AAPI Facts
This month celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander history in the U.S.
What is May?
An adoption in which the birth parents and adoptive parents have ongoing contact or communication.
What is open adoption?
This Asian country has historically led the world in international adoption.
What is China?
This South Korean group became the first K-pop act to top the Billboard Hot 100 with songs like “Dynamite” and “Butter.”
Who is BTS?
This spicy, fermented side dish made most commonly with napa cabbage appears at nearly every Korean meal.
What is kimchi?
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders make up about this share of the U.S. population. (Percentage)
What is 6-7 percent?
What is domestic adoption?
The population control method China implemented from 1979-2015 that restricted the size of families.
What was the "one-child policy"?
She won an Academy Award for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” becoming the first Asian performer to win Best Actress.
Who is Michelle Yeoh?
This pork cutlet is breaded and served with a thick, sweet-savory sauce.
What is tonkatsu?
The largest Asian American ethnic group in the United States, with more than five million people identifying with it.
Who are Chinese Americans?
This term describes an adoption in which a child is adopted by a relative, such as a grandparent, aunt, or older sibling.
What is kinship adoption?
This East Asian country significantly reduced international adoptions in the late 2000s and 2010s while promoting domestic adoption and child welfare reforms.
What is South Korea?
This Icelandic-Chinese singer-songwriter blends jazz, classical, and pop, going viral with the song “From the Start.”
Who is Laufey?
This spicy central Vietnamese noodle soup uses lemongrass and beef shank rather than a clear beef broth.
What is bún bò Huế?
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This U.S. state passed the first modern adoption law in 1851, requiring judges to determine whether an adoption was “fit and proper” for the child.
This Vietnamese adoptee is an actress who played the main character in the To All The Boys I Loved Before series.
Who is Lana Condor?
This martial artist and actor helped change how Asian men were portrayed in Hollywood and starred in “Enter the Dragon.”
Who is Bruce Lee?
This Indonesian fried rice often includes sweet soy sauce and a fried egg.
What is nasi goreng?
This U.S state has the highest percentage of residents who identify as Asian American or Pacific Islander.
What is Hawaii?
This 1993 international treaty was created to prevent child trafficking and ensure that international adoptions were handled in the best interests of the child.
What is The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption?
This 2000 U.S. law allowed many internationally adopted children, including those from Asia, to automatically become U.S. citizens once requirements were met.
What is the Child Citizenship Act of 2000?
This comedian and actress starred in “Crazy Rich Asians” and voices characters in animated films like “Raya and the Last Dragon.”
Who is Awkwafina?
This Cantonese noodle dish uses wide rice noodles stir‑fried with soy sauce and scallions.
What is chow fun (ho fun)?