Asian Immigrants in North America with HIV/AIDS: Stigma, Vulnerabilities and Human RightsThis book explores a number of issues related to the stigma arising from HIV/AIDS infection, perceived or actual discrimination from the community and society and the extent of vulnerabilities for infected Asian ...
In many large cities across America, there are small communities of Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and other Asian immigrants. Many of these immigrants are bi-lingual. They learn the language of their host country and use it outside of the home but use and teach their native language in their...
Asian Immigration to America Many Chinese immigrants began crossing the Pacific to arrive in the United States in the mid-1800s. By that time, China’s population had reached about 430 million, and the country was suffering from severe unemployment, poverty, and famine(饥荒). The 1848 discovery...
From the past centuries, Asian immigrants never stop going into America. From especially the latest decades by now, Asian Americans, as a result, have become one of the fastest growing U.S. minorities. As their children begin moving up through the nation's schools, it turns out clearly a ...
Asian immigrants are also changing the American medical landscape through increasing number of Asian medical practitioners in the United States. Beginning in the 1960s and 1970s, the U.S. government invited a number of foreign physicians particularly from India and the Philippines to address the sho...
Indigenous Asians have high rates of cervical, liver and lung cancers, hepatitis B and tuberculosis. Asian Indian US immigrants have increased rates of coronary artery disease, and Southeast Asian immigrants have increased rates of parasitic infections. ...
Asian immigrants started emigrating from their home countries to the U.S. during the 1800s (Mui et al. 2007). Asian immigrant populations tend to live in three states: California, New York, and Texas. These three states account for about 50% of Asian immigrant populations in the U.S. (...
AmericaUnited StatesUSAsian AmericansimmigrationnaturalizationSince its beginnings, the United States has been heralded as a nation of immigrants, a safe heaven for those who have to leave their homes, be the reasons hunger, political or religious persecution, the desire for land or the possibility ...
Asian(adjective) Asian–American(noun) Asia(proper noun) 1Asian/ˈeɪʒən/noun pluralAsians Britannica Dictionary definition of ASIAN [count] :a person born, raised, or living in Asia:a person whose family is from Asia There are manyAsiansliving in South America. ...
When leaders call COVID-19 the “China virus,” it harkens back to decades of state-sanctioned discrimination against Asian Americans.