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This person is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks in 2012, which generated a global following known as "Linsanity".
Who is Jeremy Shu-How Lin?
100
In January 1966, this term was coined in The New York Times magazine by sociologist William Petersen to describe Asian Americans as ethnic minorities who, despite marginalization, have achieved success in the United States. He then compared Asian Americans to other races.
What is Model Minority
100
Although the absolute numbers of Asian immigrants in the late 19th century were small compared to that of immigrants from other regions, much of it was concentrated in the West, and the increase caused some Americans to fear the change represented by the growing number of Asians. What was this fear referred to as?
What is Yellow Peril?
100
The first Asian-American U.S. senator was Hiram Fong, who began representing this state in 1959.
What is Hawaii?
100
When making this classic Chinese soup, be sure to remove the twigs, feathers & insects first
What is bird nest's soup?
200
Jerry Yang put an exclamation point on co-founding this web directory in 1994; these days, Jerry's worth about $2.2 billion.
What is Yahoo!
200
This Act was the first explicit race-based immigration policy enacted by the US Congress. As a result, this Act barred the entry of new Chinese labor for a period of 10 years; extended for an indefinite period in 1902.It was finally repealed in 1943, when US and China were cast on the same side during WWII.
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
200
The United States, with the consent of the United Kingdom as laid down in the Quebec Agreement, dropped nuclear weapons on these Japanese cities (2) in August 1945, during the final stage of the World War II.
What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki
200
The first Asian to win an acting Oscar was Haing Ngor, Best Supporting Actor for this 1984 film
What is The Killing Fields?
200
India's tandoori chicken is named for a clay one of these
What is an oven?
300
This person designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a 2-acre-long monument located in Washington DC, to honor those who died in service or were missing in action during the War in Southeast Asia.
Who is Maya Lin
300
This individual was killed by two white men for "taking their job". These white men were angry about U.S. auto manufacturing jobs being lost to Japan, although this person was not Japanese. The two white men paid fines but did not go to jail. His death has been cited by some Asian Americans to support the idea that they are seen as not fully citizens or "perpetual foreigners" compared to "real" Americans.
Who is Vincent Chin?
300
Though their numbers make up the world's fifth-largest religion, This religion and its people are still misunderstood (No, they are not Muslims or Hindus) because of the way they look. What is this religion? Hate crime against this religious group has heightened ever since 9/11.
Sikhism (Sikhs)
300
In 1989 he became the first American man in 34 years to win tennis' French Open singles
Who is Michael Chang?
300
Southeast Asian dish of seasoned, skewered and grilled meat, served with a sauce.
What is satay?
400
This Taiwanese-American scientist who pioneered AIDS research and won TIME magazine's Man of the Year award in 1996.
Who is David Ho
400
Yuri Kochiyama is a Japanese American human rights activist. She believed in allyhood and solidarities, and was a supporter of the Black power movement. She was especially close to this human rights activist.
Who is Malcolm X?
400
Patsy Mink co-authors and sponsors this amendment gets it effectively passed on June 23 the act was for the prohibition of gender discrimination in the U.S. education system or other federally funded institutions. In the same year, Mink also becomes the first Asian American woman to run for President of the United States, participating in the Oregon Democratic Primary.
What is the Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act
400
In 2000 she became the first Asian-American woman to host "Saturday Night Live"
Who is Lucy Liu?
400
Similar to shabu shabu, this one-pot meal of beef strips, vegetables & noodles is Japan's "friendship dish"
What is sukiyaki?
500
This author is well known for her adult books such as The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter, Saving Fish from Drowning and The Valley of Amazement. She is also known for her popular children's story Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, which was made into an animated series.
Who is Amy Tan?
500
The judgment in the case revoked the earlier precedent of granting South Asians applicants citizenship using the “free white person” clause. By implication, it denaturalizes them, stripping those already citizens of their citizenship and barring any future applications. The law was finally repealed in 1946.However, the immigration restrictions remained in place, more or less intact, until 1965.
What is US. vs Thind (1923)? Naturalized citizenship restricted to “free white persons” (since 1790) and “aliens of African nativity and African descent” (since 1870). Resourceful South Asians attempt to manipulate the former clause to gain citizenship [U.S. v. Balsara (1910), U.S. v. Mazumdar (1913) being the most famous successful cases]. U.S. v. Bhagat Singh Thind (1923) decides once and for all that South Asians cannot claim citizenship as “free white persons”; denaturalizes all those who had become citizens. Resident South Asians finally granted citizenship rights in 1946 through the Luce-Celler Act, but immigration restrictions remain.
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This governor of Louisiana made history as the first Indian-American governor in the country in 2008. However, as he ran for 2016 presidency, he has been criticized by many Indian-Americans due to his dismissal of "hyphenated American identity".
Who is Bobby Jindal?
500
Sadly Ellison Onizuka, the first Asian American in space, was on this 1986 shuttle flight
What is the Challenger?
500
Meaning "pull-noodle", this fast-cooking noodle dish in broth is hard to top for a quick meal
What is ramen?