AAPI Heritage Month is very important. Almost 10% of the US can claim AAPI heritage, and yet: Most Americans can't name a famous Asian American, survey finds A recent survey found 52% of people couldn't name a single famous Asian American. Nine percent named the actor Jackie Chan, who is not American.
I, some of my relatives and I suspect many other Asian males have been called “Jackie Chan.” Which is better than 15 years ago I remember some people calling me Yao Ming while playing pickup ball. I told them I’m “5’-7, Yao is 7’-5”.
Pacific Islander "A person with origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East (i.e. East and Southeast Asia), Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands." So a non-white Asian.
Steeve Ho You Fat ...just to clear things up, he's not American but does have some Chinese blood in his ancestry.
