Chinanews.com, May 15th. According to a report by the American Chinese website, a survey released by the non-profit organization "Leading Asian Americans to Unite for Change (LAAUNCH)" recently revealed that 42% Of Americans cannot name a well-known Asian American.
There are 2,766 adults in the United States participating in this survey. The survey is also one of the first surveys in the country to assess public attitudes towards Asian Americans in two decades. Asian Americans have become the fastest growing group in the United States.
When interviewees were asked to name a well-known Asian-American, 42% answered "don't know."
The most well-known Asian figures are martial arts star Jackie Chan (11%) and Bruce Lee who died half a century ago (9%).
It is worth mentioning that among non-Asian respondents such as African Americans, Whites, and Latinos, the proportions of respondents who answered "don't know" were almost the same, and they were the majority.
Norman Chen, the co-founder and CEO of LAAUNCH, said the survey results show that "even though we Asians continue to appear in news reports, people do not really think that we Asians have integrated into this country."
He also said that the dramatic increase in hatred incidents in the past year cannot eliminate the fact that Asian Americans are still "basically ignored" in American society.
The investigation was conducted between March 29 and April 14, which is two weeks after the Atlanta SPA shooting. The shooting killed 8 people, including 6 Asian women.
The survey results also showed that more than one-third of white Americans and nearly half of Republican supporters said they were unaware that anti-Asian violence in the United States was increasing, and 22% of Democrats expressed the same view.
According to a survey organized by Stop AAPI Hate, the number of anti-Asian hate incidents recorded in the United States in March this year almost doubled from the same period last year, from 3,795 to 6,603.
A report from the Pew Research Center in April showed that the surge in violence has caused great psychological harm to Asian Americans. One-third of Asian Americans said they were worried that someone might threaten or physically threaten Asian Americans. Attack them.
Norman Chen said: "We want to figure out what is behind these attacks. We know that this is not only because of Trump, but also not only because of the new crown virus."
Other notable findings in the survey include that about a quarter of whites do not think anti-Asianism is a problem that needs to be resolved.
In addition, about 80% of Asian Americans, 90% of African Americans, and 73% of Latino Americans said they "face discrimination."
The survey also found that less than a quarter of Asian Americans think they are respected.
And most Americans only get information about Asian Americans through movies, TV, and music, not relatives, friends, or colleagues.
The survey also designed some questions to assess the prevalence of American stereotypes of Asians.
The survey found that one-fifth of the respondents believe that Asian Americans are “more loyal to their country of origin than to the United States.” Another question shows that Americans most like Asians to be their doctors, friends or colleagues, rather than being Their boss, in-laws or president.
This finding is consistent with the organization's social status in the United States-the proportion of Asian Americans in leadership positions in the United States is only 2.6%.
In the long run, LAAUNCH has proposed a number of ways to solve the problem of Asian Americans’ stereotypes in the public: cooperating with congressional leaders to introduce relevant policies, uniting with other minority groups, and calling for public schools to increase Asians. Courses in American history.
Norman Chen said: "We are part of the United States. We need to be supported and recognized in American culture."