180. Asian-Americans: 'Silent Minority'?
The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast
Sharyl Attkisson
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
We examine the debated status of Asian-Americans, with some fellow minorities attempting to label them as "white adjacent" or non-minority due to their success as a group in American society today. Vietnam-born Hung Cao is Exhibit A.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everybody, Cheryl Ackison here. Welcome to another edition of the Cheryl Ackison |
| 0:11.4 | podcast. Today we examine the debated status of Asian Americans with some fellow minorities |
| 0:18.4 | attempting to label them as white adjacent or non-minority due to their success as a group |
| 0:24.7 | in American society today. Vietnam-born Hong Khao is Exhibit A. |
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| 1:10.8 | podcasters to get started. The status of Asian Americans is much debated today. A minority in the US |
| 1:19.8 | yet increasingly viewed by fellow minorities as if they're not. They're carved out of routine |
| 1:25.4 | discussions about minorities sometimes and they're sometimes left out of traditional minority |
| 1:30.5 | initiatives. In fact the Brookings Institution think tank says Asians are virtually invisible |
| 1:36.5 | in some facets of society with only two states by the way recently requiring Asian American |
| 1:42.0 | history in public schools. They're the only racial group of adults that is majority foreign |
| 1:47.9 | born 71 percent yet they are incredibly successful. Asian Americans are more educated than the |
| 1:55.0 | general US population more satisfied with their lives. They place a greater value on marriage, |
| 2:01.0 | parenthood, hard work and career success and they earn far more according to the 2020 census and |
| 2:08.1 | Pew Research Survey. Today we're going to hear from a man named Hunkow, a Vietnam born US citizen |
| 2:16.1 | and patriot who retired from the Navy about a year ago. It is now a defense contractor but also a |
| 2:22.5 | key voice in this fascinating American discussion. Here's Hunkow. Okay I was born in Vietnam. We left |
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