The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) released some Key Facts and Data. Some of the facts are highlighted below, which dispel the model minority myth, and compound the work we are trying to do at Project Speak Out.
DEMOGRAPHICS
- AAPIs represent over 30 countries and ethnic groups that speak over 100 different languages.
POVERTY
- Asian Americans living below poverty: 12.6% (
- Poverty Rates of Hmong: 37.8%; Cambodian: 29.3%; Laotian: 18.5%; Vietnamese: 16.6%.
HEALTH
- High rates of limited English proficiency compound the obstacles AAPIs face in achieving good health. Many AAPIs in the
- (Another proof of the need for better sex-ed in our community) Hepatitis B chronically infects about 1.3-1.5 million people in the
EDUCATION
- Nearly one out of four AAPI students is Limited English Proficient and/or lives in a linguistically isolated household where parents have limited English proficiency.
- The high school drop-out rate among Southeast Asian Americans is staggering: 40% of Hmong, 38% of Laotian, and 35% of Cambodian populations do not complete high school.
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
- In a Gallup Poll, 30-31% of AAPIs surveyed reported incidents of employment discrimination, the largest of any group, with African Americans constituting the second largest at 26%.
- AAPIs only filed about 2-3% of the total employment discrimination complaints received by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against private employers.
IMMIGRATION
- AAPIs make up one of the fastest growing racial groups in the
- Nearly two-thirds of AAPIs are foreign-born.
HOUSING
- According to a study undertaken by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, one in five AAPIs experience discrimination in the rental and home buying process.
- AAPIs have suffered the largest percentage decline in homeownership of any racial group.
Sincerely,
N. Jerin Arifa
Project Speak Out Manager
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