Why the Asian American Covid data picture is so incomplete
Undertesting, stigma and a lack of disaggregated data have complicated the depiction of how the pandemic is affecting AAPIs.
Resources
Not enough or double the prejudice: On being Black and Asian American in 2020
12 multiracial people discuss the messy, complicated conversations they’re having about identity in this political moment.
The Long History of Blaming Immigrants in Times of Sickness
Panelists at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History discuss pandemics and scapegoating
Trump is ‘legitimizing’ hate incidents against Asian Americans: U.N. experts
The experts wrote that “U.S. authorities have utterly failed to take the steps required to detect, monitor, and prevent racist and xenophobic incidents” toward Asian Americans.
On the Last Day of the Census, Asian American Groups Make Final Push to Ensure Community is Counted
While the new deadline of Friday morning was a defeat for local and state governments and advocacy groups that sued to keep the count going, people who have been working for months to get census numbers up weren’t unprepared for it.
2020 Census Info & Resources
The census provides critical data that lawmakers, business owners, teachers, and many others use to provide daily services, products, and support for you and your community. Every year, billions of dollars in federal funding go to hospitals, fire departments, schools, roads, and other resources based on census data. The results of the census also determine the number of seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives, and they are used to draw congressional and state legislative districts.