An Issue with Defining “Asian American”: Non-Citizens

Published: July 1, 2008, 5:04 pm

Tags: uncategorized, asian american, poltics

According to C.N. Le from www.asian-nation.org (see links section): First, I define “Asian Americans” as the population living in the U.S. who self-identify as having Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry, in whole or in part, regardless of whether they’re U.S.- or foreign-born, a U.S. citizen or not, length of residence, or in the U.S. legally or illegally. Now, here's where I have to respectfully disagree with him on this matter. And this is why–if you're not an American citizen then you are simply not an American. It's as plain and simple as that. Even if you have a green card or a visa, you're still not an American. You're just an Asian foreigner who happens to live, study, or work in America. And because of that, it does not qualify you as being an Asian American . If I went to France and went to school there with a student visa, that does not make me French, let alone a French Asian. And if I went there

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