AMH-2097 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Arab Americans, Racial Profiling
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The far east: asian or asian americans, because the chinese are largest ad first, they set the stereotypes, because of physical characteristics, many asians fall under the umbrella of. The far east- population: filipino- 3. 4 million, korean- 1. 7 million, vietnamese- 1. 7 million, japanese- 1. 3 million, asian total: 17. 3 million or 5. 6% of the us population. The far east- demographics: major population centers: Texas: religious diversity, 50% have a 4-year degree, income is higher than national average, fastest growing population group. Indian americans: come from india = not native americans. Official census term is asian indians : not middle-eastern, 3. 2 million, settle in major urban centers. 70% have a bachelor"s degree (highest of all) 40% have a masters, phd, or professional degree: brain drain . The best and brightest indians comes to the us for educational training and then naturalize: highest income of all other asian groups, religion. Only 25% of arab americans are muslim.
