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What does AAPI mean?
Asian American Pacific Islander- anyone with origins in East Asia, South East Asia, Middle East or the Pacific Island
How much money did Japanese internment survivors gain?
$20,000
What is the first South East Asian California Attorney General?
Kamala Harris
What did the 60's Asian American movement grow from?
Black Power and anti-Vietnam war movement
Yellow on the outside, white on the inside
Asian-American women won the right to vote in the US in what year?
1952
What about First Asian American to be ranked #1 in tennis?
Naomi Osaka
Implicitly targeting the Japanese, but impacting all Asian Americans, what 1913 Act in California prohibited "aliens ineligible to citizenship" from owning agricultural land and limited their lease term to three years?
California Alien Land Law
Racist theory that Asians are a threat to the Western world
Yellow Peril
In the 18th century, which Asian group was first known to settle in the US, and where did they settle?
Filipinos, in Louisiana
Crazy Rich Asians is the first major Hollywood film with a majority Asian cast since what movie premiered?
Joy Luck Club
Who was mistaken as Japanese in 1982 and killed due to frustration for the penetration of Japanese automotive imports and resulting declines in the US auto industry?
Vincent Chin
"Defines Asian Americans as a hardworking racial group who's high achievement undercuts claims of systematic racism made by other racially minoritized populations".
Model Minority
Which state has the biggest AAPI population?
Hawaii
In 1986, Gerald Tsai was the first Asian-American to become what?
A Fortune 500 CEO
What was the ruling of People v. Hall (1854)?
This California Supreme Court case ruled that the testimony of a Chinese man who witnessed a murder by a white man was inadmissible
Barriers faced by AAPI in the professional arena that make it difficult to progress in careers
Bamboo Ceiling
What year did Hawaii become a state?
1959
Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-American women to do what?
Fly to space
What was the major reason for boycotts of Miss Saigon on Broadway in 1991?
The casting of Caucasians in major Asian roles
What island was nicknamed "Ellis Island of the West" because it was a major immigrant processing station in the early part of the twentieth century?
Angel Island
What percentage of businesses in the US are Asian owned?
9.9% or ~1 out of every 10
Gary Lock was the first Asian American governor of a mainland state. What state was he from?
Washington
What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
To prohibit the immigration of Chinese laborers to the U.S.
Who were the Pensionados?
Filipino students who came to the U.S. to study medicine, agriculture, and other fields from 1903 to 1910
When did Chinese workers begin to build the Transcontinental Railroad?
1865
What is Dr. David Ho famous for?
Dr. David Ho, Director and CEO of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, is an expert on viral epidemics and has been at the forefront of the global battle against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Dr. Ho first worked with the NBA when Hall of Famer Magic Johnson announced that he had been diagnosed with HIV and was the first medical professional recognized by TIME as Person of the Year.
What group helped to spur passage of the 1991 Civil Rights Act?
Filipino American workers in the Alaskan salmon canneries