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The State of Asian Pacific America: Policy Issues to the Year 2020

1993


Editor: Paul Ong, Don T. Nakanishi, and J.D. Hokoyama


LEAP Asian Pacific American Public Policy Institute and UCLA Asian American Studies Center

Table of Contents


Preface: The State of Asian Pacific America

by Don T. Nakanishi and J.D. Hokoyama

xiii
Acknowledgements xv
Policy Recommendations

by Asian Pacific American Public Policy Institute

xvii
An Overview of Asian Pacific American Futures: Shifting Paradigms

by Shirley Hune

1
The Growth of the Asian Pacific American Population: Twenty Million in 2020

by Paul Ong

11
Exclusion or Contribution? Education K-12 Policy

by Peter N. Kiang and Vivian Wai-Fun Lee

25
Trends in Admissions for Asian Americans in Colleges and Universities: Higher Education Policy

by L. Ling-chi Wang

49
Health Care Needs and Service Delivery for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans: Health Policy

by Tessie Guillermo

61
The Changing Asian American Population: Mental Health Policy

by Stanley Sue

79
Asian American Arts in the Year 2020: Arts Policy

by Gerald D. Yoshitomi

95
Is There a Future for Our Past? Cultural Preservation Policy

by Franklin S. Odo

113
Making and Remaking Asian Pacific America: Immigration Policy

by Bill ong Hing

127
Work Issues Facing Asian Pacific Americans: Labor Policy

by Paul Ong and Suzanne J. Hee

141
Legal and Civil Rights Issues in 2020: Civil Rights Policy

by William R. Tamayo

153
The Case of the Southeast Asian Refugees: Policy for a Community "At-Risk"

by Ngoan Le

167
Empowering Our Communities: Political Policy

by Stewart Kwoh and Minday Hui

189
Out of the Melting Pot and Into the Fire: Race Relations Policy

by Michael Omi

199
Asian Pacific Islanders and the "Glass Ceiling" - New Era of Civil Rights Activism? Affirmative Action Policy

by Henry Der

215
Language Rights Issues to the Year 2020 and Beyond: Language Rights Policy

by Kathryn K. Imahara

233
Meditations on the Year 2020: Policy for Women

by Elaine H. Kim

253
Will the Real Asian Pacific American Please Stand Up? Media Policy

by Diane Yen-Mei Wong

263
South Asians in the United States with a Focus on Asian Indians: Policy on New Communities

by Sucheta Mazumdar

283
Appendix: Specific Policy Recommendations 303
Chapter Authors: Asian Pacific American Policy Experts 313