businesses had paid employees, and their receipts totaled more than
$291 billion. There were 49,636 Asian-owned firms with receipts of $1 million or more, accounting for 4.5 percent of the total number of Asian-owned firms and nearly 68 percent of their total receipts.
In 2002, more than three in 10 Asian-owned firms operated in professional, scientific and technical services, as well as other services such as personal services, and repair and maintenance.
2.2 million
Number of people employed by an Asian-owned business. There were 1,866 Asian-owned firms with 100 or more employees, generating nearly $52 billion in gross receipts (18 percent of the total revenue for Asian-owned employer firms).
46%
Percentage of all Asian-owned firms that were either Chinese-owned or Asian Indian-owned.
Nearly 6 in 10
Proportion of all Asian-owned firms in the United States that were in California, New York, Texas and New Jersey.
New York, Los Angeles, Honolulu and San Francisco Cities with the highest number of Asian-owned firms.
1 in 3
Proportion of Asian-owned businesses that were home-based. This is the lowest proportion for any minority group. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/business_ownership/007537.html>
Languages
2.3 million
The number of people 5 and older who speak Chinese at home. After Spanish, Chinese is the most widely spoken non-English language in the country. Tagalog and Vietnamese have more than 1 million speakers each. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
Serving Our Nation
293,321
The number of single-race Asian-American military veterans. About one in three was 65 and older. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
Jobs
47%
The proportion of civilian employed single-race Asians 16 and older who work in management, professional and related occupations, such as financial managers, engineers, teachers and registered nurses. Additionally, 23 percent work in sales and office occupations, 15 percent in service occupations and 11 percent in production, transportation and material moving occupations. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
Counties
1.4 million
The number of Asians (alone or in combination with one or more other races) in Los Angeles County, Calif., in 2005, which tops the nation's counties. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/007263.html>
Age Distribution
35.1
Median age, in years, of the single-race Asian population in 2005. This is younger than the corresponding figure of 36.4 years for the population as a whole. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
The Future
33.4 million
The projected number of U.S. residents in 2050 who will identify themselves as single-race Asians. They would comprise 8 percent of the total population by that year.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/001720.html>
213%
The projected percentage increase between 2000 and 2050 in the population of people who identify themselves as single-race Asian. This compares with a 49 percent increase in the population as a whole over the same period of time.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/001720.html>
Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders
990,000
The estimated number of U.S. residents in July 2005 who said they are Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander in combination with one or more other races. This group comprised 0.3 percent of the total population. There were 282,000 Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders in Hawaii, which led all states.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/006808.html>
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/007263.html>
1.5%
Percentage growth of the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population between
2004 and 2005, the highest of any race group except for Asians. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/006808.html>
Education
15%
The percentage of single-race Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders 25 and older who have at least a bachelor's degree. This compares with 27 percent for the total population this age. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
83%
The percentage of single-race Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders 25 and older who have at least a high school diploma. This compares with 84 percent for the total population this age. (These two percentages are not significantly different from one another.) (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
4%
The percentage of single-race Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders 25 and older who have obtained a graduate or professional degree. This compares with 10 percent for the total population this age. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance
$54,318
The three-year average (2003-2005) median income of households whose householders reported their race as Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander but did not report any other race. <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html>
12.2%
The three-year average (2003-2005) poverty rate for those who rep
orted their race as Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander but did not report any other race.<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html>
21.8%
The three-year average (2003-2005) percentage without health insurance for those who reported their race as Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander but did not report any other race.
<http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/007419.html>
Businesses
Source for the statements referenced in this section: <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/business_ownership/007092.html>
28,948
Number of Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned businesses in 2002, up 49 percent from 1997. The rate of growth was more than three times the national average. The 3,693 Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned businesses with paid employees employed more than 29,000 and generated revenues of $3.5 billion.
2,415
Number of Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms in Honolulu alone. Honolulu led the nation.
$4.3 billion
Receipts for Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned businesses in 2002, up 3 percent from 1997. There were 727 Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms with receipts of $1 million or more. These firms accounted for 2.5 percent of the total number of Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms and 66.8 percent of their total receipts.
In 2002, nearly 21,000 Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms operated in health care and social assistance; other services (such as personal services, and repair and maintenance); retail trade; administrative and support, and waste management and remediation services; professional, scientific and technical services; and construction.
28
Number of Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms with 100 or more employees. These firms generated $698 million in gross receipts - 19.9 percent of the total revenue for Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned employer firms.
53%
Percentage of all Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms in Hawaii or California. These two states accounted for 62 percent of business revenue.
Serving Our Nation
28,084
The number of single-race Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander military veterans. One in five was 65 and older. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
Jobs
23%
The proportion of civilian employed single-race Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders 16 and older who work in management, professional and related occupations, such as financial managers, engineers, teachers and registered nurses. Meanwhile, 30 percent work in sales and office occupations, 22 percent in service occupations and 15 percent in production, transportation and material moving occupations. (The percentages for management, professional and related occupations and service occupations are not statistically different.) (Source: 2005 American Community
Age Distribution
30.6
The median age of the single-race Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population in 2005, much younger than the median age of 36.4 for the population as a whole. (Source: 2005 American Community Survey)
Note: American Community Survey estimates are based on the population of one race only and do not include those living in group quarters.
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Don T. Nakanishi, Ph.D.
Director and Professor
UCLA Asian American Studies Center
3230 Campbell Hall
PO Box 951546
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1546
phone: (310) 825-2974
fax: (310) 206-9844
e-mail: dtn-at-ucla-dot-edu
Please visit the Center's web site: www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc
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