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Asian American Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of such immigrants). Although this term had historically been used for all the indigenous people ...

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49-Mile Scenic Drive The 49-Mile Scenic Drive is a designated scenic road tour highlighting much of San Francisco, California. It was created in 1938 by the San Francisco Down Town Association to showcase the city's major attractions and natural beauty during the 19 ...

* 80-20 Initiative * 99 Ranch Market *

100th Infantry Battalion The 100th Infantry Battalion ( ja, 第100歩兵大隊, ''Dai Hyaku Hohei Daitai'') is the only infantry unit in the United States Army Reserve. In World War II, the then-primarily Nisei battalion was composed largely of former members of the Haw ...

442nd Regimental Combat Team The 442nd Infantry Regiment ( ja, 第442歩兵連隊) was an infantry regiment of the United States Army. The regiment is best known as the most decorated in U.S. military history and as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-gene ...

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A Magazine ''A. Magazine'' was an East Asian American-focused magazine published by A.Media, Inc., headquartered in Midtown Manhattan and with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco.Wan, William.Pop Culture Asian American Magazine Falters" ''Los Angele ...

* Aim High Academy *

Adopt-An-Alleyway Youth Empowerment Project The Adopt-An-Alleyway Youth Empowerment Project is a non-profit project of the Chinatown Community Development Center that is based in the Chinatown, San Francisco, San Francisco Chinatown area. Volunteers clean the alleyways of San Francisco's Ch ...

* Affirmative action *

Ah Ken Ah Ken ( fl. 1858–1896), also known as Ah Kam, was a Chinese American businessman and popular figure in Chinatown, Manhattan during the mid-to late 19th century. The first Asian man to permanently immigrate to Chinatown, although Quimbo Appo ...

* Alien land laws *

Allen Street Allen Street is a street in the New York City borough of Manhattan which runs north-south through the Lower Manhattan neighborhood of Chinatown and the Lower East Side. It is continued north of Houston Street as First Avenue. South of Divisio ...

Amerasian An Amerasian may refer to a person born in Asia to an Asian mother and a U.S. military father. Other terms used include War babies or G.I. babies. There are also those who may have mothers in the U.S. military or have Amerasian ancestry through the ...

American Chinese cuisine American Chinese cuisine is a cuisine derived from Chinese cuisine that was developed by Chinese Americans. The dishes served in many North American Chinese restaurants are adapted to American tastes and often differ significantly from those ...

* American television series with Asian leads *

Angel Island Angel Island may refer to: *Angel Island (California), historic site of the United States Immigration Station, Angel Island, and part of Angel Island State Park, in San Francisco Bay, California * Angel Island, Papua New Guinea * ''Angel Island'' (n ...

Asian American activism Asian American activism broadly refers to the political movements and social justice activities involving Asian Americans. Since the first wave of Asian immigration to the United States, Asians have been actively engaged in social and political or ...

Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Research Consortium The Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Research Consortium (AAPIPRC) focuses on critical policy issues facing the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Conceived of as part of the White House Executive Order 13515 (2009) (''In ...

* Asian American Arts Centre *

Asian American Curriculum Project The Asian American Curriculum Project (AACP) is a nonprofit organization based in San Mateo which was created in 1969 to promote Asian and Asian-American culture and writing. The organization publishes books and media on the topic of Asian people's ...

Asian American Dance Theatre The Asian American Dance Theatre (AADT) was a dance performance and educational non-profit organization in New York. It featured traditional Asian folk and classical dances along with contemporary pieces that evoke Asian forms and sensibilities. ...

Asian American International Film Festival The Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) is the first and longest-running film festival to showcase the works of emerging and experienced Asian and Asian American filmmakers and media artists in the US. The programming includes a di ...

Asian American jazz Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...

* Asian American Journalists Association * Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund *

Asian American Literary Review ''The Asian American Literary Review'' (''AALR'') is a biannual literary magazine and according to its official website is "a space for writers who consider the designation 'Asian American' a fruitful starting point for artistic vision and communit ...

Asian American literature Asian American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of Asian descent. Asian American literature became a category during the 1970s but didn't see a direct impact in viewership until later in the 1970s. Perhap ...

Asian American Literature Festival The Asian American Literature Festival is a biannual Washington, D.C.–based literary festival dedicated to sharing and growing Asian American literature. It was first held in 2017. History The Asian American Literature Festival is an event pr ...

Asian American movement The Asian American movement was a sociopolitical movement in which the widespread grassroots effort of Asian Americans affected racial, social and political change in the U.S, reaching its peak in the late 1960s to mid-1970s. During this period Asia ...

Asian American Political Alliance The Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA) was a political organization started at University of California, Berkeley in 1968 that aimed to unite all Asian Americans under one identity to push for political and social action. The two main chapte ...

* Asian American public television * Asian American Student Union * Asian American Studies *

Asian American theatre Asian American theatre is theatre written, directed or acted by Asian Americans. From initial efforts by four theatre companies in the 1960s, Asian-American theatre has grown to around forty groups today. Early productions often had Asian themes ...

Asian American Women Artists Association Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA) is a nonprofit arts organization that supports and promotes the work of Asian American women artists in the visual, literary, and performing arts through activities such as art events, lectures, art ...

* Asian American Writers' Workshop * Asian Americans (documentary series) *

Asian Americans in arts and entertainment Asian Americans have been involved in the entertainment industry since the first half of the 19th century, when Chang and Eng Bunker (the original "Siamese Twins") became naturalized citizens. Acting roles in television, film, and theater were ...

Asian Americans in Houston Houston has large populations of immigrants from Asia. In addition, the city has the largest Vietnamese American population in Texas and third-largest in the United States as of 2004. Houston also has one of the largest Chinese American, P ...

Asian Americans in New York City Asian Americans in New York City represent the largest Asian American population of any city in the United States. Population New York City alone, according to the 2010 Census, has now become home to more than one million Asian Americans, gre ...

Asian Americans in politics Asian Americans represent a growing share of the national population and of the electorate. The lower political participation of Asian Americans has been raised as a concern, especially as it relates to their influence on Politics of the United St ...

Asian Americans in science and technology Asian Americans have made many notable contributions to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Chien-Shiung Wu was known to many scientists as the "First Lady of Physics" and played a pivotal role in experimentally demo ...

Asian Americans in sports Asian Americans have been involved in sports for as long as they have existed. They have had careers in the National Football League, NFL, Olympic Games, Olympics, PGA Tour, National Basketball Association, NBA, Major League Soccer, MLS, and many ...

* Asian fetish *

Asian immigration to the United States Asian immigration to the United States refers to immigration to the United States from part of the continent of Asia, which includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. Historically, immigrants from other parts of Asia, such as West Asia w ...

* Asian Latino *

Asian Pacific American Asian/Pacific American (APA) or Asian/Pacific Islander (API) or Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) or Asian American and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) is a term sometimes used in the United States when including both Asian a ...

Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature The Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature (APAAL) are a set of literary awards presented annually by the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA). The APALA was formed in 1980 "to create an organization that would address the n ...

Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival The Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival, hosted by the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans in New York City, is one of the largest outdoors celebrations of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in the United States. Each year, in May, the fest ...

* Asian Pacific American Heritage Month *

Asian Pacific Thematic Historic District The Asian Pacific Thematic Historic District (APTHD), San Diego's historic Chinatown, is an eight-block district adjacent to and in part overlapping with the Gaslamp Quarter Historic District. The APTHD is bounded by Market Street on the north, ...

* Asian pride * Asian quota in higher education admissions *

Asian Week ''AsianWeek'' was America's first and largest English language print and on-line publication serving Asian Americans. The news organization played an important role nationally and in the San Francisco Bay Area as the “Voice of Asian America”. ...

* Asians in Rock * Asiatic Exclusion League * AZN Television

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* California Street (San Francisco) *

Donaldina Cameron Donaldina Cameron (July 26, 1869 – January 4, 1968) was a New Zealand-born American Presbyterian missionary who was a pioneer in the fight against slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown, who helped more than 2,000 Chinese immigrant girls and wom ...

Cathay Bank Cathay Bank () is an American bank founded in 1962. Cathay is headquartered in Chinatown, Los Angeles, with a corporate center in nearby El Monte, California. It has branches in California, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Washington, I ...

Cathedral High School (Los Angeles) Cathedral High School is a private, college preparatory Catholic all-boys school in Los Angeles, California. History Cathedral High School was founded by Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell as the first Los Angeles Archdiocesan high school for boys ...

Cayetano Apablasa Cayetano Apablasa Blanco (or Apablaza; 1847–1889) was a 19th-century land owner and politician in Los Angeles, California. His holdings were on the south of the central Los Angeles Plaza, later the first site of the city's Chinatown, Los Angeles, ...

Cedar Grove OnStage Cedar Grove OnStage is an Asian Pacific American theatre arts organization established in 2006, based in Los Angeles, co-founded by playwright Tim Toyama and actor/director Chris Tashima who serves as Artistic Director. It is a division of the en ...

Cedar Grove Productions Cedar Grove Productions is an independent production company based in Los Angeles, California, specializing in media and theatre arts representing the Asian Pacific American community. Media projects are educational, with Visual Communications ...

Center for Asian American Media The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) was founded in 1980. The San Francisco-based organization, formerly known as the National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA), has grown into the largest organization dedicated to the adv ...

* Chan Is Missing * Chin, Vincent *

Chinatown A Chinatown () is an ethnic enclave of Chinese people located outside Greater China, most often in an urban setting. Areas known as "Chinatown" exist throughout the world, including Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Austra ...

* Chinatown (1974 film) * Chinatown Family * Chinatown, Honolulu * Chinatown Kid * Chinatown, Los Angeles *

Chinatown (Los Angeles Metro station) Chinatown station is an elevated light rail station on the L Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located along Spring Street above College Street in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, just north of Downtown Los Angeles. ...

Chinese American Chinese Americans are Americans of Han Chinese ancestry. Chinese Americans constitute a subgroup of East Asian Americans which also constitute a subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans along with their ancestors trace lineage from ...

Chinese American Museum The Chinese American Museum (Chinese: 華美博物館; abbreviated CAM) is a museum located in Downtown Los Angeles as a part of the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument. It is dedicated to the history and experience of Chinese Americans ...

Chinese American Citizens Alliance Chinese American Citizens Alliance (C.A.C.A.) is a Chinese American fraternal, benevolent non-profit organization founded in 1895 in San Francisco, California to secure equal rights for Americans of Chinese ancestry and to better the welfare of t ...

* Chinese-American Planning Council * Chinese Cemetery of Los Angeles * Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association * Chinese Consulate-General, Los Angeles *

Chinese Culture Center The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco (or CCC) (; Jyutping: ''Gau6gam1saan1 Zung1waa4 Man4faa3 Zung1sam1'') is a community-based, non-profit organization established in 1965 as the operations center of the Chinese Culture Foundation locate ...

* Chinese Historical Society of America *

Chinese Historical Society of Southern California Chinese Historical Society of Southern California (CHSSC, ) is an organization based in Los Angeles Chinatown, California. History On November 1, 1975, the society held its founding meeting at Cathay Bank in Los Angeles, California. Its key at ...

* Chinese Exclusion Act *

Chinese Immersion School at De Avila The Chinese Immersion School at De Avila is the latest incarnation of the historic Dudley Stone School, founded in San Francisco, California, in 1896 and surviving the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906. The kindergarten-through-fifth-grad ...

Chinese for Affirmative Action Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) is a San Francisco-based advocacy organization. Founded in 1969, its initial goals were equality of access to employment and the creation of job opportunities for Chinese Americans. The group broadened its missio ...

* Chinese Massacre of 1871 *

Chinese school A Chinese school () is a school that is established for the purpose of teaching the varieties of Chinese (in particular, Mandarin and Cantonese), though the purpose can vary to teaching different aspects of Chinese culture such as Chinese art, ca ...

* Ching Chong * Chung Ching Yee * Chung King Road * City College of San Francisco *

Clement Street Chinatown, San Francisco The Richmond District is a neighborhood in the northwest corner of San Francisco, California, developed initially in the late 19th century. It is sometimes confused with the city of Richmond, which is northeast of San Francisco. The Richmond is ...

Columbus Avenue (San Francisco) Columbus Avenue is one of the major streets of San Francisco that runs diagonally through the North Beach and Chinatown areas of San Francisco, California, from Washington and Montgomery Streets by the Transamerica Pyramid to Beach Street near F ...

Commercial Street, San Francisco Commercial Street is a street in San Francisco, California that runs from Sansome Street to Grant Avenue. The eastern end of Commercial Street was originally the waterfront before it was filled in for real estate. It led to the Financial Distri ...

Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) is a caucus consisting of members of the United States Congress who are Asian American and Pacific Islander ( AAPI), and who have a strong interest in advocating and promoting issues and ...

* Coolie

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Demographics of Asian Americans The demographics of Asian Americans describe a heterogeneous group of people in the United States who trace their ancestry to one or more Asian countries. Manilamen began to reside in Louisiana as the first Asian Americans to live in the contin ...

* Desi * Deportation of Cambodian Americans * Dev Bootcamp * Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart * Division Street (Manhattan) *

Donald Duk ''Donald Duk'' is a Bildungsroman, coming-of-age novel written by Frank Chin, first published in February 1991. It is about an eleven-year-old boy turning twelve, completing a cycle of the Chinese zodiac, in San Francisco, and his struggles juggl ...

* Downtown Magnets High School * Doyers Street

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East–West Center The East–West Center (EWC), or the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peopl ...

* East West Players * The Eighth Promise *

Eng Suey Sun Association Eng Family Benevolent Association, also referred to as Eng Suey Sun Association (), was founded by members of the Eng (伍) clan, who emigrated from China to various parts of the world while seeking out a better life (References 1). Note that the ...

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FilCom Center The Filipino Community Center, or "FilCom Center", in Waipahu, Leeward Oahu; sits on a parcel of land gifted by the AmFac Corporation. Its . structure provides some . of usable space. It has three stories of rental space, offices for social, he ...

Filipino American History Month Filipino American History Month (FAHM) is celebrated in the United States during the month of October. In 1991, Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) board of trustees proposed the first annual Filipino American History Month to c ...

* Filipino American Friendship Day *

First transcontinental railroad North America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the " Overland Route") was a continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail netwo ...

Flip Flip, FLIP, or flips may refer to: People * Flip (nickname), a list of people * Lil' Flip (born 1981), American rapper * Flip Simmons, Australian actor and musician * Flip Wilson, American comedian Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * ...

Forbidden City (nightclub) The Forbidden City was a Chinese nightclub and cabaret in San Francisco, which was in business from 1938 to 1970, and operated on the second floor of 363 Sutter Street, between Chinatown and Union Square. Although Forbidden City was not the first ...

* Flower Drum Song * Flower Drum Song (film) * The Flower Drum Song * Fresh off the boat

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* Geary Act *

Gentlemen's Agreement A gentlemen's agreement, or gentleman's agreement, is an informal and legally non-binding agreement between two or more parties. It is typically oral, but it may be written or simply understood as part of an unspoken agreement by convention or th ...

* Gin Family Association * Golden Dragon massacre * Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Company *

Got Rice? Asian pride is a term which encourages Asian people to celebrate their ethnicity and culture. It also has various origins and interpretations. International usage Asian pride is a broad term that can cover several topics. Within the international ...

* Grant Avenue

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* Hapa *

Hawaii Hochi The ''Hawaii Hochi'' (Japanese: ''ハワイ報知'') is a six-day-a-week Japanese-language newspaper published and sold in Hawaii. The newspaper was founded in 1912 to serve the Japanese immigrant community in Hawaii. Founder Frederick Kinzabur ...

Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha – Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha – Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu ( ja, ハワイ金刀比羅神社・ハワイ大宰府天満宮) is a Shinto shrine established in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1924. An annual blessing of animals Blessing of animals can be either of t ...

* Hawaii Shingon Mission *

Health status of Asian Americans Asian Americans have historically been perceived as a "model minority," experiencing few health problems relative to other minority groups. Research within the past 20 years, however, has shown that Asian Americans are at high risk for hepatitis B, ...

* Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, California *

History of Asian Americans Asian American history is the history of ethnic and racial groups in the United States who are of Asian descent. The term " Asian American" was an idea invented in the 1960s to bring together Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino Americans for strategi ...

History of the Chinese Americans in Los Angeles Historically there has been a population of Chinese Americans in Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area. As of 2010, there were 393,488 Chinese Americans in Los Angeles County, 4.0% of the county's population, and 66,782 Chinese Ame ...

History of the Koreans in Baltimore The history of Koreans in Baltimore dates back to the mid-20th century. The Korean-American community in Baltimore began to grow in the 1960s and reached its peak between the 1970s and 1990s. The Korean population is anchored in central Baltimore ...

James Hong James Hong (; born February 22, 1929) is an American actor, producer and director. He has worked in numerous productions in American media since the 1950s, portraying a variety of roles. With more than 650 film and television credits as of 20 ...

You Chung Hong You Chung Hong (Chinese: 洪耀宗 pinyin: Hóng Yàozōng) (May 4, 1898 – November 1977) was an American attorney and community leader who was the second Chinese American lawyer admitted to practice law in the state of California, having ...

* Hong Fook Tong Chinese Dramatic Company

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* Immigration Act of 1917 * Immigration Act of 1924 *

Import scene The import scene, also known as the import racing scene or tuner scene, is a subculture of modifying mostly Japanese-import cars, particularly in the United States and Europe. History Car modifying has been popular among youths in the US, especi ...

* International Examiner * International Hotel (San Francisco) *

Irving Street Chinatown, San Francisco The Sunset District is a neighborhood located in the southwest quadrant of San Francisco, California, United States. Location The Sunset District is the largest neighborhood within the city and county of San Francisco. Golden Gate Park forms th ...

Izumo Taishakyo Mission of Hawaii The Izumo Taishakyo Mission is a Shinto shrine located in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii. It is one of the few active Shinto shrines in the United States. The wooden A-frame structure was inspired by Shimane Prefecture's classical Japanese shrine Izu ...

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* Jack Kerouac Alley *

Jackson Street Boys The Jackson Boyz, JBZ or Jackson Street Boys, JSB are or were a San Francisco, California based Asian American street gang and criminal organization The gang, composed of Cantonese and Vietnamese members, has been centered in San Francisco's China ...

Jade Ribbon Campaign The Jade Ribbon Campaign (JRC) also known as JoinJade, was launched by the Asian Liver Center (ALC) at Stanford University in May 2001 during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month to help spread awareness internationally about hepatitis B (HBV) a ...

Japanese American are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 census, they have declined in number to constitute the sixth largest Asi ...

Japanese American Citizens League The is an Asian American civil rights charity, headquartered in San Francisco, with regional chapters across the United States. The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) describes itself as the oldest and largest Asian American civil right ...

Japanese American internment Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

* Japanese American National Museum * Japantown * Jian Li *

Joe's Shanghai Joe's Shanghai () is a chain of seven Shanghainese restaurants in the United States and Japan. The original location was opened by restaurateur Mei Ping "Barbara" Matsumura and chef Kiu Sang "Joe" Si in 1995 in Flushing, Queens, followed by b ...

* Jook sing *

The Joy Luck Club (novel) ''The Joy Luck Club'' is a 1989 novel written by Amy Tan. It focuses on four Chinese immigrant families in San Francisco who start a club known as The Joy Luck Club, playing the Chinese game of mahjong for money while feasting on a variety of food ...

Judges A judge is an official who presides over a court. Judge or Judges may also refer to: Roles *Judge, an alternative name for an adjudicator in a competition in theatre, music, sport, etc. *Judge, an alternative name/aviator call sign for a membe ...

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KHCM (AM) KHCM (880 kHz) is a Chinese-Language AM radio station serving Honolulu, Hawaii. The Salem Media Group outlet broadcasts with a power level of 2 kW. Its studios are in Honolulu's Kalihi district, and its transmitter is in the Kakaako n ...

* KHRA * Kearny Street * Killing of Vincent Chin *

Kong Chow Temple Kong Chow Temple () is a temple dedicated to Guan Di, located in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco, California, in the United States. History The temple was founded, in 1849, by members of the Cantonese population of San Francisco. In 18 ...

* Korean adoptee * Korean American * Korean school * Koreatown *

KPHI KPHI (1130 AM, "Shaka 96.7") is a radio station located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The station is owned by H. Hawaii Media and airs a Hawaiian oldies format. The studios are located in Downtown Honolulu and the transmitter is located near Mililani. KP ...

* KREA *

Kung Phooey ''Kung Phooey!'' is a 2003 independent film directed and produced by Darryl Fong. Fong also co-stars in the movie, alongside Michael Chow and Colman Domingo. The movie is about a monk who tries to find a mysterious lost "Fountain of Youth" (an ...

Kyoto Gardens of Honolulu Memorial Park The Kyoto Gardens of Honolulu Memorial Park is a cemetery located in the eastern half of the Honolulu Memorial Park, 22 Craigside Place, Honolulu, Hawaii. Its three-tiered Sanju Pagoda, the Kinkaku-ji Temple, and Mirror Gardens are fine examples ...

KZOO KZOO or Kay-Zoo (1210 AM) is a radio station catering to the Japanese people, Japanese community of Honolulu, Hawaii. The station plays news, talk shows, and J-Pop. It is owned by Polynesian Broadcasting, Inc. KZOO also retransmits on Spectrum (b ...

* Korean National Association

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List of Asian-American firsts Asian-Americans are an ethnic group in the United States, denoting Americans of Asian descent. The phrase Asian-American was coined by Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee in 1968 during the founding of the Asian American Political Alliance, and started to ...

List of Asian Americans This article is a list of notable Asian Americans. Academia *Manjul Bhargava, mathematician * Raj Chetty, professor of economics * Leon O. Chua, computer scientist * S. I. Hayakawa, professor of English, president of San Francisco State Universi ...

List of Asian Academy Award winners and nominees This is a list of Academy Award winners and nominees who are from Asia, i.e., who are nationals of a country situated in Asia (including people with dual citizenship). The Best International Feature Film (Best Foreign Language Film) here include ...

* List of Asian American jurists * List of Asian American theatre companies * List of Asian American writers *

List of Asian Tony Award winners and nominees This is a list of Tony Award winners and nominees who are of Asian descent or native to an Asian country. As of the 75th Tony Awards, which were presented on June 12, 2022, there are 14 individual Asian Tony Award winners, including 13 competiti ...

List of U.S. communities with Asian-American majority populations The following list of ethnic groups is a partial list of United States cities and towns in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is Asian American or Asian, according to the United States Census Bureau. This list does not include cities in ...

List of documentary films about the Japanese American internment This is a list of documentary films about the Internment of Japanese Americans. See also * Japanese American internment *List of feature films about the Japanese American internment References {{Japanese American internment camps Japanese- ...

* List of streets and alleys in Chinatown, San Francisco * Little Manila * Little Saigon * Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

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* Magnuson Act * Making Tracks Asian American historical musical *

Miguel Contreras Learning Complex Miguel Contreras Learning Complex (MCLC) is a high school in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school is ...

* Military history of Asian Americans *

MinKwon Center for Community Action The MinKwon Center for Community Action is a nonprofit organization that serves the needs of the Korean American community in New York City. First established as YKASEC in 1984, the MinKwon Center is based in Flushing, Queens, which has a large Kore ...

Miss Asian America Miss Asian Global Pageant (founded August 1, 1987) was initiated as a part of the Asian Heritage Celebration for the County of Santa Clara in 1987, the pageant's top titleholders include the former First Lady of the State of Washington, Mona Lee ...

* Model minority * Mott Street * MTV Chi *

MTV Desi MTV Desi is a digital platform from MTV that targeted Desis (people of South Asian origin) in the United States, as the name implies. The network features various styles of music such as electronic tabla music and English-Gujarati hip-hop, inters ...

* MTV K * Museum of Chinese in America

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* Narasaki, Karen * New York Filipino Film Festival *

Haing S. Ngor Haing Somnang Ngor ( Khmer: ហាំង សំណាង ង៉ោ; ; March 22, 1940 – February 25, 1996) was a Cambodian American gynecologist, obstetrician, actor and author. He is best remembered for winning the Academy Award for Best Suppor ...

Nisei Baseball Research Project The Nisei Baseball Research Project (NBRP) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization documenting, preserving and exhibiting history of Japanese American baseball. It was founded by Kerry Yo Nakagawa, the author of ''Through a Diamond: 100 Years of ...

No-No Boy ''No-No Boy'' is a 1957 novel, and the only novel published by the Japanese American writer John Okada. It tells the story of a Japanese-American in the aftermath of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Set in Seattle, Washing ...

* Noriega Street Chinatown, San Francisco * Northwest Asian Weekly * Nyotaimori

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Old Saint Mary's Cathedral The Old Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception is a proto-cathedral and parish of the Roman Catholic Church located at 660 California Street at the corner of Grant Avenue in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco, California. ...

Organization of Chinese Americans OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates (previously known as the Organization of Chinese Americans) is a non-profit organization founded in 1973, whose stated mission is to advance the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Americans a ...

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Pacific Buddhist Academy The Pacific Buddhist Academy is a private, co-educational college preparatory high school in Honolulu, Hawaii. The school's stated mission is "To prepare students for college through academic excellence, enrich their lives with Buddhist values, a ...

Philippe's Philippe's, or "Philippe the Original" ( ) is a restaurant located in downtown Los Angeles, California. The restaurant is well known for continuously operating since 1908, making it one of the oldest restaurants in Los Angeles. It is also renow ...

* Philippine Independence Day Parade * Portsmouth Square *

Portrayal of East Asians in American film and theater Portrayals of East Asians in American film and theatre has been a subject of controversy. These portrayals have frequently reflected an ethnocentric perception of East Asians rather than realistic and authentic depictions of East Asian cultures, c ...

Powell Street (San Francisco) Powell Street is a street in San Francisco, California that connects from Market Street through Union Square, North Beach, Nob Hill, Russian Hill and ends at Fisherman's Wharf. The intersection of Powell Street with Market Street is the sta ...

* Preferred Bank

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Racist love Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism ...

Ross Alley Ross Alley is a north–south alley in San Francisco's Chinatown. Ross Alley lies between and is parallel to Stockton and Grant, running one city block between Jackson and Washington. History Ross Alley was initially built in 1849, adjacent ...

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* San Francisco Chinatown: A Guide to Its History & Architecture *

San Francisco Chinese Hospital San Francisco Chinese Hospital is a hospital in San Francisco and the only Chinese hospital in the United States. The hospital is located in San Francisco's Chinatown. Chinese Hospital primarily serves the elderly, poor and immigrants from China ...

* San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade * San Francisco plague of 1900–04 * San Francisco Riot of 1877 * SARS and accusations of racial discrimination * Sam Wo * Sam Woo Restaurant *

Seattle Asian American Film Festival The Seattle Asian American Film Festival was founded in 1985 and has been revived over the years by different producers. The current iteration was founded in 2012 and made its debut in 2013 by co-founders Kevin Bang and Vanessa Au. It is a reviva ...

Lisa See Lisa See (born 18th February 1955) is an American writer and novelist. Her books include ''On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family'' (1995), a detailed account of See's family history, and the novels '' Flower N ...

Secret Asian Man ''Secret Asian Man'' is a discontinued weekly comic strip written and drawn by Tak Toyoshima. The strip covers the author's biography and Asian American issues. ''Secret Asian Man'' often centers its discussion on what it means to be Asian Amer ...

* Sex crimes against Asian women in the United States *

Shadows Over Chinatown ''Shadows Over Chinatown'' is a 1946 film directed by Terry O. Morse. It is the second to last film featuring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. Plot Chan investigates a murder for profit racket in San Francisco. Toller was in poor health during ...

Shuang Wen Academy Network Shuang may refer to: Given name *Cao Shuang (died 249), military general, politician and regent of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period *Cheng Shuang (born 1987), Chinese female aerial skier who competed at the 2010 Winter Olympic ...

Silk Road Rising Silk Road Rising is a theatre company located in downtown Chicago dedicated to presenting plays written by individuals of Asian and Middle Eastern descent. Formerly known as Silk Road Theatre Project, the name was changed in 2011 in order to bett ...

The Slanted Screen ''The Slanted Screen'' is a 2006 documentary film written, produced, and directed by Jeff Adachi which examines the stereotypical portrayals and absence of East Asian males in the cinema of the United States. The film analyzes Hollywood from the ...

* South Asian Americans * Stereotypes of Asians (disambiguation) * Stereotypes of East Asians in the United States *

St. Hedwig's Church (Chicago) St. Hedwig's Church ( pl, Kościół Świętej Jadwigi) is a historic parish church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located in Chicago, Illinois. Constructed in the grand Polish Cathedral style, it is one of the many monumental Pol ...

* Stockton Street (San Francisco) *

Stockton Street Tunnel The Stockton Street Tunnel is a tunnel in San Francisco, California, and carries its namesake street underneath a section of Nob Hill near Chinatown for about three blocks. The south portal is located just shy of Bush Street, which is about two ...

Stop AAPI Hate Stop AAPI Hate is a nonprofit organization that runs the Stop AAPI Hate Reporting Center, which tracks incidents of hate and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the United States. The organization was formed i ...

Stop Asian Hate ''Stop Asian Hate'' is a slogan and name for a series of demonstrations, protests, and rallies against violence targeting Asians, Asian Americans, and others of Asian descent. They were held across the United States in 2021 in response to racia ...

St. Wenceslaus Church, Chicago St. Wenceslaus ( pl, Kościół Świętego Wacława) is a church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located at 3400 North Monticello Avenue in the Avondale neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, USA. One of the many Polish churches visibl ...

* Sodhi, Balbir Singh

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Takao Ozawa v. United States ''Takao Ozawa v. United States'', 260 U.S. 178 (1922), was a US legal proceeding. The United States Supreme Court found Takao Ozawa, a Japanese American who was born in Japan but had lived in the United States for 20 years, ineligible for naturaliz ...

Thien Hau Temple, Los Angeles The Thien Hau Temple. & is a Chinese temple located in Los Angeles's Chinatown in California, dedicated to the ocean goddess Mazu. It is one of the more popular areas for worship and tourism among Asian residents in the Los Angeles area. In ad ...

Ah Toy Ah Toy ( Taishanese: /a˧ tʰɔi˥/, Standard Cantonese: ''Aa3 Coi2'', May 18, 1829 – February 1, 1928) was a Chinese American prostitute and madam in San Francisco, California during the California Gold Rush, and the first Chinese p ...

* Church of the Transfiguration, Roman Catholic (Manhattan) * The New Korea

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USA for Indonesia WQHT (97.1 FM, ''Hot 97'') is a commercial radio station, licensed to New York, New York, which broadcasts an urban contemporary music format. The station is owned by Mediaco Holding and operated by Emmis Communications under a shared servic ...

United Chinese Society United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...

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VC FilmFest VC may refer to: Military decorations * Victoria Cross, a military decoration awarded by the United Kingdom and also by certain Commonwealth nations ** Victoria Cross for Australia ** Victoria Cross (Canada) ** Victoria Cross for New Zealand * Vic ...

* Visual Communications (VC)

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* Wah Ching * Wen Ho Lee *

Otto G. Weyse Otto Guenther Weyse (also Günther-Weyse; 1858 – February 22, 1893) was an American liquor and wine dealer in 19th-century Los Angeles. He was a member of the Los Angeles Common Council and was instrumental in bringing a visiting San Francisco ...

Willie "Woo Woo" Wong Willie Wong () (1927–2005) was an American basketball player who was born and raised in Chinatown, San Francisco. Though Wong was only tall, he excelled, and was known as one of the finest Chinese American basketball players in the 1940s. He w ...

* Wing Luke Asian Museum * Workingman's Party * Tyrus Wong

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* Xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic

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The Year of the Dragon (play) ''The Year of the Dragon'' is a play written by Chinese American playwright Frank Chin. It is one of the first plays by an Asian American playwright to be produced on a mainstream New York stage. It premiered in 1974 at the American Place Theatre ...

* Yellow Peril *

Yellowface Portrayals of East Asians in American film and theatre has been a subject of controversy. These portrayals have frequently reflected an ethnocentric perception of East Asians rather than realistic and authentic depictions of East Asian cultures, c ...

* Yellowworld *

Yick Wo v. Hopkins ''Yick Wo v. Hopkins'', 118 U.S. 356 (1886), was the first case where the United States Supreme Court ruled that a law that is race-neutral on its face, but is administered in a prejudicial manner, is an infringement of the Equal Protection Claus ...

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