Following the US Census (2018), we define an NYCMT Asian American as "a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent" However, we are critically aware that as inspired by the Black Power movement, the term "Asian American" was initially coined in 1968 with a political, activist purpose by UC Berkeley students Emma Gee and Yuji Ichioka as a way to unite Asian-descent Americans and fight for justice for all Asian communities (Zhou, 2021). [...]while using the term in...
