(Spring 2016)
Over the last quarter of a century, AAPIs have made great strides in America—with Secretary Norman Mineta becoming the first Asian American appointed to a presidential cabinet for two U.S. presidents; to the late U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye, who as president pro tem of the U.S. Senate was the highest-ranking Asian American politician in U.S. history; to U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono, the first Asian American woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. AAPIs were also given a voice in the White
House, when President Bill Clinton established, and President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama reauthorized, the first White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Now in 2016, we have the largest number of AAPIs in history to ever serve in U.S. Congress.
House, when President Bill Clinton established, and President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama reauthorized, the first White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Now in 2016, we have the largest number of AAPIs in history to ever serve in U.S. Congress.
Today, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are two of the nation’s fastest-growing racial populations and are already twenty million strong. History and current events have demonstrated that our presence in numbers matters.
Now the question is: “What do we envision a quarter century from today?”
Editors: Elena Ong and S. Floyd Mori
Authors: Paul Ong, Elena Ong, Jonathan Ong, Rita Pin Ahrens, Leilani Matasaua Pimentel, Johanna Hester, Heather Chun, Priscilla Huang, Charles Lee, Erin Oshiro, Christine Chen and more.
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Citation: 2016. AAPIs 2040. AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice and Community: 2016, Vol. 14, No. 1.