A majority of Americans think discrimination against Asian Americans has increased over the past year, and many are concerned that incidents of violence are up as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Most Asian Americans feel unsafe in public because of their race at least sometimes. Sixty percent of Americans […] Read more »
Axios-Ipsos Poll: No faith in equal justice
Solid majorities of Americans across all racial groups do not believe either the police or the criminal justice courts treat all people equally, according to a new Axios-Ipsos poll. … The poll shows a resounding lack of confidence in the basic principle of equal justice under the law — a […] Read more »
Asian Americans emerged as an important voting bloc in 2020. Activists fear new voting restrictions could silence them
… Nationally, Asian Americans make up about 7% of the total US population. But they were the fastest-growing segment of eligible voters among all major racial or ethnic groups between 2000 and 2020, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of Census data. Some of the biggest population gains […] Read more »
Don’t Sleep on Asian American Voters
… Even amid soaring participation from all major racial groups, Asian Americans increased their turnout by more than any other cohort, according to recently released studies by the Census Bureau and Catalist, a Democratic voter-targeting firm. In fact, no major demographic group in recent decades has increased its turnout from […] Read more »
Here’s what the sharp AAPI population growth means for politics
The face and culture of the United States has always been changing, with different races and ethnic groups flowing into the country and redefining what it means to be “American.” And in recent years some of the biggest impacts have come from Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Over the past […] Read more »
Black and Hispanic Americans See Their Origins as Central to Who They Are, Less So for White Adults
Most Americans say they are very familiar with their roots, but the strength of their attachment to them varies by race and Hispanic origin, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted to explore themes of self-identity ahead of last year’s U.S. decennial census. Black and Hispanic adults were more […] Read more »