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Washington and Lee University School of Law

2021

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Can “Asians” Truly Be Americans?, Vinay Harpalani Apr 2021

Can “Asians” Truly Be Americans?, Vinay Harpalani

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

Recent, tragic events have brought more attention to hate and bias crimes against Asian Americans. It is important to address these crimes and prevent them in the future, but the discourse on Asian Americans should not end there. Many non-Asian Americans are unaware or only superficially aware of the vast diversity that exists among us, along with the challenges posed by that diversity. Some have basic knowledge of the immigration and exclusion of Asian Americans, the internment of Japanese Americans which was upheld in Korematsu v. United States, and the “model minority stereotype”, but these are Asian Americans 101. This …